All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 18
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NewsRomania awards contract to electrify line to Ukrainian border
ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR SA and the RailEC consortium of Alstom and A&S Turism Construct have signed a contract for electrification of the 30 km line from Dărmănești to the Ukrainian border.
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NewsAmtrak’s first NextGen Acela high speed train enters service
USA: National passenger operator Amtrak has put the first of its long-awaited NextGen Acela trainsets into passenger service on the Northeast Corridor.
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NewsSimplified leasing deal enables trains for reinstated line to be supplied within six weeks
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility’s Smart Train Lease business is to deliver the first of three Mireo Smart electric multiple-units for the launch of a passenger service just six weeks after the contract was signed.
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NewsStadler to supply more custom-designed EMUs for Stockholm narrow gauge suburban line
SWEDEN: Stockholm region transport authority SL has awarded Stadler a firm order to supply 10 more custom-built 891 mm gauge X15p electric multiple-units for the 65 km Roslagsbanan network.
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NewsChina Railway Signal & Communication sets up ETCS test facility in Hungary
HUNGARY: China Railway Signal & Communication has established a facility in Hungary to test the ETCS Level 2 signalling equipment it is deploying on the Budapest – Beograd railway corridor.
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NewsCanadian Pacific Kansas City says rail industry consolidation is not needed
NORTH AMERICA: Canadian Pacific Kansas City has said that it does not believe that further consolidation is necessary for the rail industry.
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NewsProgress Rail freight locos enter service in south Sumatra
INDONESIA: The first of 54 Class CC205 diesel locomotives being supplied by Progress Rail have entered service with national railway PT KAI.
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NewsNew CEO says Lobito Atlantic Railway is ‘a company with exceptional potential’
ANGOLA: Lobito Atlantic Railway is ‘a company with exceptional potential to transform transport and trade across Angola and the region’, according to newly-appointed CEO Nicholas Fournier.
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NewsPost-Brexit reform of Channel Tunnel regulations agreed
EUROPE: The UK and France have signed the last of four agreements to harmonise technical and safety rules and establish long-term governance arrangements for the Channel Tunnel following the UK’s departure from the EU.
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NewsSeamless terminal interfaces to make rail freight more competitive
GERMANY: The Protostellar joint venture of Hitachi Rail, MT Logistics, and DB Cargo has developed the cloud-based InGa-Z terminal operating system to improve efficiency at intermodal freight facilities.
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NewsContracts awarded for ERTMS roll-out in the northern Netherlands
NETHERLANDS: ProRail has awarded Strukton a contract to install ERTMS on the Leeuwarden – Harlingen Haven line, as part of the Northern Lines deployment project and as a national testbed for the latest version of ETCS.
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NewsSmart ticketing to get more people choosing public transport, more often
SLOVAKIA: National operator ZSSK and Fairtiq are to pilot mobile pay-as-you-go ticketing with the aim of simplifying access to public transport and gaining deeper insights into travel patterns.
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NewsAppenzeller Bahnen applies to automate Rheineck – Walzenhausen line
SWITZERLAND: Appenzeller Bahnen has applied to the Federal Office of Transport for permission to convert its 1·96 km Rheineck –Walzenhausen rack-and-adhesion railway to fully automated operation.
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NewsNext Salerno – Reggio Calabria high speed line contract awarded
ITALY: RFI has awarded a €1·6bn contract for the construction of a 22·2 km double-track connection mostly in tunnel between Cosenza and Paola.
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NewsTamil Nadu commuter rail and metro studies commissioned
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has commissioned feasibility studies for three commuter lines and detailed project reports into two proposed metro extensions.
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NewsActivist investor calls for CSX to explore merger with BNSF or CPKC
USA: Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group has written to the board of Class I railway CSX calling on it to explore options to merge with BNSF or Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
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NewsStadler orders Rolls-Royce engines for 200 km/h Saudi Arabian trainsets
SAUDI ARABIA: Stadler has awarded Rolls-Royce a contract to supply 50 MTU Series 4000 diesel engines for use on 200 km/h inter-city trainsets it is to build for Saudi Arabia Railways’ Dammam – Riyadh route.