All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 18
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NewsStadler to supply CBTC for Swiss mountain railway
SWITZERLAND: Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera has awarded Stadler a contract to equip the Montreux – Les Rochers-de-Naye mountain railway with its Nova Pro communications-based train control system.
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NewsHitachi consortium awarded Bulgarian ERTMS contract
BULGARIA: National Railway Infrastructure Co has awarded a consortium of Hitachi Rail and CERB a contract to install ERTMS on the Voluyak – Dragoman section of the route from Sofia to the Serbian border.
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NewsUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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NewsEU wants to see Madrid – Lisboa high speed rail link completed by 2034
EUROPE: The European Commission has announced a timeline for the completion of a high speed mixed-traffic railway linking Madrid and Lisboa.
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NewsWestbahn to put Chinese-built double-deck trainsets into service soon
AUSTRIA: Following a long approval process, four double-deck electric multiple units supplied by China’s CRRC are to enter passenger service with Westbahn in the coming weeks.
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NewsDSB’s Talgo trains enter service on København – Hamburg route
DENMARK: The first of the Talgo 230 trainsets ordered for DSB’s long-distance and international routes enters passenger service between København and Hamburg.
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NewsKansas City Streetcar extension opens with a song and dance
USA: The Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension to the University of Missouri Kansas City has opened with celebrations including a song by local rap musician Kemet Coleman.
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NewsTitagarh awarded Mumbai metro train contract
INDIA: Titagarh Rail Systems is to design, supply and maintain 132 metro cars, communication-based train control, telecoms, platform screen doors and depot equipment for Mumbai metro Line 5.
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NewsDublin tramway extension gets planning approval
IRELAND: National planning body An Coimisiún Pleanála has granted a Railway Order approving the Finglas extension of the Luas tram network in Dublin, which will now progress towards procurement and construction.
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NewsAutomated freight train trial begins on the Betuwe Route
NETHERLANDS: A one-year trial of automatic train operation has started on the Betuwe Route freight corridor.
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NewsIntegrated transport app covers multiple Mumbai public transport operators
INDIA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has launched the Mumbai ONE App, integrating public transport services provided by 11 metro, bus, monorail and suburban rail operators to remove the need for multiple apps, bookings and paper tickets.
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NewsIndia to fund cross-border railways to Bhutan’s Mindfulness City and Samtse
ASIA: An inter-governmental memorandum of understanding for the construction of two cross-border rail links between India and the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan was signed during a meeting between the foreign secretaries of the two countries.
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NewsSwiss safety authority accused of ‘regulatory zigzag’ as it adjusts wagon rules further
SWITZERLAND: Federal transport office BAV has issued a further amendment to the safety rules governing wagons using the Swiss main line network. Rail freight associations are demanding the changes be dropped entirely to avert risk of what UIP terms a ‘supply chain crisis’.
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NewsGemini Trains still hopes to exploit Channel Tunnel capacity
EUROPE: Gemini Trains still has ambitions to launch train services between the UK and continental Europe, despite the rejection of its application for depot access rights needed to enable it to launch services from London to Paris, Brussels and eventually Köln.
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NewsCastex predicts ‘the mother of all battles’ to fund French rail infrastructure as he takes over at SNCF
FRANCE: Former Prime Minister and RATP Chief Executive Jean Castex promised to ‘fix the foundations’ of SNCF as he was confirmed in the role of President of the national railway holding group.
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NewsBranson promises ‘Virgin magic’ to shake-up cross-Channel train services ‘for good’
EUROPE: Virgin Group has set out more details of its planned Channel Tunnel high speed train services and its funding partners, with founder Sir Richard Branson saying ’it’s time to end this 30-year monopoly and bring some Virgin magic to the cross-Channel route’.
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NewsTrenord launches Trainscanner rolling stock inspection tool
ITALY: Regional operator Trenord and MerMec have introduced a health and diagnostic tool known as Trainscanner.
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NewsHungarian railway closes to create space for Chinese battery factory
HUNGARY: The last train ran on the Debrecen – Nagykereki line on October 19, with expansion of a nearby battery plant set to incorporate part of the existing railway alignment.