All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 319
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NewsNigerian railway construction agreement signed
NIGERIA: The government and China Railway Construction Corp International have signed a US$3·9bn contract for completion of the railway corridor linking Abuja with the port of Warri. The 327 km Itakpe – Ajaokuta – Warri section of the route was completed earlier this year after being developed ...
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NewsStadler beats CRRC to win Westbahn fleet replacement
AUSTRIA: A contract for the supply and maintenance of a fleet of 15 six-car Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units was signed on October 29 by Stadler, Wien – Salzburg open access operator Westbahn and leasing company Austrian Train Finance. The order is worth just under €300m, with delivery ...
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News‘Earthquake mode’ battery packs to be fitted to N700S Shinkansen fleet
Nick Kingsley reports from WCRR 2019
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NewsChina accelerates construction of freight links
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has issued instructions to accelerate the construction of freight lines to improve the last-mile connectivity of ports, industrial plants, mining sites and logistics parks. The programme covers 127 rail links totalling 1 586 km in 24 provinces and municipalities. These ...
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NewsLiefkenshoek rail tunnel PPP refinanced
BELGIUM: The BAM PPP-PGGM joint venture of Royal BAM Group’s public-private partnership arm BAM PPP and Dutch institutional pension fund investor PGGM has refinanced €580m of debt and associated interest swaps relating to the Liefkenshoek rail link in Antwerpen. The 16 km link including a 6·5 km ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways considers fleet modernisation options
UKRAINE: National railway UZ is negotiating with manufacturers for the purchase of main line electric locomotives to replace its ageing Soviet-era fleet, including VL8 locomotives first produced in 1955. On October 17 Chairman Yevgen Kravtsov met a French delegation led by Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari to discuss ...
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NewsThree airports rail link PPP signed
THAILAND: The public-private partnership agreement for the construction of a 220 km/h fast rail link between three airports around Bangkok was signed by State Railway of Thailand and the Eastern High-Speed Rail Link Three Airports Co Ltd consortium on October 24. The consortium is led by Charoen ...
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NewsEffiShunter 1000 handed over to ČD Cargo
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of five CZ Loko EffiShunter 1000 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives ordered by national freight operator ČD Cargo under the fleet renewal programme launched in January 2018 was officially handed over on September 30. The loco is to be used ...
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NewsRailway development opportunities highlighted at Russia-Africa Summit
AFRICA: A number of agreements for Russian co-operation in railway development were signed at the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on October 23-24, where 54 African countries were represented with 43 heads of state or government attending. Africa ‘provides unique opportunities for railway development’, First Deputy CEO ...
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NewsPesa to supply Elf 2 EMUs to Koleje Małopolskie
POLAND: Koleje Małopolskie signed a 109m złoty contract with Pesa for the supply of four Elf 2 electric multiple-units on October 28. The four-car EMUs will be 75 m long with six doors per side, and will have capacity for 480 passengers including 200 seated. They will ...
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NewsIstria line revival planned
CROATIA: An agreement to co-operate to rehabilitate the railway from Lupoglav to the port of Raša on the Istria peninsula has been signed by HŽ Infrastruktura and the Port of Rijeka Authority. The 52 km single-track and non-electrified line opened in 1951 but was closed in 2008 ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
PKP Cargo has ordered 220 container wagons from Greenbrier Europe for 126m złoty. Laude Smart Intermodal has selected sole bidder Siemens to supply one four-axle multi-system locomotive. An experimental longer train with 70 wagons has operated between Korgas in China and Altynkol ...
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NewsOperail to test LNG freight locomotive
ESTONIA: Operail is to work with Latvian dual-fuel technology company DiGas to convert a GE Transportation C36 locomotive to dual-fuel diesel and LNG operation. Testing is planned for mid-2020, ahead of revenue operation later in the year. Operail said that while LNG shunting locomotives have been tested, ...
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NewsWagon paint range launched
USA: Hempel has launched its Hempatop Direct 460 one-coat direct-to-metal corrosion protection coating range in the North American wagon market. Intended for interior use on vans and exterior use on all types of wagon, Hempatop Direct 460 supersedes the supplier’s Hempadur Mastic 45883 product. It ‘provides significant ...
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NewsGhana signs rail development MoU with RITES
GHANA: The Ministry of Railway Development signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian railway consultancy RITES on October 23 during the International Rail Conference 2019 in Delhi. The MoU, signed by Minister of Railway Development Joe Ghartey and RITES Managing Director Rajeev Mehrotra, aims towards long-term co-operation ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Trinity Industries has reported Q3 revenue of $813·6m, up 34·1% year-on-year. Wagon orders totalled 2 530 and deliveries 5 320, and its lease fleet reached 102 090 units. ‘Demand continued at lower levels during Q3 due to economic uncertainty associated with industrial production and global trade’, said ...
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NewsSNCF confirms CAF inter-city EMU order to ‘transform the traveller experience’
FRANCE: The SNCF Mobilités board has formally approved the selection of CAF to supply the railway’s next generation of inter-city trainsets, designated as Confort 200. Meeting in Paris on October 24, the board confirmed the award of a firm order for 28 trains ...
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NewsMinister backs Taiwan high speed line extension
TAIWAN: The government has backed proposals to extend THSRC’s 1 435 mm gauge high speed railway to Yilan County, Minister of Transport & Communications Lin Chia-lung confirmed on October 24. Speaking to local media ahead of a Legislative Yuan Transport Committee meeting to review the Taiwan Railway ...
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NewsBeograd – Bar line modernisation agreement signed
SERBIA: An agreement to co-operate to modernise the 208 km Valjevo – Vrbnica section of the line from Beograd to Bar in Montenegro was signed by Minister of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović and Russian Railways Chief Executive Oleg Belozerov on October 19. Russia and Serbia ...