All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 394
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NewsFirst Greater Anglia Aventra completed
UK: Bombardier Transportation rolled out the first of 111 Class 720 Aventra electric multiple-units ordered by leasing company Angel Trains for use by Abellio’s Greater Anglia franchise at its Derby factory on September 13. The order comprises 89 five-car and 22 10-car 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs to operate ...
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NewsSNCF targets autonomous trains in five years
FRANCE: SNCF expects to see ‘semi-autonomous’ trains running on the French rail network by 2020 and fully automatic trains within five years, following the establishment of two consortia of suppliers and research institutes to develop and implement the technology. Providing an update on progress with the Train Autonome research programme ...
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NewsOrbital CityRail service expands
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod suburban passenger operator JSC Volga-Vyatskaya announced on September 10 that its CityRail Priokskaya Line service linking the two halves of the city will become a year-round service with effect from October 15. The 50 km orbital route was launched in 2013, but unlike the CityRail Sormovskaya Line ...
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NewsLeasing joint venture targets opening of European rolling stock market
EUROPE: Rock Rail and Aberdeen Standard Investments have announced a joint venture to target the rolling stock leasing market in continental Europe and Scandinavia. They hope to build on experience gained through the financing of three train fleets in the UK, where they said they had generated a new ...
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NewsMelbourne Airport Rail Link market engagement begins
AUSTRALIA: The state of Victoria began market engagement for the Melbourne Airport Rail Link project on September 12, when Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan invited investors, construction companies and potential operators to register interest in participating in the project. A full business case is currently ...
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NewsFNM and Hitachi sign EMU framework agreement
ITALY: An eight-year framework agreement for the supply of between 50 and 120 high-capacity double-deck electric multiple-units was signed by Hitachi Rail Italy and Lombardia regional operator FNM on September 12. The agreement follows a call for tenders issued in 2017. There is a firm order for an initial ...
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NewsMilano tram network reaches Rozzano
ITALY: A southern extension of Milano tram Route 15 was inaugurated on September 8. The 1·7 km extension with five stops links Viale Romagna with Rozzano Via Guido Rossa. The municipalities of Milano and Rozzano agreed to build the extension in 2003. The €14·8m cost was met by the ...
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NewsEthernet switches for rail infrastructure
MICROSENS: On the Euromicron group stand at InnoTrans 2018 Microsens will be showing its high-availability, robust and intelligent gigabit ethernet switches. These are designed with high electromagnetic immunity and vibration resistance, making them suitable for use in transport infrastructure applications such as CCTV and real-time data transmission.
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NewsBattery EMU unveiled at Hennigsdorf
GERMANY: A prototype Talent 3 EMU equipped for battery operation was formally unveiled at Bombardier’s Hennigsdorf plant on September 12, at a ceremony attended by State Secretary of Transport & Digital Infrastructure Enak Ferlemann and Brandenburg Transport Minister Kathrin Schneider. The trainset has been developed over the past two years ...
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NewsDouble tunnel breakthrough on the Follo Line
NORWAY: Tunnel boring machines ‘Dronning Eufemia’ and ‘Dronning Ellisiv’ simultaneously broke through to complete a 9 km northern section of the Follo Tunnel on September 11, a significant milestone in the construction of the 20 km tunnel which will be the longest railway tunnel in the Nordic region. The twin-bore ...
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NewsUrban hubs prioritised in French infrastructure programme
FRANCE: On September 11 Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne outlined her ministry’s infrastructure spending priorities for the decade to 2028. In the rail sector, spending is to be focused on the ‘everyday needs of users’ in keeping with the priorities set out in mid-2017 by President Emmanuel Macron. Offering a ‘clear, ...
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NewsGE Transportation locomotive arrives in Ukraine
UKRAINE: The first of 30 TE33A Evolution Series diesel locomotives which GE Transportation’s Erie plant is building for national railway Ukrzaliznytsya was delivered to the port of Chornomorsk on September 11. The second locomotive left the USA on September 7 and is scheduled to arrive on September 25, with delivery ...
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NewsBusan metro train contract awarded
SOUTH KOREA: Busan Transportation Corp has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 55·6bn won contract for the supply of 48 trainsets for Busan metro Line 1, the manufacturer announced on September 11. Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant are due to be completed by 2020. The air-conditioned 80 km/h trains will be ...
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NewsLine 10 South opens in Barcelona
SPAIN: Barcelona metro operator TMB inaugurated the driverless metro Line 10 South on September 8, with a day of free travel. The 2·4 km branch off Line 9 South runs from Can Tries Gornal to Foc, with services continuing north from Can Tries Gornal to Collbanc along 2 km of ...
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NewsContinental sensor concept at InnoTrans 2018
CONTINENTAL: A concept for a new type of sensor for applications such as passenger counting or detecting the presence of people in train doors will be presented by Continental at InnoTrans 2018. It is based on an extremely robust material that can withstand the harshest environmental conditions with temperatures of ...
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NewsIron ore route electrified
UKRAINE: Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion ceremonially inagurated electric haulage on the 13·4 km Potoki – Zolotnyshyne route on September 6. The €6·2m project to electrify the line serving a large Ferrexpo open cast iron ore mine had got underway in February, as the first significant electrification project in the ...
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NewsOrbital CityRail service expands
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod suburban passenger operator JSC Volga-Vyatskaya announced on September 10 that its CityRail Priokskaya Line service linking the two halves of the city will become a year-round service with effect from October 15. The 50 km orbital route was launched in 2013, but unlike the CityRail Sormovskaya Line ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more trams to Lyon
FRANCE: Alstom has signed a framework contract with Lyon transport authority Sytral for the supply of Citadis trams. The initial €40m firm order covers 11 trams to operate on Route T4. The first vehicle is due to be delivered at the end of 2019. Final assembly will take place ...
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NewsIC2 trainsets ready to return to service
ROMANIA: Open access operator Astra Trans Carpatic ran a demonstration Timișoara - Arad - Oradea - Baia Mare service on September 8 using one of the AnsaldoBreda IC2 diesel multiple-units it has acquired from Denmark’s DSB. Regular services are planned from the December timetable change. The IC2 units would ...
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NewsMechan jacks up its InnoTrans presence
MECHAN: Depot equipment specialist Mechan will have its largest stand to date at InnoTrans 2018, including a fully working version of its flagship lifting jacks. The company has selected a bigger and more prominent location in the UK Pavilion this year, following its busiest exhibition ever at the 2016 event. ...