All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 401
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NewsNacco asset divestment agreement clears way for VTG acquisition
GERMANY: An agreement has been signed for a consortium of leasing company Wascosa and Hamburg-based investor Aves One to buy about 30% of Nacco Group’s wagon leasing activities and assets. This one of the steps required for regulatory approval of VTG’s planned acquisition of the remainder of Nacco. Under the ...
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NewsFirst Stadler Tango tram enters service in Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 30 trams that Stadler is supplying to Ostrava entered revenue service on Route 4 on August 13. The Tango NF2 nOVA arrived in Ostrava from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland on April 23, and has undergone two months of test running on the city’s ...
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NewsSande bypass contract awarded
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded a consortium of Strabag, Ed Züblin and Strabag Rail a €115m contract to upgrade or replace 5·7 km of the railway from Oldenburg to the JadeWeserPort container terminal at Wilhelmshaven in Niedersachsen. As well as double-tracking 1·7 km of existing line, the 3½ year contract ...
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NewsHuber+Suhner communicates about connectivity
HUBER+SUHNER: The electrical and optical component manufacturer Huber+Suhner will be on hand to talk all things connectivity at InnoTrans 2018. Recently launched products to be highlighted will include Sencity Rail Multi antenna, the company’s first 5G-ready antenna tailored to the rail industry’s particular vehicle-to-ground communications needs. Huber+Suhner will also ...
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NewsCentral Suburban Passenger Co orders EMUs
RUSSIA: Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant a contract to supply 10 Type EP2D electric multiple-units by the end of the year This follows from an order for 10 units delivered earlier this year for use on the routes from Moscow’s Kursk, Riga ...
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NewsMoscow commuter EMU order
RUSSIA: Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant a contract to supply 10 Type EP2D electric multiple-units by the end of the year This follows from an order for 10 units delivered earlier this year for use on the routes from Moscow’s Kursk, Riga ...
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NewsSouth Wales Metro rolling stock order confirmed
UK: Stadler Rail has been confirmed as preferred bidder to supply rolling stock for use on the South Wales Metro network serving Cardiff. The Swiss company is to supply 36 three-car Citylink tram-train vehicles for use on services to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. These would be able to ...
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NewsSprinter Lighttrain returns to service following accessibility upgrade
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has returned to service the first of its 131 Sprinter Lighttrain electric multiple-units which are being refurbished and ungraded to meet modern accessibility standards. An initial three refurbished SLT units will operate in service until the end of the year to gather passenger feedback on ...
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NewsPremium rails for extended life and lower costs
BRITISH STEEL: A range of high performance rail products designed to address industry needs for extended track life and reduced life-cycle costs will be displayed by British Steel. Amongst products on show will be the SF350 heat-treated rail offering high wear resistance with low residual stress to minimise the ...
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NewsČD modernises catering fleet
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD is to produce 27 Type Armpee bistro cars by modernising existing WRmee816, WRmee814 and ARmpee832 dining cars. The work is to be undertaken by ČD subsidiary DPOV in two phases, with nine vehicles to be rebuilt in 2018-19 and 18 in 2020-21. The design developed ...
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NewsTendering underway for Phase 2 of Macedonia – Bulgaria link
MACEDONIA: Companies have been invited to prequalify for a contract to complete Phase 2 of the planned rail link from Kumanovo to the Bulgarian border, which is being developed as part of Pan-European Corridor VIII from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Phase 1 covers reinstatement of the 31 km ...
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NewsStation modernisation programme agreed
GERMANY: Framework agreements for the construction of seven new stations and the modernisation of 41 others over the next seven years were signed by DB Station&Service and Schleswig-Holstein transport authority Nah.SH on August 1. New stations are planned at Bad Oldesloe-Ost, Eckernförde Süd, Lübeck-Moisling, Preetz Krankenhaus, Preetz Nord, Raisdorf Ostseepark ...
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NewsFirst crowd-sourced Stadler EMU arrives in Bern
SWITZERLAND: Metre-gauge inter-urban operator Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn took delivery of the first of 14 Worbla EMUs at its Worblaufen depot north of Bern on August 7. RBS ordered the trains from Stadler in May 2016 under a contract worth SFr134m including spares. The highly customised design was influenced by ideas ...
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NewsPadova to receive BYD electric buses
ITALY: BYD has won a tender to supply six electric buses to operate in Padova. The 12 m long buses will be operated by Busitalia Veneto, a subsidiary of Busitalia Sita Nord, which is owned jointly by FS Group and the municipality’s APS Holding. BYD has previously supplied electric ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co certified as potential Deutsche Bahn supplier
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has approved United Wagon Co as a potential supplier, following an audit of the Russian company including its All-Union Research & Development Centre for Transportation Technology and the Tikhvin wagon factory businesses. The Tikhvin plant has also obtained EN 15085 Welding of Railway Vehicles & Components certification ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
On August 3 Russian construction company VIS Group and China Railway Construction Corp signed an agreement to work together to implement transport infrastructure projects including metro lines in Russia and the Middle East. ‘The integration of our companies’ accumulated competencies in construction and infrastructure project financing will have a significant ...
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NewsVerify what’s new at Prover
PROVER: A SIL-4 certified sign-off verification tool which can be used to automatically produce complete safety evidence for CENELEC EN50128 SIL 4 certification using Formal Verification will be highlighted by Prover, along with the Trident signalling design automation tool. The company will also be helping people learn more about two ...
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NewsNJ Transit to invest more as PTC pressure prompts service cuts
USA: On August 8 New Jersey Transit announced that it would be spending $3·8bn in the 2019 financial year as the commuter railroad seeks to address an urgent shortfall in investment. NJT is one of the largest commuter rail operations in the USA, running an extensive network of services which ...
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NewsGreenbrier invests in Turkish wagon manufacturer
TURKEY: The Greenbrier Companies’ European business Greenbrier-AstraRail has agreed to acquire a 68% stake in Adana-based wagon, bogie and component manufacturing and maintenance company Rayvag Vagon Sanayi ve Ticaret. Rayvag was founded in 2007 by Asim Suzen, who will retain a 32% equity interest and continue as Managing Director. ...
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NewsČD Cargo orders interoperable locomotives
CZECH REPUBLIC: Two locomotive orders were approved by the ČD Cargo board on August 8. Bombardier Transportation is to supply 10 Traxx MS3 electric locomotives in 2019-20, with options for up to 40 more. These will be designated as the new Class 388. Siemens is to be awarded a KC400m ...