All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 47
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NewsGemini announces cross-Channel passenger train ambitions
EUROPE: Gemini Trains becomes the latest company to set out plans to take on Eurostar on the cross-Channel route linking London with Paris and Brussels.
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NewsFreight operator orders 30 locos to modernise fleet
SLOVENIA: Freight operator SŽ Tovorni Promet has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 30 Traxx Universal multisystem electric locomotives for hauling heavy trains in central Europe. Deliveries under the €152m+VAT contract signed on March 21 are scheduled between April 2027 and September 2028. ...
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NewsCounty Line Rail acquires Sabine River & Northern Railroad
USA: Gulf Coast area yard operator County Line Rail has acquired the Sabine River & Northern Railroad. The 64 km short line runs from Bessmay to Echo in Texas, with a branch line from Buna to Evandale and connections to Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Union Pacific ...
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NewsRocky Mountaineer’s US operation to become Canyon Spirit
USA: Canadian and US luxury rail operator Rocky Mountaineer is to expand its Rockies to the Red Rocks route for the 2026 season, and rebrand its US operation from Rocky Mountaineer to Canyon Spirit. The Rockies to the Red Rocks service launched in 2021 runs from Denver ...
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NewsMomentum builds behind Gdańsk suburban rail expansion
POLAND: A 7·5 km southwestern extension of the SKM suburban service that links Gdańsk with Wejherowo via Gdynia has received environmental permit. Branded as PKM Południe, the extension would run from Gdańsk Śródmieście to Kowale, serving six new stations in the growing southwestern neighbourhoods of Gdańsk. ...
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NewsBulgaria selects Alstom to supply EMUs
BULGARIA: Following a prolonged procurement process, a consortium of Alstom and RVP Invest has been selected to supply 35 single-deck electric multiple-units. The order — which is awaiting signature — is worth €445m, including 15 years of maintenance. The national Recovery & Resilience Plan had allocated ...
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NewsStadler profits hit by ‘environmental disasters’
INTERNATIONAL: Rolling stock and signalling supplier Stadler Rail has cited ‘environmental disasters’ as the main reason behind a fall in its profit margin. The Swiss-headquartered group issued its annual financial results on March 19, reporting a drop in EBIT margin of two percentage points to 3·1%. ...
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NewsAdvanced EMUs refresh the Tobu fleet
JAPAN: Tobu Railway has put its first Series 80000 EMU into revenue service on the Urban Park Line. Kinki Sharyo is supplying 25 Series 80000 trainsets, which are intended to operate as five-car formations. Seven are being built as such, but the other 18 will be supplied as four-car units to be augmented by one vehicle transferred from existing Series 60000 units, which are to be shortened from six to five cars.
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NewsInternal candidate chosen to head EU Agency for Railways
EUROPE: Oana Gherghinescu has been appointed as the next Executive Director at the EU Agency for Railways.
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NewsFirst Saphir II trainset delivered
SWITZERLAND: Aargau Verkehr has taken delivery of the first of five Stadler ABe4/8 Saphir II electric multiple-units ordered for use on the 22 km Wynental and 10 km Suhrental lines west of Zürich from December 2025. The two-car 750 V DC EMUs ...
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NewsLonger and wider coach on test
RUSSIA: A longer and wider design of overnight coach developed by Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works is undergoing certification trials at the VNIIZhT test centre in Belorechensk. The Type 61-4533 coach meeting the T profile is 730 mm longer and 280 mm wider than the 1-BM profile ...
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NewsTurnout manufacturer highlights engineering career opportunities
CZECH REPUBLIC: Turnout manufacturer DT Výhybkárna a Strojírna is collaborating with secondary schools and universities to offer a scholarship programme, internships and factory tours. These educational activities will show students its production process and the results of key projects, including its development of high speed turnouts. ...
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NewsWabtec to acquire Dellner Couplers from EQT
SWEDEN: Wabtec has announced a US$960m definitive agreement to acquire Dellner Couplers from EQT, saying the deal adds ‘highly attractive and complementary technologies’ to its passenger rolling stock component portfolio. ‘Dellner Couplers provides significant synergies by complementing our core Transit systems portfolio, servicing a joint customer ...
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NewsRail freight coalition calls for EU action
UK: Five CEOs of members of the RailFreightForward coalition of rail freight operators recently met EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas to discuss challenges including a lack of high-quality cross-border infrastructure capacity, an uneven economic level playing field and investments in digital technology. RailFreightForward asked the Commissioner ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport ticketing news round-up
Following the Transport Ticketing Global exhibition, Railway Gazette International takes a look at some of the latest developments in the world of fare payment.
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NewsWatco to acquire Great Lakes Central Railroad
USA: Watco is to acquire the 650 km Great Lakes Central Railroad, which runs north from Ann Arbor in Michigan to Cadillac with branches to Thompsonville, Traverse City and Petoskey. It interchanges with CSX, Mid-Michigan Railroad, Huron & Eastern Railway, Canadian National and Watco’s Ann Arbor ...
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NewsCoaster double-deck coaches unveiled
USA: California’s North County Transit District unveiled new Alstom double-deck push-pull coaches as part of celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of its Coaster passenger service between Oceanside and San Diego.
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NewsSJ awards night train maintenance contract
SWEDEN: SJ has awarded Alstom a further two-year contract for the maintenance of night trains at depots in Luleå and Stockholm. The contract announced on March 14 covers 75 coaches and 12 Rc6 electric locomotives used on Stockholm – Umeå – Luleå – Narvik services. Alstom ...