All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 47
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NewsEastbound freight runs on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
ASIA: A ceremony in Baku on November 24 marked the departure of what Kazakh national railway KTZ said is the first container train to run eastbound between Azerbaijan and China on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. The ferry and rail service from Baku to Xi’an via ...
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NewsKey Inland Rail link in New South Wales approved
AUSTRALIA: The Australian government gave final approval on November 5 for construction of a 39 km rail link in New South Wales to take Inland Rail from Illabo to Stockinbingal. The new alignment will bypass Cootamundra and Bethungra, where ARTC’s existing Main South Line follows a ...
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NewsWind Point Partners acquires Velocity Rail Solutions
USA: Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has completed a corporate carveout of locomotive services business Velocity Rail Solutions from Stellex Capital Management’s A Stucki Company. Velocity’s services include mobile refuelling, inspection, maintenance and light repairs and replenishment of consumables such as oil, sand and ...
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NewsPresident launches construction of Ugandan standard gauge railway
UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni officially launched construction of the standard gauge railway programme’s 272 km Eastern Line from the capital Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border during a ceremony in Tororo district on November 21. Museveni said the project is a ‘significant moment in our ...
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NewsDiesel trains to temporarily replace hydrogen on Germany’s Taunus network in 2025
GERMANY: Ongoing technical problems with a fleet of hydrogen-powered iLint Alstom multiple-units on part of the Taunus network has prompted the operator to replace them with Lint41 diesel multiple-units on route RB15 between Bad Homburg and Brandoberndorf. The change in traction will take effect progressively from ...
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NewsRBS orders tailor-made Stadler trains
SWITZERLAND: Bern suburban operator Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn has awarded Stadler a SFr190m contract to supply 20 custom electric multiple-units to replace its oldest vehicles and increase capacity on Solothurn – Bern RegioExpress route RE5. It is the third order RBS has placed with Stadler. The new EMUs ...
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NewsCRRC rolls out main line locomotive for Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: The first TE36A main line diesel locomotive for national railway KTZ has been rolled out at CRRC Dalian’s factory in China. In October 2023 KTZ and CRRC signed a US$1·3bn framework agreement covering the supply of up to 100 main line and 100 shunting locomotives. ...
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NewsSecond Melbourne loop tunnelling contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: The A$1·7bn Tunnels North contract for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East was announced by Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority on November 9. The Terra Verde consortium of Webuild, GS Engineering & Construction and Bouygues Construction Australia will bore twin tunnels from Glen Waverley to Box Hill, ...
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NewsGhana’s Tema – Mpakadan railway commissioned
GHANA: President Nana Akufo-Addo has formally opened the 97·7 km Tema – Mpakadan standard gauge railway. Built by Afcons Infrastructure Ltd for US$447m, the line connects Tema’s port with a transfer quay on Lake Volta. Speaking at the ceremony on November 22, President Akufo-Addo described the ...
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NewsRENFE enters Italian passenger market with Arenaways stake
EUROPE: The Spanish national operator’s international business RENFE Proyectos Internacionales and Spanish private equity firm Serena Industrial Partners have each acquired a 33% stake in Longitude Holdings, which was previously sole owner of Italian private operator Arenaways. The deal was announced on November 27 and enters ...
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NewsSecondhand Dutch DMUs enter service in Poland
POLAND: A diesel multiple-unit formerly used by Dutch national operator NS that PKP Intercity is leasing from SKPL entered revenue service on the Kraków – Jelenia Góra line on November 18. The launch forms part of a wider roll-out of the secondhand trains on routes around ...
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NewsCPKC completes hydrogen loco refuelling facilities
CANADA: Canadian Pacific Kansas City and ATCO EnPower have completed two hydrogen production and refuelling facilities as part a pilot programme to retrofit diesel locomotives with Ballard fuel cell power packs. The sites in Calgary and Edmonton are intended as models for future projects across the ...
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NewsStadler trains ordered to expand TEX Rail fleet
USA: Trinity Metro has ordered four more Stadler Flirt diesel multiple-units to increase capacity on the TEX Rail line from central Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. They are to be delivered from Stadler’s Salt Lake City factory in 2027, as an option on the ...
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NewsIstanbul’s Marmaray service to be extended west to Çerkezköy
TURKEY: Plans to extend the Marmaray suburban rail service to Çerkezköy 75 km west of Istanbul have been announced by Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. This would take the cross-city route to 152 km in length. Uraloğlu was speaking at a ceremony in early ...
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NewsNorthwest Territories rail freight terminal deal
CANADA: Cando Rail & Terminals has acquired the AWP Industries wagons storage and transload terminal at Enterprise in the Northwest Territories. Cando said the recently built terminal is strategically located at what is now the northern terminus of CN’s rail network and serves as a critical ...
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NewsProfessional Certificate in Rail launched to develop industry expertise
AUSTRALIA: The Australasian Railway Association has launched a Professional Certificate in Rail which is designed to equip both new starters and experienced rail staff with up to-date knowledge directly applicable to real-world projects and operations. The 25-week online programme created in partnership with industry experts aims ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern revives battery traction ambitions with Alstom partnership
USA: Class I railroad Norfolk Southern Corp is to convert two diesel prime movers to hybrid operation through a partnership with Alstom.