All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 50
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NewsHitachi Rail awarded Luxembourg ETCS contract
LUXEMBOURG: National railway CFL and Hitachi Rail have signed a framework agreement for the design and installation of ETCS Level 1 Full Supervision and simplified trackside signalling at Bettembourg and Dudelange stations. ‘This contract signing is a decisive step in our growth strategy’, said Markus Fritz, ...
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News‘If There Were No Shinkansen‘
BOOK REVIEW: With an introduction by Prof Roderick Smith of Imperial College, London, If There Were No Shinkansen is the work of former East Japan Railway Chairman Shuichiro Yamanouchi, who died in 2008. Subtitled High-speed rail experience from its birth to today in Japan, the book ...
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NewsEurostar confirms date for return of direct Amsterdam – London trains
EUROPE: Direct trains between Amsterdam Centraal and London will be reinstated from February 10 2025, with the opening of a higher capacity departure terminal for passengers on Eurostar’s cross-Channel service. Through services were suspended from June 15 because remodelling works meant there was no space for ...
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NewsNJ Transit unveils first Multilevel III double-deck EMU car
USA: The first of NJ Transit’s Multilevel III double-deck electric multiple-unit cars was unveiled by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy at the operator’s Meadows Maintenance Complex in Kearny on October 30.
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NewsNorth Macedonia reverses rail market opening to save national operator
NORTH MACEDONIA: The government has cancelled the previous administration’s opening up of rail infrastructure access to private and foreign freight operators. Legal changes in December 2023 had opened access to the network. However, in September this year the current government reversed the liberalisation, with Minister of ...
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NewsEifel railway electrification begins
GERMANY: Work to electrify the 164 km line through the Eifel region between Hürth-Kalscheuren near Köln and Trier-Ehrang was launched with a ceremony in Kyllburg on October 28. The €500m project is being funded by the federal government and the Länder of Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen. The ...
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NewsSpain to support Indian railway development
INDIA: Spain’s Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding to support Indian Railways in developing and upgrading its network.
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NewsKRRI to extend research on autonomous train operation
SOUTH KOREA: Korea Railroad Research Institute is preparing to extend its R&D programme which aims to introduce direct train-to-train communication and position reporting to replace centralised traffic control. As part of its 33·1bn won programme, which started in 2016 and runs until the end of this ...
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NewsAlstom to equip Chilean network with low-cost ATP and traffic management tool
CHILE: National railway EFE Trenes de Chile has awarded Alstom a €55m contract for the deployment of the Virtual Signalling Control digital traffic management tool. Known locally as CSV, the technology is to be rolled out over 1 800 km of route to provide what Alstom ...
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News‘Railway Erasmus’ scheme proposed to tackle the sector’s skills shortage
EUROPE: The final report of the Skill Training Alliance For the Future European Rail System project has been issued.
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News‘Sleep in Motion’ night train concept launched
EUROPE: A ‘groundbreaking’ concept for high-capacity overnight trains has been unveiled by Škoda Group. Developed by designers in the Austrian arm of the company, the ‘Sleep in Motion’ proposal features a double-deck coach with pairs of single-berth cubicles stacked one above the other on each side of ...
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NewsHigh speed lines add to National Day celebrations
CHINA: The 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on October 1 saw three days of public holidays marked by the opening of several high speed lines. On September 29 a section of the 350 km/h Chongqing – Kunming high-speed corridor opened between Chongqing ...
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NewsMoroccan high speed line track component contracts awarded
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded Vossloh two contracts to supply track components for the construction of a 320 km/h high speed line between Casablanca and Marrakech. The 245 km project forms part of a 430 km extension of the existing 200 km ...
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NewsSteelmaker is latest company to express interest in acquiring Talgo
SPAIN: Basque steelmaking company Sidenor has expressed interest in the total or partial acquisition of rolling stock manufacturer Talgo After evaluating the proposal received on October 16, the Talgo board decided to enter into negotiations when it met on October 18. The proposal would ensure that ...
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NewsStadler to upgrade Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn signalling
SWITZERLAND: Stadler Signalling and Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn signed a partnership agreement on October 16 covering modernisation of the railway’s signalling using Stadler’s Eurolocking signal and train control. The SFr34m contract runs for 10 years and includes all project work, from planning and installation to testing ...
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NewsNorway plans interim operating contracts to revise passenger rail procurement
NORWAY: The Ministry of Transport has asked railway agency Jernbanedirektoratet to directly award state operator Vy an interim contract to run Lot 1 Sør passenger services for up to five years from the expiry of the current contract with Go-Ahead Group in December 2027. This interim ...
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NewsBest offer for Operail privatisation selected
ESTONIA: Final negotiations for the privatisation of national rail freight operator Operail are now underway with Tallinn-based Tiigi Keskus, which submitted the highest bid. Several potential buyers from Estonia and abroad had qualified for the second step of the privatisation process, which began in June when ...
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