All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 634
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NewsHitachi completes Ansaldo deal
INTERNATIONAL: Finmeccanica and Hitachi announced on November 2 the 'closing of transactions' covering the acquisition by Hitachi of AnsaldoBreda and Finmeccanica’s 40% stake in Ansaldo STS. Having acquired the largest shareholding in the signalling business, Hitachi will now launch a mandatory tender offer for all the remaining shares, in accordance ...
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NewsPorterbrook orders Bombardier EMUs to meet future demand
UK: Porterbrook Leasing announced an order for a further 80 Bombardier Transportation Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars on November 2. They are to be built at Bombardier’s Derby plant for delivery between October 2016 and June 2017. The leasing company said the order would ‘help satisfy the future demand ...
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NewsCAF delivers trams to two US cities
USA: The first vehicles for the Cincinnati and Kansas City streetcar lines have reached their respective cities from CAF USA’s Elmira factory in New York state. The first of five Urbos 3 trams for Cincinnati arrived on October 30, with the first of four Urbos 3 cars for Kansas ...
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NewsAvenio tram enters passenger service in Den Haag
NETHERLANDS: The first Siemens Avenio tram for Den Haag entered passenger operation on November 2 on Route 2. Test running has also started on Route 11, the next route to be operated by Avenios. They will eventually enter service on routes 1, 9, 15 and 17. In preparation for ...
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NewsMore TIGER grants announced
USA: The Department of Transportation announced the disbursement of the seventh round of TIGER grants on October 29. These include $25m to the city of Charlotte and North Carolina Department of Transportation towards the construction of the Charlotte Gateway intermodal station. A $15m grant to the city of ...
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NewsAlstom ‘entirely refocused on rail’ as GE deal completed
INTERNATIONAL: Alstom announced the close of the €12·4bn sale of its Energy activities to GE on November 2, saying the group was now ‘entirely refocused on rail transport’. Completion of the transaction followed regulatory approval in more than 20 countries as well as the European Union. Alstom has used part ...
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NewsInland Rail technical services tender called
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has called tenders for a contract to provide major technical advisory and engineering services for the proposed Melbourne – Brisbane Inland Rail project, and a briefing session is to be held in Brisbane on November 13. In parallel, Infrastructure Australia is considering the business case to ...
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NewsWien selects metro extension electrification contractor
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien has awarded SPL Powerlines Austria a contract for the electrification of southern extension of metro Line U1, due to open in 2017. Powerlines has started to install 10·3 km of aluminium-steel conductor rails, and will also supply 60 km of cables, 10·3 km of cover boards ...
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NewsFuel cell tram development deal signed
CHINA: Canadian company Ballard Power Systems and China’s Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co announced the signing of a C$3m definitive agreement for the development of a fuel cell power module for trams on November 1. This builds on a framework agreement announced in June. The companies envisage that a ...
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NewsDalian opens metro Line 1
CHINA: Trial operation on Dalian metro Line 1 began on October 30. The 17 km route runs from Yaojia in the north of the city to Fuguojie via Dalian North railway station. There are 13 stations, with a further station at Huananbei not yet open. Interchange is ...
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NewsFeature articles in the November 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment PTC standoff goes to the wire News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers ...
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NewsOpen access can replace long-distance franchises
Earlier this year the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority launched a consultation looking at how greater competition might be introduced on the British network. Nick Brooks responds by arguing for a licensing approach that would allow the open access model to replace franchising on inter-city routes.
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NewsMetro-North locos return to service
USA: The first of seven EMD GP35R diesel locomotives which Brookville Equipment Corp is modernising for New York MTA has re-entered service with Metro-North Commuter Railroad. The locomotives date from 1964 and are used on rescue and works trains. They are being modernised under a contract awarded in 2013, which ...
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NewsOntario appoints high speed rail advisor
CANADA: On October 30 the government of Ontario announced the appointment of former federal Transport Minister David Collenette as a special advisor tasked with developing high speed rail proposals for the Windsor - London - Kitchener-Waterloo - Toronto corridor. Collenette is to work with public and private-sector stakeholders to assess ...
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NewsCAF completes first Santiago trainset
CHILE: CAF announced on October 30 that the first metro trainset to be completed for Santiago had been inspected by Minister of Transport & Telecommunications Andrés Gómes-Lobo and Metro de Santiago President Rodrigo Azócar during a visit to the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer’s Beasain plant. Under a contract awarded in ...
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NewsMHI delivers Ina Line trainsets
JAPAN: The first of three Model 2020 Automated Guideway Transit rubber-tyre light metro trainsets ordered from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expected to enter service on Saitama New Urban Transit Co’s Ina Line from November 4. The six-car trainsets are expected to replace older stock on the 13 km Omiya – ...
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NewsKim Jong Un inspects North Korean metro trainset
NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong Un, First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, visited the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex on October 23 to inspect what the official news agency described as a locally-made metro trainset. Pyongyang has two metro lines totalling 22 km, operated using rolling stock acquired ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Presenting its financial results for the first nine months of 2015 on October 29, Vossloh AG announced than it was treating its Vossloh Rail Vehicles unit in Valencia as a discontinued operation with effect from September 30. Talks with parties interested in buying the Rail Vehicles unit have been ‘accelerated’, ...
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NewsDieselnetz Südthüringen winner announced
GERMANY: Following a competitive tender, on October 28 the Land of Thüringen named Süd-Thüringen-Bahn as the winner of the next two contacts to operate Dieselnetz Südthüringen local passenger services. Incumbent operator Süd-Thüringen-Bahn is owned by Erfurter Bahn and Hessische Landesbahn. The new contracts will run for 11 years from ...
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NewsQuito metro works contract awarded
ECUADOR: A consortium of Acciona and Odebrecht has been awarded a US$1⋅54bn contact to undertake Phase 2 of the Quito metro, the municipality and project organisation Metro de Quito announced on October 27. The contract covers the construction of 22⋅1 km of tunnels from the bus terminal at Quitumbe in ...