All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 638
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NewsPRASA’s Gauteng Nerve Centre completed
SOUTH AFRICA: The Gauteng integrated control centre in Kaalfontein near Johannesburg was handed over to passenger operator PRASA on October 13, and is due to take control of an initial section of the province’s 1 067 mm gauge 3 kV DC electrified main line network from January. The Gauteng Nerve ...
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NewsInit acquires Webus
FRANCE: Init has acquired LC Consultant, which supplies Webus rostering and dispatching software to a mainly French customer base, including the tram operator in Marseille. The LC Consultant team will remain in Saint-Cloud near Paris and will report to Initi’s Initperdis subsidiary based in Hamburg.
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NewsCasablanca orders 50 more Citadis trams
MOROCCO: Casa Transports has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to supply 50 Citadis trams, power supplies and signalling for Line 2 of the Casablanca tramway. Alstom supplied the initial fleet of 74 Citadis trams for the 31 km Line 1 which opened in 2012. Construction of the 22 km ...
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NewsMTR plans musical instrument registration scheme
CHINA: Plans for a registration scheme which would allow large musical instruments to be carried on the Hong Kong metro network have been announced by MTR Corp. Current rules say that items of luggage must not exceed 1 300 mm along any one side, a limit which was brought in ...
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NewsModernised Bydgoszcz Główna station opens
POLAND: The modernised Bydgoszcz Główna station was officially opened to passengers at 10.10 on October 10. A new station building with a 3 500 m2 glass façade has been erected, while the historic island platform building has been modernised along with the platforms and subways. The work used 6 ...
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NewsSiemens supplies locomotives from stock for rapid delivery
EUROPE: Mitsui Rail Capital Europe has ordered a further 21 electric locomotives, Siemens announced on October 13, which will take the leasing company’s Vectron fleet to 56 locomotives. The latest order includes 10 locomotives equipped for 15 kV 16·7 Hz operation in Germany and Austria, and 11 multi-system locomotives also ...
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NewsHessische Landesbahn wins operating contract
GERMANY: Following a European tender, on October 12 the Rhein-Main, Rheinland-Pfalz Süd and Bayern transport authorities jointly announced that Hessische Landesbahn had been selected to operate Netz Südhessen-Untermain passenger services from December 2018. The contract covers two routes: RB75: Wiesbaden – Mainz – Darmstadt – Aschaffenburg;RB55: Frankfurt – Maintal – ...
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NewsKanchrapara EMU factory prequalification begins
INDIA: The Ministry of Railways has issued a request for qualifications for a contract to set to establish on a joint venture basis an electric multiple-unit and metro car factory at Kanchrapara, north of Kolkata in West Bengal. Around 150 acres of railway land has been allocated for the project. ...
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NewsDenver orders Siemens LRVs
USA: Denver Regional Transportation District has awarded Siemens a $110m contract to supply 29 SD 160 light rail vehicles. The LRVs are to be built at Siemens’ factory in Sacramento and are due to be delivered in early 2018. The latest order would bring RTD’s fleet of LRVs to ...
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NewsMumbai starts work on two metro lines
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones for two metro lines in Mumbai on October 11. The northern section of Line 2 would run 18·5 km south from Dahisar to DN Nagar with 17 stations. The estimated cost is Rs49·9bn and ridership is expected to be 407 ...
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NewsWabtec acquires lineside sensor supplier Track IQ
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec Corp announced its acquisition of lineside sensor manufacturer Track IQ on October 12. Track IQ products use acoustic sensors to monitor the condition of bearings and wheels on passing rolling stock. They are installed at more than 150 locations in countries including Australia, New Zealand, ...
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NewsIzmit orders Durmazlar trams
TURKEY: Kocaeli municipality signed a €19·7m contract with Durmazlar on October 5 for the supply of 12 trams for the Akçaray line in Izmit. The trams will be 32 m long, 2 650 mm wide and 3·3 m high, with capacity for 300 passengers. They will have a maximum ...
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NewsNice selects Alstom trams for Line 2
FRANCE: Métropole Nice Côte D’Azur has selected Alstom Transport to supply 19 trams for the second tram route in Nice. The €91m contract announced on October 12 includes 12 years of maintenance and options for up to 18 more trams. As the surface sections of the route will have ...
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NewsGold Coast light rail Stage 2 secures federal funding
AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on October 11 that the federal government will provide A$95m for the construction of Gold Coast light rail Stage 2. Turnbull’s predecessor Tony Abbott refused to provide federal funding for urban rail projects, but was replaced as Prime Minister on September 15. All ...
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NewsAppalachian buys FreightCar America repair business
USA: Appalachian Railcar Services subsidiary ARS Nebraska bought FreightCar America’s wagon repair and maintenance business on September 30, paying $20·0m in cash and assuming certain liabilities. President & CEO Kurt Higginbotham said the deal was ‘a great moment’ in the history of ARS, which since 2000 has expanded into ...
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NewsFeature articles in the October 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 Time to rise above the hot air News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations ...
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NewsBMZ obtains certification for higher-volume hopper wagon
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Bryansk Engineering Plant has obtained certification for its Type 19-3058 hopper, which has a higher volume capacity that its previous design of wagon for the transport of grain and bulky food products which need to be protected from the weather. BMZ plans to deliver at least 100 ...
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NewsDART awards fare collection system contract
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Vix Technology a $30m contract to implement and manage a new fare collection system. Vix Technologies will supply its Easy & Open product, an account-based, payment industry standards-compliant fare collection platform designed for scalability and ease of integration with other systems. Passengers will ...
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NewsHerzog Transit Services signs Kansas City Streetcar operating contract
USA: Herzog Transit Services has signed an operations and maintenance agreement with KC Streetcar Authority and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The fixed-price agreement covers operations and maintenance for the first five years of passenger service on the Kansas City Streetcar, which is due to start in 2016. ...
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NewsFunding approved for Paris projects
FRANCE: Meeting on October 7, the board of Ile-de-France transport authority STIF unanimously approved a framework agreement to fund the extension of Paris metro Line 11 by 6 km from its current terminus at Mairie des Lilas to the RER Line E station at Rosny-Bois-Perrier. Costing a total of €1⋅3bn, ...