All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 843
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NewsMaximising metro maintenance efficiency
USA: Baltimore Metro train maintenance staff are using interactive kiosks as an efficient way of accessing previously under-utilised documentation and software and to improve internal communications. Developed by ScreenPlay Interactive and hardware supplier Inelect at the suggestion of Jason Lurz, Director, Metro Operations, at Maryland Transit Administration, the kiosks have ...
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NewsSingapore LTA orders metro rolling stock
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang a S$281⋅5m contract to supply 22 six-car Type C151B metro trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines. Delivery is scheduled for 2015-16. This is the third rolling stock contract to be awarded to these ...
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NewsIntegrated depot brings Saarbahn facilities to one site
GERMANY: Stadtbahn Saar officially opened its €26m depot at Lebach on September 3, replacing a site in Saarbrücken which was 'temporarily' leased from Deutsche Bahn when Saarbahn light rail services were launched in 1997. The depot brings light rail vehicle maintenance, stabling and cleaning together on one site, alongside office ...
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NewsSiemens awarded Djelfa – Laghouat signalling contract
ALGERIA: Railway development agency ANESRIF has awarded the ESTEL joint venture of national railway SNTF and Siemens a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling and telecoms for a 108 km line which will run south from Djelfa to Laghouat. Siemens’ €68m share of the contract announced on September 11 ...
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NewsEuroporte to manage Port of Strasbourg rail network
FRANCE: Port authority Port Autonome de Strasbourg has awarded Europorte a five-year contract to operate and maintain its 110 km rail network. The Socorail subsidiary of Eurotunnel company Europorte will have 10 staff to manage the rail network, while maintenance of the electrification equipment will be subcontracted to Vinci subsidiary ...
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NewsTramwave and train control
ANSALDO STS:On September 18, the Tramwave catenary-free power supply technology will be the subject of a technical seminar on the Ansaldo STS stand in Hall 4.2. The Italian company has been developing Tramwave for several years (RG 8.09 p40), and recently licensed it for use in the Chinese market. Reflecting ...
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NewsPesa trams for Szczecin expansion plan
POLAND: Pesa was the sole bidder for a contract to supply trams for a planned extension of the Szczecin network. Part of Pesa’s Swing family, the 22 low-floor unidirectional trams will cost 150m zloty, including technical support. They will be 31·12 m long and 2 400 mm wide, with 40 ...
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NewsViWaS project launched to secure future of wagonload freight
EUROPE: An EU-backed project to develop ‘innovative and practical’ ways of securing the long-term future of wagonload freight operations was launched by 10 rail, logistics and research organisations on September 10. The three-year Viable Wagonload Production Schemes (ViWaS) project will examine ways to increase ‘last mile’ efficiency through the greater ...
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NewsDowntown Line tunnel completed
SINGAPORE: Alpine Construction Co announced on September 10 that it had completed the first of six tunnels it is building for the Downtown Line metro line under a €400m contract. Boring of the 6·6 m diameter tunnel between Tan Kah Kee and Sixth Avenue stations reached a rate of 93 ...
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NewsWorld Bank funds more trains for Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL: The World Bank is lending US$600m to the state of Rio de Janeiro to fund the acquisition of 60 electric multiple-units for the suburban network operated by SuperVia, as well as the construction of new stations. Governor Sérgio Cabral signed the loan agreement in Rio on September 5 with ...
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NewsRio Tinto awards heavy haul signalling contract
AUSTRALIA: Ansaldo STS Australia has been awarded a A$80·2m contract to supply signalling, communications and train control equipment for Rio Tinto's heavy haul Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353. Project 353 covers doubling of the 70 km single track line from Emu Siding to the port at Cape Lambert, as part ...
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NewsTrondheim - Steinkjer upgrade announced
NORWAY: A NKr12·6bn plan to upgrade the railway between Trondheim and Steinkjer was announced by Marit Arnstad, Minister for Transport & Communications, on September 10. The regional authorities have long campaigned for electrification of the route, hoping to reduce the journey time to below 1 h. The current plan will ...
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NewsOne Kiss good, two Kisses better
STADLER: Having handed over a first Komfortabler Innovativer Spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug (or KISS) double-deck EMU to SBB at Inno-Trans 2010, Stadler Rail will be presenting two more this year. Four-car sets destined for use by Netinera-Benex joint venture ODEG on regional services in Brandenburg and by BLS on ...
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NewsEuropean-profile PowerHaul locomotive to be unveiled at InnoTrans
GE TRANSPORTATION: The unveiling of the first PH37ACai PowerHaul diesel locomotive designed for continental Europe, launching the ETCS-compatible Tempo suite of signalling products and highlighting the training opportunities offered by GE Transportation University will be among the company's objectives at InnoTrans. The first appearance of a European version of the ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - September 2012
EBRD, EIB and the EU’s Neighbourhood Investment Facility are each providing €5m for Phase II of the Yerevan metro rehabilitation project, which aims to deal with water ingress problems in the tunnels. The Dubai metro is to introduce limited-stop express trains on the Red Line for a five-month experimental period ...
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NewsCAF to supply Kolkata metro trains
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp has formally awarded CAF a contract to supply 14 six-car trainsets for the future 14·7 km east-west metro line. The contract is worth more than €110m, and includes an option for a further 21 cars. The air-conditioned trains will have a maximum speed of 90 ...
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NewsTour the Avril high speed train prototype
TALGO: Visitors are being invited to Talgo’s stand in Hall 4.2, where bookings will be taken for guided tours of the Avril high speed train prototype, which will be displayed on the outdoor tracks. The Alta Velocidad Rueda Independienta Ligero prototype has been under development for more than three years. ...
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NewsSmartphone smart ticket
TAIWAN: Smartphones which can be used as contactless travel tickets are being tested on Taipei's metro and bus network. The trial is being undertaken by Cathay United Bank, and involves HTC Incredible E NFC smartphones equipped with Mobile Security Card SWP microSD cards developed by Giesecke & Devrient's Secure Flash ...
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NewsRobot welding
PLASSER & THEURER: The APT 1500-R automated flash-butt welding robot, already certified for use in Germany and Austria, will be at the heart of the Plasser display this year. In addition, the company’s track machine range and automated tracklaying equipment will be displayed in model form on its stand, supported ...
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NewsLevel crossing barrier machine approved
UK: Invensys Rail has received Network Rail approval for its WESTeX S60 level crossing barrier machine, which uses a lightweight electro-mechanical design rather than traditional hydraulics. Various configurations are possible, with the machines being built and tested at the factory and delivered ready for rapid installation on screw pile or ...