All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2008 – Page 5
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NewsHeavy freight roll-out
RUSSIA: Transmash Holding's Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works has rolled out the first series-built Class 2ES4K Donchak 3 kV DC electric heavy freight locomotive for Russian Railways. The order for 30 Class 2ES4K locos in March 2008 followed trials with a prototype rolled out in 2006. They are the first ...
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News£60m Airdrie - Bathgate contract placed
UK: Network Rail announced on September 23 that it had awarded Balfour Beatty Rail Projects a £60m contract for work on the £300m Airdrie - Bathgate project to reinstate an additional route between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The contract covers doubling the 2 km line between Airdrie and Drumgelloch, reinstating ...
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NewsDB announces €250m Voith loco order
INNOTRANS: Deutsche Bahn has placed a contract with Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik for 130 Gravita 10 BB diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives worth around €250m. To be designated Class 260, the locomotives will replace Class 291 and 295 locos when they enter service with DB Schenker Rail in 2010-12. The ...
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NewsTentative steps towards the private sector
PRIVATISATION: After much debate and two false starts, the partial flotation of DB is now moving ahead.
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NewsSeoul metro cable order
INNOTRANS: Nexans has announced a €3m order to supply South Korean rolling stock manufacturer Hyundai Rotem with specialised power and control cables for the 300 metro cars which will be delivered to Seoul metro Line 3 from 2009. The cables will comply with the French NFF standards, and ...
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NewsFreightliner PowerHaul loco design on show
INNOTRANS: Freightliner and GE Transportation have unveiled a model of the new PH37ACmi PowerHaul diesel locomotives being developed for the UK market. PowerHaul is based on the Evolution Series locomotive platform which GE Transportation introduced in 2005. Freightliner ordered 30 locomotives in November 2007, and the first are due ...
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NewsModular shunter launch
INNOTRANS: Making its debut at InnoTrans, the G6 diesel-hydraulic shunting loco is the first model in a new range of modular designs being developed by Vossloh Locomotives. Powered by a 650 kW engine, the three-axle centre-cab G6 has a tractive effort of around 194 kN, making it one of ...
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Madrid places €1bn order
SPAIN: On August 28 the Madrid regional government announced that it will invest €993·7m in new rolling stock for Metro de Madrid. The acquisition will be financed by the region (52%) and the city administration (48%). The metro will initially lease the trains for 17 years, with an option to ...
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NewsDB keeps ICX options open
GERMANY: DB is to call tenders by the end of this year for new trainsets, currently designated ICX, which will replace its existing locomotive-hauled InterCity and EuroCity fleets from 2013 onwards. Ralf Roman Rossberg reports.
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A pioneer of innovation and sustainability
INDUSTRY: Representing the interests of the German railway engineering and supply sector at home and abroad, VDB provides a worldwide perspective on a growing global market.
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NewsRegional EMU is poised to enter service
GERMANY: The first Desiro Main Line EMU ordered by Angel Trains for use on Trans Regio’s MittelRhein service between Köln and Koblenz is now on test; Dr Harry Hondius rides the first four-car set at Wildenrath.
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Developing the delta
CHINA: 'When roads reach capacity, rail becomes the cheapest and fastest solution’, believes Ma Xiangming, Chief Engineer at the Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning & Design Institute, adding that the current lack of railway capacity risks holding back economic development in the Pearl River Delta. Chinese Railways has already quadrupled ...
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High speed boosts share
SPAIN: On August 1 Renfe reported that the number of passengers carried by high speed services between Madrid and Barcelona had, compared to the same period in 2007, increased by 84·5% since February 20 when trains began using 1435 mm gauge infrastructure throughout (RG 3.08 p121). Having increased its ...
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NewsHybrid DMU drive takes shape
INNOTRANS: Diesel engine specialist MTU Friedrichshafen unveiled a full-size mock-up of its proposed hybrid drive package for diesel multiple-units at InnoTrans in Berlin on September 25. MTU is working with an un-named partner to develop the hybrid traction package, which will be based on the existing PowerPack 6H 1800 underfloor ...
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NewsInfrabel consults on Brussels bottleneck
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has initiated a public debate on ways to expand the capacity of the busy Brussels Junction railway linking Nord and Midi stations through the heart of the capital. Director-General Luc Lallemand says the additional capacity will be needed by 2020 at the latest, and he puts ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2008
Australia: Victoria state premier John Brumby has announced an order for a further nine three -car Bombardier VLocity DMUs to boost capacity on the V/Line network, along with an extra centre car to lengthen an existing two-car unit. Croatia: During June TŽV Gredelj delivered eight modernized passenger cars to ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market September 2008
Argentina: Tenders have been called for accessibility and other improvements at 22 Buenos Aires suburban stations, divided into two packages totalling 60m pesos. Also funded under a US$132m World Bank programme for 2008-10, an underpass is to be constructed within a budget of 42·5m pesos to replace a level crossing ...
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NewsKashmir Valley line nears completion
INDIA: Building a railway deep into the heart of one of the world’s most inaccessible regions is a huge challenge for the surveying, design and construction teams.
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Air freight takes to the rails
EUROPE: The Eurocarex consortium has unveiled plans to order a fleet of dedicated trainsets in time to launch high speed freight trains in 2012. The prospect of high speed rail freight services linking some of Europe’s major airports is moving closer, after the partners in the Eurocarex project signed a ...
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Urban rail news in brief - October 2008
On August 24 Shenyang Deputy Mayor Xing Kai confirmed that construction had started on the Shenyang section of the Shenyang – Fushun inter-urban light rail project. Operation of the 61·1 km route is expected to commence in April 2009. The line will reduce journey times between the two cities from ...