All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2016 – Page 3
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NewsHitachi ETCS approved for passenger service
UK: Rail safety regulator ORR has approved Hitachi Rail Europe’s onboard ETCS equipment for use in passenger service, the company announced on September 7. The formal Authorisation to Place in Service was issued following the successful completion of trials on the Cambrian line, which runs from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and ...
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NewsAlstom to cease locomotive production at Belfort
FRANCE: Citing an anticipated 30% drop in orders from the French market over the next two years, Alstom announced on September 7 that it is embarking on a programme to reduce manufacturing capacity in the country. Addressing a meeting of its European Works Forum at the Belfort plant in Franche-Comté, ...
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NewsRebuilt Metra locomotive returns to Chicago
USA: Chicago commuter operator Metra announced on September 7 that the first of 41 locomotives being rebuilt by Progress Rail Services has returned to service. Following testing, Metra plans to assign the loco to its routes operated under contract by Union Pacific. Metra awarded Progress Rail a $91m contract ...
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NewsAstaldi to build Italian section of Brenner Base Tunnel
EUROPE: Having been selected as preferred bidder in March, a consortium led by Italian construction firm Astaldi has been selected to undertake ‘all principal underground works’ under Lots 2 and 3 of the Brenner Base Tunnel linking Austria with Italy. These cover the section between the south portal at Fortezza ...
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NewsFocus on maintenance management
CARL: As a leading supplier of maintenance and asset management systems, CARL Software will be highlighting two current projects at InnoTrans 2016. In France, the company is supplying its CARL Source Transport and mobile CARL Touch CMMS software to the MESEA consortium, which will be responsible for operating and maintaining ...
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NewsStockholm Citybanan tracklaying completed
SWEDEN: National infrastructure authority Trafikverket has completed the final tracklaying for the Stockholm Citybanan project. Tracks had already been laid through the 6 km cross-city tunnel, where test running is already underway. The final phase of the work began on August 30, when InfraNord’s SWM 1000 tracklaying train was used ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm Citybanan tracklaying completed
SWEDEN: National infrastructure authority Trafikverket has completed the final tracklaying for the Stockholm Citybanan project. Tracks had already been laid through the 6 km cross-city tunnel, where test running is already underway. The final phase of the work began on August 30, when InfraNord’s SWM 1000 tracklaying train was used ...
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NewsFollo Line tunnelling begins
NORWAY: Work has started to excavate the longest railway tunnels in Scandinavia, following the official launch of the first two tunnel boring machines in a ceremony on September 5 attended by Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Being built by a joint venture of Acciona and Ghella under a €1bn contract awarded ...
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NewsBrightline Charger takes to the test track
USA: The first Charger diesel locomotive for the Brightline inter-city service in southern Florida has successfully completed its first trial run on the 400 m test track at the Siemens manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California, the operator announced on September 8. Static and dynamic testing was undertaken over a three-week ...
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NewsInterface evolution at InnoTrans
CENTRALP: The latest evolution of the driver e-vision+ driver machine interface for train, tram and metro applications will be shown by embedded electronics company Centralp at InnoTrans 2016. The new CPU card cortex A9 iMX6 can manage up to eight video flows simultaneously. The slim design and numerous interfaces provide ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Bulgarian rolling stock supplier Express Service opened a new locomotive maintenance workshop in Ruse on September 1. Representing an investment of 5·6m leva, the facility has capacity to overhaul eight locomotives simultaneously, and is expected to create 60 jobs in addition to the company’s existing 130. A second phase costing ...
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NewsHong Kong marks SCL tunnel breakthrough
CHINA: MTR Corp Chief Executive Officer Lincoln Leong was among the guests at a ceremony held on September 8 to mark the breakthrough of the East-West Corridor tunnel that forms part of the Shatin – Central Link project in Hong Kong. The 11 km tunnel of the Tai Wai ...
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NewsKontron embraces the Internet of Things
KONTRON: Embedded computing specialist Kontron will be showcasing its next generation of ‘Internet of Things’-enabled onboard data systems for rail applications at InnoTrans.Kontron’s TRACe range of open-architecture operational computers has been designed to offer highly integrated and fully validated hardware and software which is ‘IoT ready’. The computers are intended ...
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NewsA wider range of rollers and rails
ROLLON: Telescopic linear rails developed by the Italian supplier are used in a range of railway applications, including vehicle doors, retractable steps, underframe component trays and platform edge doors.At this year’s show, Rollon will be highlighting a number of extensions to its product range, including its Hegra Rail brand which ...
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NewsFeature articles in the September 2016 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the September 2016 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Paul Lehmann, Operations Manager of Würzburger Staßenbahn, reflects on the technical and financial challenges facing today's tram operators News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news City digest More openings in China, Buenos Aires electrification, New ...
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NewsRemodelled Breda station opens
NETHERLANDS: A musical celebration marked the reopening of Breda station on September 8 following its refurbishment. Among the attendees were Breda’s Mayor Paul Depla, ProRail President Pier Eringa and NS President Roger van Boxtel.Led by infrastructure ProRail and lead contracting consortium Ballast Nedum/Hurks, and supported by national operator NS and ...
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NewsHefei – Hamburg freight accord
CHINA: A weekly freight train from Hefei to Hamburg is expected to start running in October, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between DB Cargo and the Hefei municipal government, the operator announced on September 8. Running via Dostyk in Kazakhstan, Moscow and Warszawa, the 10 600 km ...
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NewsImproved brake block performance
BRAKES: Federal-Mogul Motorparts expects to obtain full approval for the commercial use of its Jurid composite friction material for wagon brakes by 2017, following extensive testing undertaken by Rail Cargo Group in Austria. A development of the proven Jurid 816M, the Jurid 822 is compatible with the latest EU legislation ...
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NewsThree countries agree 1 500 km corridor plan
AFRICA: The governments of Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have agreed to develop a 1 500 km mixed-traffic rail corridor to serve an expanded port at Techobanine, 70 km south of Maputo.Starting at Francistown in northern Botswana, the route would cross northwards into Zimbabwe, serving Bulawayo, before running ...
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NewsConcrete sleepers for tight curves
UK: Cemex has developed a concrete sleeper for use on 200 m radius curves between Whitechapel and Aldgate East on the London Underground. LU previously used timber sleepers on these curves, but they tended to shrink over time. According to Cemex, the main challenge when designing a longer-lasting concrete replacement ...