All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2016 – Page 9
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NewsBombardier and CRRC sign strategic co-operation agreement
INDUSTRY: Bombardier Transportation and China Railway Rolling Stock Corp announced the signing of a 'strategic agreement to expand and deepen their relationship' on September 23. Bombardier said this would establish a framework for the companies to 'leverage their complementary strengths' on selected projects in the Chinese and international rail markets. ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The Cádiz port authority has appointed Consultrans to develop plans for a railway link to a new container terminal.Acron Group‘s North-Western Phosphorous Co has awarded PSK-Remput and Trest-2 contracts totalling 4·5bn roubles to build a total of 50 km of track as part of a 37·7 route-km line to ...
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NewsChennai metro reaches airport
INDIA: The second phase of the Chennai metro opened on September 21 when Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu flagged off the inaugural train at Chennai International Airport. The 8·6 km section of the Blue Line runs between Little Mount and the airport with four intermediate stations. Interchange ...
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NewsGyeonggang Line opens in Seoul
SOUTH KOREA: The first 55 km section of the east-west Gyeonggang Line opened on September 24, serving the southeastern suburbs of Seoul. Partly following the alignment of a former narrow-gauge route, the line runs southeast from Pangyo station on the Sin Bundang line to Icheon and then turns east ...
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News‘Unique’ breadth of InnoTrans attracts record attendance
INNOTRANS: Organiser Messe Berlin reports that the 11th InnoTrans trade show held in the German capital on September 20-23 had enjoyed ‘the best set of results in its history’, with record attendances by exhibitors and trade visitors, 149 products making their international debuts and 127 vehicles on display. A ...
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NewsState takes over Perpignan – Figueres
EUROPE: Infrastructure managers SNCF Réseau and ADIF are to take over the operation of the high speed line between Perpignan in France and Figueres in Spain, after creditors were unable to agree terms for restructuring the €557m debt of its builder and operator TP Ferro. A 50:50 joint venture of ...
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NewsUKVZ to supply trams to St Petersburg
RUSSIA: UKVZ has submitted the best bid for a contract to supply 19 trams to St Petersburg. The price of 900m roubles was lower than that submitted by PK Transportnye Systemy and Belkommunmash. The tender specified that the vehicles must be at least 70% low-floor. The first three trams ...
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NewsStadler to supply more Flirts for Łódź
POLAND: Stadler has been selected as preferred bidder to supply 14 three-car electric multiple-units to suburban operator Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, beating bids from Newag and Pesa. Stadler will supply its Flirt3 EMUs for 260·9m złoty, and will provide 12 years of maintenance priced at 2·214 złoty/km. The first four ...
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NewsMoscow orders 300 trams
RUSSIA: Moscow tram operator Mosgortrans opened bids on September 23 for a contract to supply 300 three-section trams. The best offer was submitted by a consortium of Metrowagonmash and PK Transportnye Systemy. Its offer of 28·5bn roubles for Vityaz-M trams and 27·7bn roubles for 30 years of maintenance beat ...
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NewsSiemens to supply 122 LRVs to Sound Transit
USA: Seattle area transport authority Sound Transit announced on September 22 that it had selected Siemens to supply 122 light rail vehicles under a contract worth $554m. To be built at Siemens’ Sacramento plant, the first vehicles are due to arrive in Seattle in 2019, in time for the ...
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NewsThales awarded North–South Railway ETCS maintenance contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railway Co has awarded Thales a renewable one-year contract for predictive and corrective maintenance of onboard and lineside ETCS Level 2 equipment on the 2 400 km North–South Railway network. Thales said the contract builds on the relationship formed during the installation and commissioning of the ...
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NewsIVU wins contracts in Turkey and Mexico
IVU: IVU Traffic Technologies has entered the Turkish and Mexican markets with the award of two contracts in recent weeks. The Germany firm is to supply IVU.plan and IVU.crew planning and dispatch software to Kayseri Ulaşım. These will initially be used on the city’s 34 km, 55-stop tram network, ...
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NewsWarszawa metro extension funding agreement signed
POLAND: Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the signing ceremony on September 23 for a 1·83bn złoty tranche of funding from the EU’s Infrastructure & Environment programme towards the extension of Warszawa metro Line 2. The EU is to provide around 60% of the funding for the 3·16bn złoty project. ...
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NewsDoha metro tunnelling completed
QATAR: Qatar Rail celebrated the completion of tunnelling for the Doha metro on September 25, when tunnel boring machine Msheireb broke through at the site of the future Hamad International Airport station. In total, 111 km of tunnels have been bored for the first phase of the metro since ...
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NewsNokia to supply communications for Buenos Aires metro extension
ARGENTINA: Nokia announced on September 20 that it had been selected to supply communications for the extension of Buenos Aires metro Line H. Nokia is to supply wired and wireless communications to support data transmission, operational telephony, TETRA radio, passenger information systems, public announcement systems and CCTV. The ...
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NewsTalgo to refurbish LA Metro rolling stock
USA: Meeting on September 22, the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to award Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo a contract to refurbish up to 74 rail vehicles for $73m. Awarded to the company’s US subsidiary Patentes Talgo Inc, the contract contains a firm order ...
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NewsLEO Express orders Chinese EMUs
CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech open access passenger operator LEO Express signed an order on September 26 for CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive to supply three electric multiple-units in mid-2018, with a framework agreement for up to 30 more which would be delivered in 2019-21. The price was not disclosed. LEO Express CEO for ...
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NewsDB to integrate coach business with long-distance rail
GERMANY: Using its established IC Bus branding, Deutsche Bahn is to integrate its two long-distance coach operations with its inter-city rail services. Announcing this on September 19, DB said that the IC Bus brand would continue as the identity of its future long-distance bus services, but that the BLB brand, ...
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NewsWork starts on T13 Express
FRANCE: Preliminary work including vegetation clearance is due to start this autumn for T13 Express, which will see tram-train services introduced between Saint-Cyr-L’Ecole and Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris. Formerly known as Tangentielle Ouest, the project has been renamed to reflect the use of vehicles capable of running ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways signs agreements with Pesa and Siemens
UKRAINE: Ukrainian Railways President Wojciech Balczun signed two memoranda of co-operation at InnoTrans 2016 on September 20. The main aims are to create a legislative basis for Pesa and Siemens to participate in tenders called by UZ for the supply and maintenance of rolling stock and equipment, as well ...