All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2018 – Page 10
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NewsCleaner components
BVL OBERFLÄCHENTECHNIK: The Emsbüren-based company will showcase two component cleaning tools at InnoTrans 2018. BvL Pacific is intended for wheelset cleaning and can be installed in an inspection pit and connected to a local floorloader system. A bespoke nozzle provides even water application to the components even in difficult-to-reach parts ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail seeks East Coast Main Line ETCS partner
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has begun the process of appointing a train control partner to act as its ‘complete delivery agent’ for the roll-out of ETCS Level 2 on the East Coast Main Line. Deployment would start with the southern 160 km between London King’s Cross and Grantham, which ...
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NewsSeven approved to bid for Helsinki commuter operating contract
FINLAND: Greater Helsinki area regional transport authority HSL has prequalified all seven companies which expressed interest in a contract to operate commuter train services around the capital for 10 years from June 2021. The contract would cover commuter services on the Ring Line serving the airport, on the main line ...
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NewsSpårväg City tram link opens in Stockholm
SWEDEN: A short but significant extension of Stockholm tram Route 7 was opened for revenue service at 11.30 on September 3. Adding 560 m of double track and one stop, the extension from Sergels Torg to T-Centralen provides interchange to the city’s three metro routes and the cross-city suburban railway, ...
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NewsElectrification of Mol - Neerpelt line begins
BELGIUM: Infrabel has started work on the 3 kV DC electrification of the single-track Line 19 from Mol to Neerpelt and the Dutch border at Hamont. Wiring of the 33 km route is expected to cost €47·5m, of which 40% will be financed by the European Union. The line will ...
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NewsEMUs enter service in Vladivostok
RUSSIA: Russian Railways has put one six-car and two four-car EP3D electric multiple-units supplied by Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant into service on suburban routes around Vladivostok. The modern EMUs are expected to offer better passenger comfort than the older designs, with lower operating and maintenance costs over their expected 40-year ...
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NewsMerseytravel unveils Stadler EMU mock-up
UK: Liverpool region transport authority Merseytravel has unveiled a full-sized mock-up of a driving car from one of the 52 four-car electric multiple-units which it has ordered from Stadler for use on Merseyrail services. The mock-up includes working doors and a sliding step to demonstrate how the new fleet will ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond tram line opens in Suzhou
CHINA: The second tram line in the city of Suzhou opened on August 31, having been under construction since December 2014. The 17·2 km Line 2 starts at Longkang Road where there is an interchange with Line 1, and then runs via Hogfu Road to Suzhou New District Railway ...
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NewsUltra high-endurance rails
EVRAZ: High-endurance rails aimed at railways with heavy freight travelling over long distances will be one of the key features of the Evraz presence at InnoTrans 2018. First offered to market last year, the high-endurance rail range now being introduced by the Russian steel producer is claimed to have a ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York seeks funding to build Brooklyn light rail
USA: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio has confirmed the city’s intention to develop a modern light rail route serving districts of Brooklyn and Queens which are poorly served by the Subway network. Issuing a statement on August 30, De Blasio said that an environmental impact study would begin ...
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NewsMetre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last
AUSTRIA: A link enabling through running between the Gmunden tramway and the Traunseebahn local railway opened on September 1, with the inauguration celebrations being followed by two weeks of free travel. Services run from Gmunden station to the town centre every 15 min, continuing over the railway to Vorchdorf every ...
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Repairs to begin as Hudson Bay Railway sold
CANADA: Arctic Gateway Group has bought the 1 300 km Hudson Bay Railway and associated port facilities in Churchill from OmniTRAX, the government announced on August 31. This is expected to allow repairs to the flood-damaged infrastructure to get underway with the aim of restoring train services by the winter. ...
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NewsDSB calls tenders for hauled stock
DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB has invited tenders for a contract to supply between 40 and 56 locomotive hauled coaches worth up to DKr1·2bn. These would be deployed in push-pull operation with Siemens Vectron electric locomotives. ‘This is another important step in the renewal of DSB's fleet’, said ...
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NewsOświęcim funding agreement signed
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK signed an agreement with Deputy Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk on August 27 for 500m złoty towards the modernisation of the Oświęcim – Czechowice Dziedzice route. Work is due to take place in 2020-21 and will include the modernisation of ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrussels tram extension inaugurated
BELGIUM: A new tram route serving the northwest suburbs of Brussels was formally inaugurated by King Philippe on September 1. Having taken a short ride on the line, he participated in ceremonies at Place Reine Astrid, which has been remodelled as part of the project. Revenue services began the following ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous tram to be demonstrated during InnoTrans
GERMANY: A Combino tram equipped for experimental autonomous operation is to be demonstrated by Siemens Mobility and Potsdam transport operator ViP during InnoTrans 2018. The Combino tram will undertake autonomously-driven demonstration runs in real traffic on 6 km of the network in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin, from September 18 to ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
On August 28 Container Corp of India celebrated the introduction of containers fitted with an electronic cargo tracking system on the route from Visakhapatnam Port to the container terminal at Birgunj in Nepal. OmniTRAX’s Chicago Rail Link and Illinois Railway businesses have been awarded grants under the Federal Railroad Administration’s ...
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NewsThree bidders prequalify for Perth EMU order
AUSTRALIA: The government of Western Australia has prequalified three bidders for a contract to supply up to 41 six-car electric multiple-units for the Transperth network serving Perth: Alstom Transport Australia;the Momentum West consortium of CAF and UGL;a consortium of EDI Rail and Bombardier Transportation. The government expects to select ...
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NewsCompact converter range on show at InnoTrans 2018
AUTRONIC: The Sachsenheim-based electronics specialist will use InnoTrans 2018 to introduce its next generation of high-performance, convection-cooled 50W DC/DC converters. The AER50-W series has been designed specifically for use in railway applications and is intended to cope with harsh environments. With a compact quarter brick design, the small power supplies ...
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NewsInnovative wagons on test
GERMANY: DB Cargo and VTG have presented Germany’s Minister of Transport & Digital Infrastructure Andreas Scheuer with the initial findings of a government-backed project which was launched in October 2016 to develop and test quieter, more energy efficient and more cost-effective wagons. The government is providing €18m for the project, ...