All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2021 – Page 3
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NewsNEAT completion boosts rail’s share of transit freight
SWITZERLAND: Rail’s share of the north-south transit freight market reached its highest level for 25 years in the first half of this year, according to the Federal Office for Transport.
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NewsThrough services return to León
SPAIN: A short section of new line in León was inaugurated on September 21, serving new sub-surface through platforms linked to the city’s main station.
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Rail Business UKArcadis wins East West Rail contract
UK: Oxford – Cambridge project promoter East West Railway Co has appointed Arcadis as Commercial Partner, with support from RLB and KPMG. Arcadis will be responsible for developing the business case to support EWR’s forthcoming application for a Development Consent Order to ...
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Metro Report InternationalAccessibility training at Lucknow metro
INDIA: Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corp has worked with the Handicare Indian Association of Persons with Disabilities to organise an inclusive public transport workshop to help senior staff as well as new recruits understand the needs of disabled passengers Handicare was established in 1986 as a ...
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NewsTMH’s Bayern depot topped out
GERMANY: Transmashholding has held a topping out ceremony for the €45m depot it is building at Langweid am Lech in Bayern to maintain EMUs for use by Go-Ahead. Completion is planned for December, with TMH Germany having a 12-year contract to maintain the fleet of 78 Stadler ...
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NewsHydrogen shunting locomotive unveiled
POLAND: Pesa Bydgoszcz has unveiled its prototype SM42-6Dn hydrogen fuel cell shunting locomotive at the Trako 2021 trade fair in Gdańsk. ‘This initiative will be of key importance for accelerating the development of this technology in Poland’, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in a message to ...
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NewsGold and uranium producer takes delivery of track maintenance fleet
UZBEKISTAN: Gold and uranium producer Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Co has taken delivery of a range of track maintenance vehicles supplied by Russian company Sinara Transport Machines. The order includes 12 PM-820 USO flat wagons with removable equipment and attachments for transporting track panels between 12∙5 ...
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NewsBowen Rail’s Queensland coal locomotives delivered
AUSTRALIA: Adani Group’s Bowen Rail Co has taken delivery of the first of 10 locomotives ordered to haul coal from Bravus Mining & Resources’ Carmichael Mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, which is to begin operations this year. ‘We launched the Bowen Rail Company in August 2020 ...
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Rail Business UKRail Business Awards entry deadline extended
AWARDS: Businesses and organisations across the UK rail sector have been given an extra two weeks to submit their entries for the 24th Rail Business Awards. While submissions and nominations have been coming in strongly, we recognised that some companies’ preparations might have been impacted by ...
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Metro Report InternationalDeutsche Telekom commissions Hacon to develop German MaaS platform
GERMANY: Deutsche Telekom has commissioned Hacon to develop a Mobility-as-a-Service platform by June 2022, including web, Android and iOS apps. The Siemens Mobility subsidiary is to develop a MaaS platform that can facilitate door-to-door travel using public transport, on-demand services, new mobility providers, taxis, bicycles or ...
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NewsCargounit signs 30-loco framework agreement
POLAND: Leasing company Cargounit and Siemens Mobility signed a framework contract for the supply and maintenance of up to 30 Vectron MS locomotives at the Trako trade fair on September 22. There is a firm order for 10 to be delivered between this year and the ...
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NewsHydrogen trains planned for Apennine route
ITALY: The replacement of diesel trains with hydrogen on a line in central Italy is being studied by AECOM, Spanish renewables group Iberdrola, green hydrogen firm Cinque International and sustainable development specialist Ancitel Energia & Ambiente.
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NewsTest train carries first passengers over Pajares cut-off
SPAIN: Under construction since 2004, the 50 km Pajares high speed cut-off through the Cordillera Cantábrica mountain range in the north of the country moved a step closer to opening on September 20 when ADIF Alta Velocidad ran the first passenger-carrying test train between La Robla and Campomanes.
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NewsShorter high speed trains to fit Sicilian train ferries
ITALY: Trenitalia is assessing the possibility of ordering a shorter variant of its Frecciarossa ETR1000 high speed train which could use the train ferries between the mainland and the island of Sicily. The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport envisages ordering a fleet of 12 four-car mini ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry
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NewsIstanbul’s historic European terminus to be reopened
TURKEY: The Ministry for Transport is to call tenders for the reopening of the 8 km section of railway into Istanbul’s historic European terminus at Sirkeci. The double-track main line was cut back in 2013 to allow construction of the cross-Bosporus Marmaray commuter link, which diverges ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport information to be made available on Mobility Data Marketplace
GERMANY: The Federal Council has approved the Mobility Data Ordinance, which obliges transport agencies to provide data on timetables, routes and fares for inclusion in a single national Mobility Data Marketplace. The aim is to facilitate the development of app-based transport information services, and to make ...