Traction & rolling stock news – Page 158
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NewsPNR orders DMUs and push-pull sets
PHILIPPINES: A US$47·4m contract for Indonesian rolling stock manufacturer PT INKA to supply four diesel multiple-units and three push-pull trainsets was signed by Philippine National Railways on May 28. Deliveries are scheduled for December 2019 and January 2020. The vehicles will have longitudinal seats and three twin-leaf doors per ...
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Rail Business UKVivarail D-Trains for Wales & Borders
UK: Incoming Wales & Borders franchisee KeolisAmey is to take delivery of five three-car Class 230 D-Train diesel-battery multiple-units from Vivarail, which is to produce them using the bogies and aluminium bodyshells of withdrawn London Underground D78 metro trains. Intended for use on the Wrexham – Bidston, Conwy Valley and ...
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NewsAlpha Trains to fund VFLI diesel locos
FRANCE: Rolling stock leasing company Alpha Trains has ordered nine Euro 4001 diesel-electric locomotives from Stadler Rail Valencia to expand its growing business in the French rail market, the company announced on June 7. The 2 800 kW six-axle locomotives are to be leased to SNCF’s open access freight operating ...
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NewsSüdostbahn unveils Traverso EMU
SWITZERLAND: The first of 11 electric multiple-units which Stadler is to supply to Südostbahn for Voralpen-Express services was unveiled in Erlen on June 6. Part of the Flirt family, the six eight-car and five four-car 160 km/h units will feature a new motor bogie design and lightweight trailer bogies ...
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NewsGE completes first of 200 CN locomotives
CANADA: The first of 200 diesel locomotives which are to be supplied to CN under a multi-year purchase agreement has been completed at GE Transportation’s plant at Fort Worth in Texas. GE said the deal signed in December 2017 was the largest locomotive contract which a Class 1 railway had ...
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Rail Business UKElectrification and train-trams in ambitious Wales franchise
UK: Investment of £1·8bn in three new train fleets, electrification of commuter routes radiating from Cardiff and station modernisation across the 1 623 route-km Wales & Borders network is envisaged under the 15-year Operations & Development Partner contract awarded to KeolisAmey by the Welsh government on June 4. Described by ...
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NewsAssembly of first Siemens Mireo EMU underway
GERMANY: Siemens has begun final assembly of the first of its first Miro electric multiple-units. The Mireo concept for a lighter, quieter and more energy-efficient successor to the Desiro Main Line family of commuter and regional EMUs was announced at InnoTrans 2016. DB Regio became the launch customer when ...
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NewsAmtrak seeks to replace or rebuild long-distance locos
USA: Amtrak has issued a request for proposals for either the supply of 50 to 75 ‘next generation’ diesel-electric locomotives or the rebuilding of existing General Electric P42 locomotives with AC traction equipment. There would be options to buy or rebuild further locomotives. The new or rebuilt locomotives would primarily ...
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NewsETCS onboard contracts signed
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Bane NOR has finalised the contracts for Alstom to supply, install and maintain ETCS onboard equipment for use across the national rail network. Alstom had been selected as preferred bidder in mid-March. The NKr1·8 bn package consists of three contracts with Bane NOR and framework ...
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NewsBimodes in Norway’s next Flirt order
NORWAY: Funding for the purchase of a further 25 Stadler Flirt multiple-units to accommodate growing ridership was confirmed by Minister of Transport & Communications Ketil Solvik-Olsen on May 15, following a revision of the state budget. State-owned rolling stock company Norske Tog is expected to place a firm order for ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply 52 EMUs to Taiwan
TAIWAN: Taiwan Railways Administration has selected Hyundai Rotem to supply 52 10-car electric multiple units for suburban services on the 1 067 mm gauge national network, the manufacturer announced on June 4. The 908·9bn won contract marks the South Korean firm’s first order in Taiwan since 1999, and is ...
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NewsStern & Hafferl expands its diesel fleet
AUSTRIA: Regional operator Stern & Hafferl Verkehr, which runs rail, bus and boat services in Oberösterreich, has put into service a 2·4 MW Vectron diesel locomotive following a naming ceremony at Eferding depot. Built by Siemens in 2015 as part of its internal fleet, the 160 km/h locomotive was ...
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NewsPesa share purchase agreed
POLAND: An agreement for Polish state-backed investment fund PFR to take over rolling stock manufacturer Pesa was finalised on May 25. The terms of the takeover have been agreed, and financial close is due in mid-June. Pesa confirmed in March that it was entering into exclusive negotiations with PFR. ...
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NewsNewag signs inter-city locomotive contract
POLAND: PKP Intercity signed a contract with Newag on May 29 for the supply and maintenance of 20 Griffin electric locomotives. PKP IC selected Newag as preferred bidder in January. Deliveries of the 160 km/h locos are due within 30 months from contract signature. The base order is ...
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NewsLNG shunting locomotives ordered
RUSSIA: A agreement for Sinara Transport Machines to supply and maintain 24 liquefied natural gas-fuelled shunting locomotives was signed by the Gazpromtrans transport subsidiary of gas extraction company Gazprom during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25. The order covers 10 four-axle locomotives rated at 856 kW and ...
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NewsBombardier presents Traxx DC3 locomotive
ITALY: ‘The new Traxx DC3 represents a generational leap in the market, a state-of-the-art locomotive, able to maximise energy efficiency, ensuring greater load, traction capacity and lower energy consumption’ said Luigi Corradi, CEO & Managing Director of Bombardier Transportation Italy, when the first of the new freight locos was officially ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - May 2018
Argentina: The TMH-Argentina subsidiary of Russia’s Transmashholding has been awarded a 24-month, US$29·7m contract to maintain 24 SDD7 diesel locos and 160 coaches supplied by CSR in 2014 for the San Martín commuter route in Buenos Aires. Canada: VIA Rail has awarded two contracts for the modernisation ...
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Rail Business UKBattery trial planned for new EMU fleet
UK: The sixth of the 52 four-car 750 V DC third rail electric multiple-units which Stadler is to supply for Merseyrail services around Liverpool is to be fitted with a 5 tonne battery to test the business case for energy storage. While all the EMUs will be equipped for regenerative ...
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NewsGraphene supercapacitor DMU fleet takes shape
MALAYSIA: The first of 13 Class 61 inter-regional diesel multiple-units for services along Malaysia’s east coast corridor has been largely completed at CRRC Zhuzhou’s plant in China. CRRC is producing two of the trains in Zhuzhou before transferring production of the remaining 11 to a local assembly plant in Perak ...
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Rail Business UKA ride on TransPennine Express Nova 3 coaches
UK: Railway Gazette went to the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic for a ride on a set of the Mark 5A locomotive-hauled coaches being built by Spanish company CAF for TransPennine Express inter-city services across the north of England. The push-pull trainsets financed by Beacon Rail will ...