Traction & rolling stock news – Page 170
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NewsFaiveley Transport awarded Paris EMU subsystem contracts
FRANCE: Faiveley Transport has been awarded contracts totalling more than US$100m to supply subsystems for 71 X'Trapolis Cityduplex double-deck electric multiple-units which SNCF has ordered from a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation for use on Paris suburban lines D and E. Wabtec company Faiveley Transport is to ...
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NewsStadler unveils TEX Rail Flirt DMU
USA: Stadler displayed its first US-built Flirt diesel multiple-unit at the APTA exhibition in Atlanta on October 9. Unveiling three of the six cars from the initial trainset, Martin Ritter, CEO of Stadler US, said it was the company’s first ‘self-propelled commuter rail train to be Federal Railroad Administration-compliant’. Ritter ...
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NewsAlstom unveils passenger locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways
AZERBAIJAN: The first of 10 Prima M4 electric passenger locomotives for national railway ADY was unveiled at Alstom’s Belfort factory in France on October 9. Speaking at the unveiling, ADY Deputy Chairman Hijran Valehov said important steps were being taken to modernise the operator’s locomotive fleet. Alstom is building the ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation opens Italian maintenance facility
ITALY: Bombardier Transportation has officially opened a locomotive and rolling stock maintenance depot at Contship Italia’s Rail Hub Milano site in Melzo. The facility is designed to offer ‘pit-stop’ frequent, brief and high-turnover operations, with a capacity of around 400 locomotive maintenance operations per year. ‘The Melzo depot will enable ...
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NewsM62 diesel locomotive rebuilt as an electric
POLAND: Following an official unveiling at the Trako trade fair in Gdańsk, certification testing has started with a Type 207E electric freight locomotive which Rail Polska has produced by extensively rebuilding an Lugansk-built M62M diesel locomotive, known as the Type ST44 in Poland. In 2015 Rail Polska decided to ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Coradia Stream modular EMU designs for NS and Trenitalia
EUROPE: Alstom unveiled the latest member of its Coradia electric multiple-unit family on October 2, when it presented full-size mock-ups of the Coradia Stream EMUs to be supplied to the Netherlands and Italy. Coradia Stream is intended as a versatile and modular TSI-compliant platform for 160 km/h regional and 200 ...
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NewsTrenitalia orders wheelchair lifts
ITALY: Rolling stock components supplier Nabtesco Oclap has awarded the Caroil System subsidiary of Mobility Networks Group a contract to supply approximately 300 automatic and manual wheelchair lifts for use by national train operator Trenitalia. Caroil has also announced that it is seeking synergies through ‘aligning its core manufacturing processes’ ...
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News1 500 EMU cars for Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: The federal government announced on September 26 the start of tendering for what it describes as the largest rolling stock order ever to be placed for the Buenos Aires commuter network, covering the supply of 1 500 EMU cars or 169 trainsets plus maintenance over 10 years in five ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Israel Railways EMU order
ISRAEL: Israel Railways has named Siemens as the winner of a contract to supply a fleet of double-deck electric multiple-units to support its 25 kV 50 Hz electrification programme. Subject to the Ministry of Economy granting final approval for the contract, Siemens is to supply 60 four-car and six-car EMUs ...
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NewsSTLC orders 5 122 high-capacity open wagons
RUSSIA: The Ministry of Transport’s State Transport Leasing Co has awarded United Wagon Co a contract supply 5 122 open wagons of modern high-capacity designs. The latest order covers two types of wagons with and without bottom unloading doors, which will be manufactured at UWC’s Tikhvin plant and leased by ...
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NewsLoan funds more Incofer rolling stock
COSTA RICA: President Luis Guillermo Solís has announced that state railway Incofer is to purchase an additional eight trainsets for 52m colones towards the end of this year, using a loan from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Modernising the railway network would, according to Solís, enable Costa Rica ...
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NewsElectro-diesel multiple-unit to be developed for regional routes
POLAND: A letter of intent for the development, construction and testing of a prototype electro-diesel multiple-unit was signed on September 19 by regional train operator PolRegio, investment and leasing company Polski Tabor Szynowy and rolling stock manufacturer Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych H Cegielski, which will co-operate on the project with the ...
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NewsRefurbished Pendolino returns to service
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of national operator ČD’s Pendolino trainsets to be refurbished returned to passenger service on September 25, two days after unveiled in Bohumín as part of the national Railway Day celebrations. It is currently being deployed on the Praha – Košice route. All seven of the Class ...
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NewsSJ to order Snabbtåg high speed train fleet
SWEDEN: National passenger operator SJ is to call tenders for the supply of 30 high speed trains suitable for 250 km/h operation. The procurement has been under discussion for some time, and a final go-ahead for the project was given at the company’s board meeting on September 21. According to ...
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NewsČD orders RegioPanter EMUs
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has ordered nine Škoda Vagónka Class 650 RegioPanter 3 kV DC/25 kV AC electric multiple-units for delivery by December 2018. This will take ČD fleet of RegioPanter Class 440, 640 and 650 EMUs to 37. ČD intends to deploy the latest batch of EMUs ...
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NewsAlstom delivers first locomotive bodyshell to India
INDIA: The first bodyshell for the fleet of 800 WAG12 twin-section electric locomotives which Alstom is to supply to Indian Railways was unloaded at Haldia in the Port of Kolkata on September 20, ready for delivery to the factory at Madhepura where the fleet will be assembled. In November 2015 ...
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NewsAluminium alloy components increase wagon capacity
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has obtained certification for its Type 19-9549-02 grain hopper wagon, which uses a high-strength aluminium alloy roof to reduce weight by more than 1 tonne compared to equivalent steel designs while also offering corrosion resistance. This enables to the capacity of the 25 tonne axleload wagon ...
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NewsCoach order and new line agreement signed
BANGLADESH: A contract for Indonesian company PT Inka to supply Bangladesh Railways with 200 coaches was signed on September 14, and was followed two days later by the finalisation of a joint venture agreement for the construction of a new line. The 5·8bn taka coach contract is being financed by ...
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NewsIndustrial Division expands loco fleet
POLAND: Leasing company Industrial Division has signed two agreements to acquire a total of 36 locomotives, which will take its fleet to 170. Under the first deal ID is to take over 31 locomotives currently used by PHU Lokomotiv, including a Pesa Gama Marathon as well as various older electric ...
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NewsHydrogen-powered double-deck train design concepts wanted
CANADA: Greater Toronto transport agency Metrolinx has issued a request for proposals seeking design concepts showing how hydrogen fuel cells could be integrated into double-deck electric multiple-units.Metrolinx plans to commission a number of rolling stock manufacturers to prepare designs and demonstrate the impact that incorporating hydrogen fuel cells into ...