Traction & rolling stock news – Page 171
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NewsAustrian court halts ÖBB coach tender
AUSTRIA: Plans to replace ÖBB’s rolling stock used on daytime inter-city services to Italy and to update its overnight fleet with new trains are in doubt after Austria’s Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) ruled that the tender process should be stopped. The state-owned operator requires new stock to replace existing EuroCity ...
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NewsKoleje Śląskie launches Pesa's Elf2 EMU
POLAND: The first of a fleet of Elf2 electric-multiple units being built for Koleje Śląskie by Pesa was officially launched in Katowice on September 13. The Elf2 is an updated version of the manufacturer’s Elf family, of which 77 sets have been built for various operators since 2010. Pesa says ...
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NewsSuburban EMU mock-up on display
RUSSIA: Transmashholding presented a full-size mock-up of its planned Class EP2TV suburban electric multiple-unit at the Expo 1520 trade fair at Shcherbinka. TMH General Director Kirill Lipa said the new EMU was designed for high traffic routes in European Russia and the Urals. It is to be produced by TMH’s ...
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NewsHoppers and heavy loads
RUSSIA: RM Rail displayed a Type 19-1259 grain hopper and Type 13-1258 flat wagon at the Expo 1520 trade fair in Shcherbinka. The hopper has a tare weight of 24 tonnes a capacity of 76 tonnes or 127 m3, while the flat wagon is designed for the transport of various ...
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NewsMRCE orders 30 Siemens Vectron locomotives
EUROPE: A contract to supply full-service leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe with 30 Vectron electric locomotives was announced by Siemens on September 14. The order includes 10 multisystem locomotives rated at 6·4 MW for cross-border operation in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and 20 DC locomotives rated ...
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NewsGreater Anglia reveals interior of Aventra commuter train fleet
UK: Greater Anglia has unveiled a full-size mock-up of the interior of the Aventra electric multiple-units ordered from Bombardier Transportation for entry into service on the East Anglia franchise in 2019-20. Bombardier is to supply 89 five-car and 22 ten-car 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs for Greater Anglia commuter ...
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NewsAmtrak begins Amfleet I refurbishment programme
USA: Amtrak has announced the start of work to refurbish its Amfleet I hauled coaches, which are widely used on its Northeast Corridor and Midwest inter-city services. The $16m refurbishment and overhaul programme covers more than 450 vehicles, with completion planned for mid-2018. A phased approach is ...
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NewsTwo-car EMU for lightly-used lines
RUSSIA: A two-car version of the Class EP2D electric multiple-unit family which is intended for lightly-used lines electrified at 3 kV DC was exhibited by Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant at the Expo 1520 trade fair in Shcherbinka. DMZ currently produces EP2D EMUs in four-car and 11-car configurations, with a ...
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NewsTikhvin begins delivering bogie castings to North America
NORTH AMERICA: United Wagon Co’s Tikhvin plant in Russia has begun shipping Barber S-2-HD bogie side frames and bolsters for the North American market, after obtaining Association of American Railroads approval for their use on wagons for unrestricted interchange in Canada, Mexico and the USA. UWC plans to supply ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - September 2017
Algeria: CAF is to supply 12 six-car Inneo trainsets to the Alger metro. China: The Bombardier NUG Propulsion System Co joint venture has won two contracts worth €68m to supply traction equipment for 600 metro cars for Chengdu metro Line 6 and 78 cars for Chongqing metro Line 4. ...
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NewsTMH to supply parcel vans to Russian Post
RUSSIA: On September 4 Transmashholding subsidiary Tver Carriage Works, VTB Leasing and Russian Post signed a tripartite agreement for the supply of 45 postal vans for use on domestic and international services. According to the agreement, Tver Carriage Works will deliver the vehicles to VTB Leasing by the end of ...
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NewsCRRC presents Melbourne EMU mock-up
AUSTRALIA: Evolution Rail has presented to Victoria Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allen a 39 m long mock-up of the electrical multiple-unit cars that it is supplying to operate Melbourne’s suburban network. Last year the Evolution Rail consortium of Plenary, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles and Downer Group was awarded ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Digital ticket retailer Trainline launched its Price Predictor tool on September 6. Intended to predict movements in the price of quota-controlled Advance tickets in the weeks before a chosen travel date, the tool uses historical data patterns to anticipate price changes. ‘Our data scientists have used historical pricing trends from ...
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NewsVollert develops VLEX road-rail shunting robot
SHUNTING: Vollert has developed a compact battery-powered road-rail machine for light shunting of up to 300 tonnes at industrial sites, ports and freight terminals. ‘As a specialist supplier of economical shunting and transport systems, we were often asked for a small road-rail machine’, explained Jürgen Schiemer, Vice-President Shunting Systems. As ...
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NewsAnglo-Scottish EMUs take shape in Spain
UK: The first Civity EMUs in inter-city configuration for the UK market are under construction at CAF’s plant in Beasain in Spain. The 12 five-car trainsets are scheduled to enter service with TransPennine Express in spring 2019, the operator says. Capable of operating at up to 200 km/h, the 25 ...
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NewsSouth Western Railway brand launched in London
UK: The replacement South Western franchise, awarded to a joint venture of FirstGroup and MTR Europe, was formally launched at London Waterloo on September 4. The franchise had begun on August 20, but with Network Rail’s blockade at Waterloo still underway the launch was held back until platform extension work ...
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News6Dh locomotive delivered
POLAND: Budimex has taken delivery of a 6Dh diesel locomotive rebuilt from a Class SM42 by locomotive repair and wagon manufacturing company Tabor Dębica. This is the first commercial order for the 6Dh design, following the completion last year of a prototype which Tabor Dębica is using internally. The ...
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NewsHitachi and DB test ScotRail EMUs in Germany
UK: Two Hitachi Rail Europe Class 385 EMUs have been moved from Britain to a base at Minden in Germany for a series of unpowered dynamic tests on the DB Netz network.Hitachi is supplying 70 Class 385 EMUs in three- and four-car formations for ScotRail from its production facility at ...
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News1 520 mm gauge Traxx locomotive to be certified this year
RUSSIA: The First Locomotive Co of Bombardier Transportation and local investors announced at Expo 1520 that is expects to obtain certification this autumn for its 1 520 mm gauge member of the Traxx locomotive family. The prototype 2EV120 Prince Vladimir twin-section locomotive built at the company’s Engels factory was exhibited ...
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NewsLastochka Premium inter-regional EMU offers higher comfort
RUSSIA: The Ural Locomotives joint venture of Sinara Group and Siemens displayed a Lastochka Premium inter-regional version of their Desiro RUS electric multiple-unit family at the Expo 1520 trade fair at Shcherbinka. Russian Railways had previously used the Lastochka Premium brand to refer to some faster services operated using standard ...