Traction & rolling stock news – Page 205
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NewsFirst Hitachi IEP trainset arrives in Britain
UK: The first pre-series Class 800 trainset for the Intercity Express Programme was unloaded at the port of Southampton’s Queen Elizabeth II Terminal on March 12, watched by guests including Transport Minister Claire Perry and the city’s mayor. The five-car electro-diesel trainset left Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan on January ...
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NewsKoleje Dolnośląskie makes Impuls purchase
POLAND: Voivodship-owned local passenger train operator Koleje Dolnośląskie signed a 78m złoty order for five four-car Newag Impuls 31WEa electric multiple-units on March 10. The 160 km/h units with a capacity of 460 passengers are to be delivered by the end of this year for use on the Wrocław ...
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NewsAbellio and Hitachi sign ScotRail train contract
UK: Hitachi Rail Europe and Abellio formally announced the signing of the previously-announced contract for the supply and maintenance of 70 electric multiple-units for the next ScotRail franchise on March 12. The EMUs are being financed by Caledonian Rail Leasing, a special purpose vehicle created by SMBC Leasing. The ...
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NewsEU backs wagon development project
EUROPE: Kiruna Wagon is working with industrial and academic partners to develop a wagon for high axleload freight trains which the Swedish manufacturer believes is ‘likely to become a new standard for future European bulk transport’. The project is being supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research programme, as ...
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NewsUS Navy takes delivery of custom-designed locomotive
USA: The US Navy has taken delivery of a diesel-hydraulic locomotive which has been custom designed and built by Brookville Equipment Corp for shunting at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Brookville's Director of Sales Chris Rhoades said the locomotive's 'unique drive system is ...
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NewsSlovak wagon fleet privatised
SLOVAKIA: Ownership of 12 450 wagons is to be transferred from national freight operator ZSSK Cargo to a new joint venture company, Cargo Wagon AS, under the terms of a sale-and-leaseback agreement signed on March 9. ZSSK Cargo will have a 34% stake in Cargo Wagon, while European wagon leasing ...
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NewsCustom filters developed for Dutch GSM-R contract
NETHERLANDS: NS Reizigers has awarded telecoms technology company KPN and subcontractor Funkwerk a contract to supply 1 400 GSM-R cab radios within 15 months. The transceiver modules will have filters custom-designed by Funkwerk to block radio signals that might interfere with the train communications. According to Funkwerk CEO Kerstin ...
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NewsFirst CSR Roca EMU unveiled
ARGENTINA: On March 5 President Cristina Fernández joined Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo and Minister of Economy & Public Finance Axel Kicillof to present the first four-car EMU to be delivered by CSR Qingdao Sifang of China for the Roca commuter network in Buenos Aires. Following 90 ...
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NewsVictoria orders more X’Trapolis EMUs
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria announced an order for a further five six-car Alstom X’Trapolis electric multiple-units on March 3. The first is expected to enter service by the end of 2016. The government said the order would plug a critical short-term gap in train availability in Melbourne and also ...
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NewsMetro Trains Melbourne to test vibration harvesters
AUSTRALIA: Metro Trains Melbourne is to test bearing and wheelset monitoring sensors supplied by Perpetuum which are powered by the train’s vibrations. Electrical energy is generated by using an oscillating magnet which induces a voltage in the coil. This powers the vibration and temperature sensors, which provide ...
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NewsEversholt Rail sells wagon fleet to CIT Group
UK: Rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail Group sold its freight wagon fleet to the Nacco (UK) Ltd subsidiary of CIT Group on February 27. The price was not disclosed. The fleet comprises 920 wagons, including container flats, open wagons, coal and aggregate hoppers and autoballasters. Eversholt Rail Group ...
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NewsTransnet finalises locomotive financing deals
SOUTH AFRICA: On March 2 national freight operator Transnet issued an update on the contracts for the supply of 1 064 locomotives which it awarded in March 2014, and announced financing packages worth R13bn for the locos to be supplied by GE and Bombardier. Transnet Group CEO Brian Molefe said ...
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NewsBattery-diesel hybrid multiple-unit on test
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has begun test running with the first of eight Series HB-E210 two-car battery-diesel multiple-units which are being supplied by J-TREC. The units are expected to offer a 60% reduction in NOX and particulate emissions compared to conventional DMUs. JR East ordered the hybrid DMUs in ...
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NewsHitachi agrees to buy Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda
ITALY: On February 24 the Hitachi and Finmeccanica boards announced the signing of binding agreements for the Japanese group to buy Napoli-based rolling stock manufacturer AnsaldoBreda and Finmeccanica’s 40% stake in Genova-based signalling, train control and turnkey transport system supplier Ansaldo STS. Hitachi Rail said the acquisitions would represent a ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2015
Angola: Johannesburg-based Dominex has refurbished eight sleeping cars, two restaurant cars and a generator van for the Benguela Railway. The ex-South African cars have been fitted with air-conditioning and dual air/vacuum braking. Bulgaria: Sofia has exercised an option for a further five Pesa Swing trams (RG 5.13 p23). ...
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NewsBattery-diesel and dual-fuel locos roll out
CHINA: CSR Ziyang has unveiled a 3 000 hp diesel-battery hybrid locomotive rated for use at marshalling yards, and a LNG-fuelled loco for mainline freight use The manufacturer says the hybrid design’s ability to use the battery to store and recover regenerated braking energy can reduce fuel consumption by at ...
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NewsTraxx for 'the true north'
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Transport Dr Frank Nägele unveiled the first of 15 Bombardier Transportation Traxx P160 DE Multi-Engine diesel locomotives ordered for Marschbahn services on February 19. The locomotive carries the Land’s slogan promoting ‘the true north’, and is to be deployed on the route between Hamburg and the ...
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NewsČD orders more RegioPanters
CZECH REPUBLIC: National passenger operator ČD signed a framework contract with Škoda Vagonka on February 17 for the supply of up to 11 more Class 650 two-car dual-voltage electric multiple-units. The framework is valid for 48 months and is worth KC1·2bn. It follows from an order for 14 EMUs ...
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NewsTCDD orders 10 more Velaros
TURKEY: State railway operator TCDD has selected Siemens to supply a further 10 Velaro TR high speed trainsets, the company confirmed on February 18. Subject to any legal challenges from other bidders, the contract is expected to be signed shortly. Having bought the former Velaro D demonstrator and then ordered ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation assesses all the options
BOMBARDIER: 'We are definitely the world leader outside China and intend to stay that way', Dr Lutz Bertling, President & COO of Bombardier Transportation, told Railway Gazette International on February 12 when discussing the company’s annual results for the year to December 31 2014. Bertling is not expecting Bombardier to ...