Traction & rolling stock news – Page 214
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NewsHualien – Taitung electrification inaugurated
TAIWAN: Electric train services began running between Hualien and Taitung on June 28, completing the electrification of Taiwan Railways Administration’s East Coast main line. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou said the construction period had been cut from seven to five years, despite difficult geological and ...
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NewsAddis Abeba - Djibouti electric locomotives ordered
ETHIOPIA: A contract for CSR Zhuzhou to supply 35 electric locomotives for the future Addis Abeba – Djibouti standard gauge line was signed on June 19. Delivery of the three passenger locomotives and 32 freight locos able to haul trains of up to 4 000 tonnes will begin in October ...
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NewsRenewed fleet brings savings
ESTONIA: Passenger operator Elron has completed its fleet renewal programme with the delivery of the last of 38 Stadler Flirt multiple-units. In August 2010 Elron, then known as Elektriraudtee, ordered 12 three-car and six four-car EMUs and 20 DMUs incorporating supercapacitor energy storage to boost acceleration, the first diesel version ...
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NewsETR610 arrives in Switzerland
SWITZERLAND: The first of a batch of eight ETR610 New Pendolino tilting trainsets ordered by Swiss Federal Railways in July 2012 has been delivered from Alstom’s Savigliano plant in Italy. Type approval for Switzerland was completed before delivery, and dynamic trials are now underway with the aim of two trainsets ...
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NewsPantograph certified
POLAND: The 160EC pantograph developed by EC Engineering for 3 kV DC overhead electrification has been certified as meeting TSI requirements. Certification was carried out by Poland’s Instytut Kolejnictwa, with wind tunnel testing at the Instytut Lotnictwa facility in Warszawa. The 160EC has been produced for the Polish and ...
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NewsKVSZ’s prototype multiple-units on test in Ukraine
UKRAINE: Rolling stock manufacturer KVSZ has unveiled its prototype DPKr2 diesel multiple-unit in Kyiv, and its first EKr1 Tarpan inter-city electric multiple-unit has entered passenger service with national railway UZ The multiple-units have been developed by KVSZ with the aim of offering domestically-produced passenger rolling stock which could be used ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou signs Macedonian multiple-unit contract
MACEDONIA: A contract for CSR Zhuzhou to supply four diesel and two electric multiple-units to national operator MZ Transport was signed in Skopje on June 24. Chinese rolling stock group CSR said the contract was its first to supply passenger rolling stock in Europe. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in ...
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NewsPeruRail orders Sygnet locomotives
PERU: PeruRail has ordered four M629 diesel locomotives from Sygnet Rail Technologies to haul passenger services on the 914 mm gauge line from Cusco to Machu Picchu. The 1 800 hp locomotives will incorporate the Sygnet Power Module, a self-contained unit developed by the US company. This contains a Cummins ...
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NewsStadler Rail looks east for growth
STADLER RAIL: Initial successes have been achieved under the strategy of targeting new markets and sectors to counteract the effect of the European debt crisis and changes in exchange rates, Stadler Rail said when presenting its annual results for 2013. Orders with a total value of SFr2·6bn were received in ...
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NewsPesa wins Gdańsk airport DMU order
POLAND: Pomorskie voivodship has selected Pesa to supply 10 diesel multiple-units for 114m złoty. The seven three-car and three two-car DMUs are to be delivered by May 2015. They will be used on the Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna line which is under construction to link Gdańsk to the city’s ...
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NewsRailpool orders Traxx locomotives
EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has ordered 35 Bombardier Traxx locomotives with a list price of €135m for delivery in 2015-16, under a framework agreement which includes an option for up to 30 more which would take the value to €250m. Bombardier will also upgrade safety systems on the existing fleet. ...
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NewsAmtrak and California abandon joint rolling stock procurement
USA: Plans to undertake a joint procurement of high speed trainsets have been shelved by Amtrak and the Californian High Speed Rail Authority. Amtrak said on June 23 that meetings with representatives of the rolling stock supply industry had indicated that the requirements were too diverse to be met by ...
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NewsAlstom to focus on transport after GE deal
ALSTOM: The board of Alstom has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept a deal with GE which would see the French company sell its energy activities and focus on transport, with the acquisition of GE’s signalling business and international collaboration with GE in the rail sector. The deal is subject to ...
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NewsLiquefied gas wagon under development
EUROPE: Leasing company VTG and cryogenic liquid storage and transport specialist Chart Ferox are jointly developing two prototype wagons suitable for carrying liquefied natural gas by rail. It is envisaged that two wagons could replace four lorries or five tank containers on the roads, with insulation to permit storage times ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2014
Austria: Steiermärkische Landesbahn has acquired three CityShuttle coaches from ÖBB for school trains. Azerbaijan: Alstom and Baku Metro have signed a ‘memorandum of mutual co-operation’ to develop metro cars for new lines and the gradual replacement of the existing fleet. A final agreement is to be signed within two ...
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NewsStadler signs Baku – Tbilisi – Kars sleeping car contract
AZERBAIJAN: Stadler Rail has signed a contract to supply Azerbaijan Railways with 30 gauge-changing sleeping and dining cars for use on future Baku – Tbilisi – Kars – Istanbul services. The SFr120m contract announced on June 12 is Stadler’s first in Azerbaijan. It covers the supply of five types of ...
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NewsTalgo trains to replace Sapsan on Nizhny Novgorod route
RUSSIA: The Talgo rolling stock which is currently under construction for Federal Passenger Co will replace Siemens Sapsan trainsets on the Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod route, Russian Railways announced on June 11. The Sapsan trainsets, designated Velaro RUS by the manufacturer, are to be concentrated on the Moscow – ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co to offer transport services
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has established a subsidiary to offer freight transport services to the coal, metallurgical and chemical sectors using modern wagons produced at its Tikhvin plant. Vostok1520 is intended to complement the UWC group’s Tikhvin manufacturing and Rail1520 leasing activities. It is initially focusing on local routes within ...
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NewsMTR Express to use Hagalund depot
SWEDEN: National station and railway property company Jernhusen announced on June 2 that it had signed a 10-year agreement to provide new open access inter-city operator MTR Express with stabling and maintenance facilities for six Stadler Flirt EMUs which will operate Stockholm – Gøteborg inter-city services from March 2015. The ...
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NewsDB orders multi-engine locos for Sylt Shuttle service
GERMANY: Deustche Bahn has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply seven Traxx Multi-Engine diesel-electric locomotives for use on the Sylt Shuttle car-carrying service across the 11 km Hindenburgdamm causeway which connects the North Sea island of Sylt with mainland Schleswig-Holstein. The contract announced on June 6 has been placed ...