Traction & rolling stock news – Page 217
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NewsTasRail completes wagon fleet renewal
AUSTRALIA: The last of 18 cement, 54 bulk ore, 17 coal and 120 intermodal wagons built by CNR Shenyang in China under a contract placed in late 2012 was ceremonially handed over to TasRail on March 31. The 1 067 mm gauge wagons have Wabtec brakes and SKF bearings. ‘Once ...
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NewsMittelsachsen transport authority orders own EMUs
GERMANY: Transport authority Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen has awarded Alstom a €150m contract to supply 29 Coradia Continental 160 km/h electric multiple-units and maintain them for 16 years. The EMUs are to be built at Alstom's Salzgitter plant and are due to enter service in June 2016 on Elektronetz Mittelsachsen II services ...
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NewsLocomotives reach Ethiopia by road
AFRICA: Five Chinese-built diesel locomotives for use on railway construction projects in Ethiopia have been delivered by road from the port of Djibouti by logistics company Steder Group FZCO. The locomotives weigh from 85 tonnes to 135 tonnes, and were carried on Steder Group's multi-axle trailers after being unloaded from ...
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NewsFirst electrification-ready stock delivered to Israel Railways
ISRAEL: National railway ISR has taken delivery of the first six of 72 double-deck coaches which Bombardier Transportation is supplying pre-equipped to operate with electric locomotives on routes which are to be electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz. ISR placed a €122m order for the coaches in September 2012 under ...
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NewsVoith to build €25m rolling stock component plant in China
CHINA: The groundbreaking ceremony for a €25m rail vehicle component plant in Shanghai is planned for December, Voith announced on March 31. Production at the 10 000 m2 facility is expected to start in early 2016. In addition, Voith is to set up an engineering centre which will adapt components ...
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NewsSBB orders 485 wagons
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways announced a SFr50m contract for Slovakian company ŽOS Trnava to supply 485 wagons to replace its infrastructure maintenance fleet on March 31. The order covers: 70 twin-axle hopper wagons; 140 bogie hopper wagons; 50 tipping wagons with high sides; 25 tipping wagons with low sides; ...
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NewsEuropean Locomotive Leasing signs framework for 50 locomotives
EUROPE: New entrant to the leasing market European Locomotive Leasing has signed a framework contract to acquire up to 50 Siemens Vectron AC and multi-system locomotives. The agreement announced on March 31 includes a firm order for an undisclosed number of locomotives to be delivered immediately, with the rest to ...
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NewsTransPennine EMU fleet delivered
UK: Train operator First TransPennine Express took delivery of the last of 10 Siemens Class 350/4 Desiro electric multiple-units on March 28, 25 months after the £60m contract was signed. The four-car 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs are leased from Angel Trains, and will be used to increase capacity between ...
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NewsFirst Jazz EMU delivered
ITALY: Alstom officially handed over the first of 70 Coradia Meridian electric multiple-units being built for Trenitalia at Roma Termini on March 27. The operator placed the €440m order for the four and five-car 160 km/h EMUs in November 2012. Following the musical themes of the Vivalto and Minuetto trainsets, ...
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NewsCoach order a done deal
POLAND: PKP Intercity is expected to confirm a contract shortly for FPS to supply 20 long distance passenger coaches for Warszawa - Poznan - Szczecin services. Valued at 148 million złoty, the deal covers eight first class, 10 second-class and two restaurant cars, specifying air-conditioned vehicles suitable for 200 km/h ...
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NewsVoith to retrofit Pacer DMU final drives and wheelsets
UK: Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains has awarded Voith a contract to supply 188 final drives and cardan shafts to improve the reliability and reduce the maintenance costs of Class 142 diesel multiple-units operated by Northern Rail and Arriva Trains Wales. Voith has modified the design of its KE-485 ...
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NewsRégiolis approved for passenger service
FRANCE: Alstom reports that its Régiolis multiple-unit is now expected to enter passenger service with SNCF on April 22. What the manufacturer describes as ‘an important milestone' in the Régiolis commissioning programme was reached on March 21 when safety regulator EPSF issued its approval for the new train type to ...
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NewsGATX buys 18 500 wagons from GE Capital Rail Services
USA: GATX Corp announced the purchase of GE Capital Rail Services' North American per diem boxcar fleet of more than 18 500 vehicles for $340m on March 24. The fleet has an average age of 34 years, and GATX expects it to generate $70m in annual revenues. 'This fleet acquisition ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market March 2014
Australia: On January 15 Queensland’s Department of Transport and the Bombardier NGR Consortium signed the A$4·4bn New Generation Rollingstock PPP 32-year contract covering the supply and maintenance of 75 six-car EMUs (RG 1.14 p14). They are to be manufactured at Savli in India for delivery over five years, with testing ...
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NewsCNR Dalian locomotives exported to Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA: CNR Dalian is supplying three diesel locomotives for use by contractor China Civil Engineering Construction Corp during the construction of the standard gauge route which is to replace the out-of-use metre gauge line from Djibouti to Addis Abeba. The 2 940 kW locomotives have 16V240ZJD engines and a maximum ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem awarded high speed train contracts
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem has been awarded two contracts to supply 300 km/h high speed trainsets. A 324bn won contract covers 10 KTX-Sancheon trainsets for the Suseo High Speed Railway subsidiary of Korail, which will operate the 60 km high speed line now under construction to serve the southeastern ...
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NewsDB orders S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland EMUs
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn placed a €146m contract for 29 Bombardier Talent 2 electric multiple-units on March 20, the 13th firm order under a €1bn framework agreed in 2007. The 19 three-car and 10 five-car EMUs are to be manufactured at Bombardier's Hennigsdorf site. They are due to enter service from ...
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NewsFirst private customer for Traxx Diesel Multi-Engine locomotives
GERMANY: Special-purpose joint venture Paribus-DIF-Netz-West-Lokomotiven has become the first private-sector customer for Bombardier's Traxx Diesel Multi-Engine locomotive, with an order for 15 of the four-engine locos announced on March 19. Bombardier said the value of the Traxx ME order 'based on the list price' is €60m. Delivery is scheduled for ...
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NewsFyra dispute settled as AnsaldoBreda buys back V250 trainsets
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has reached agreement with AnsaldoBreda and its parent company Finmeccanica to settle the ongoing dispute over the V250 trainsets supplied for the aborted Fyra high speed services linking Amsterdam with Brussels and Breda. Under an agreement announced on March 17, AnsaldoBreda will take back all ...
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NewsSiemens Charger passenger locomotive contract finalised
USA: Siemens announced on March 18 that the states of Illinois, California, Michigan, Missouri and Washington had formally issued a notice to proceed with production of 32 diesel-electric passenger locomotives suitable for speeds up to 200 km/h. The procurement is being led on behalf of the five states by ...