Traction & rolling stock news – Page 219
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NewsKoleje Mazowieckie orders Pesa locos and double-deck coaches
POLAND: Mazowieckie voivodship regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has selected Pesa to supply two 3 kV DC electric locomotives, 20 double-deck intermediate coaches and two double-deck driving cars. These are said to be the first double-deck cars to be produced in Poland, and will supplement the fleet of 11 ...
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NewsPesa to supply Dart trains to PKP IC
POLAND: PKP Intercity has selected Pesa to supply 20 new long-distance electric multiple-units. The cost of 1·3bn złoty, includes 15 years of servicing from delivery by the end of October 2015. The trains are from Pesa’s Dart family of long-distance EMUs, and will have a maximum speed of 160 ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2014
Africa: Ccecc is to supply four more CSR Qishuyan SDD20 diesel locos to Tazara under a US$12·45m contract signed in December. Tazara says six delivered last year are performing satisfactorily after ‘teething challenges’. Algeria: Faiveley and Compin have been selected for a €75m contract for the refurbishment of 202 ...
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NewsEnergy meters support traction electricity supply contract
POLAND: Having become the first Polish operator to equip its fleet with energy meters, Mazowieckie voivodship's regional passenger operator Koleje Mazowieckie has awarded PKP Energetyka a 47m z?oty contract for the supply of traction electricity. Four bids were received for the contract, which runs for one year from April. A ...
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NewsDB’s London – Frankfurt plan in doubt again
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has cast further doubt on the introduction of direct high speed services between Germany and London, citing authorisation delays to its fleet of Class 407 Velaro D high speed trainsets now being delivered by Siemens. At a press launch on February 18 marking the introduction of the ...
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NewsFlytoget seeks more trains
NORWAY: Oslo Gardermoen Airport rail link operator Flytoget is seeking expressions of interest in a contract to supply eight trainsets worth an estimated NKr15bn. These would be in addition to the existing electric multiple-units which have been in operation for 17 years. The new stock is required to have ...
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NewsSaft awarded IEP battery order
UK: Hitachi Rail Europe has awarded Saft a contract to supply batteries to provide up to 3 h of back-up power for lighting, ventilation, door-opening and communications systems on the Class 800 and Class 801 trainsets being built under the Intercity Express Programme. The compact 'plug and play' underfloor battery ...
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NewsRussian Railways to reduce stake in Aeroexpress
RUSSIA: The Russian Railways board has approved the sale of half of its 50% stake in airport train operator Aeroexpress to TransGroup subsidiary Delta-Trans-Invest, which currently has a 25% shareholding. The reported price of €11·7m is based on a market value calculated by an independent appraiser. Announcing the ...
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NewsCabinet backing for Indian locomotive factories
INDIA: Plans to establish two locomotive factories in Bihar through PPP contracts with international manufacturers took a step forward on January 20, when the cabinet gave its approval for bids to be invited within six months. The cabinet had previously backed the long-running project last May, when it had ...
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NewsGB Railfreight orders more Class 66s
UK: GB Railfreight announced an order for a further 13 Electro-Motive Diesel Class 66 locomotives on February 7. This follows an order for eight announced in September 2013, and will take the operator's Class 66 fleet to 71 locomotives when they are delivered in late 2014. GBRf said it had ...
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NewsGreenbrier plans safer tank car design
USA: Responding to growing concern over the safety of crude oil movements by rail in North America, rolling stock builder The Greenbrier Companies announced on February 5 that it is to develop a new-generation ‘Tank Car of the Future’ for the transport of hazardous freight, including crude oil and ethanol. ...
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NewsHigher axleloads planned to boost iron ore capacity
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket is studying a proposal to upgrade the 35 km Dunderlandsbane section of the Trondheim - Bodø route to increase the maximum axleload from 24 to 30 tonnes. The plan has been put forward by mining company Rana Gruber, which contracts Cargolink to haul iron ore on ...
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NewsCIT expands into Europe with acquisition of Nacco
EUROPE: US asset financing company CIT Group Inc announced its acquisition of European wagon leasing business Nacco SAS for undisclosed terms on February 3. Nacco has its headquarters in Paris and subsidiaries in Hamburg and Crewe. It owns more than 9 500 wagons, which are leased to more than 150 ...
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NewsCFM takes delivery of GE locomotives
MOZAMBIQUE: Deputy Minister of Transport & Communications Eusébio Saíde unveiled the first four of 10 GE Transportation C30ACi diesel locomotives for Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique on Janaury 29. The 1 067 mm gauge locomotives were ordered in 2011 at a cost of US$41·2m for use on passenger and freight ...
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NewsFlorida East Coast orders 24 GE locomotives
USA: Florida East Coast Railway announced an order for 24 GE Transportation ES44C4 Evolution Series locomotives on January 30. 'These locomotives will provide the fuel-efficient power we need to support the current operations and future growth of the railroad,' said Fran Chinnici, Senior Vice-President of Mechanical, Engineering & Purchasing at ...
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NewsVectron obtains TSI approvals
EUROPE: German notified body Eisenbahn-Cert has certified the Siemens Vectron locomotive family in accordance with the locomotives & passenger rolling stock subsystem technical specification for interoperability. 'Vectron is the first electric locomotive platform to be certified according to this specification in Europe', said Karl-Hermann Klausecker, CEO of Siemens Locomotives ...
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NewsHZ orders 44 Končar multiple-units
CROATIA: A €213m contract for a total of 44 diesel and electric multiple-units was signed by HŽ PP and domestic rolling stock manufacturer Končar on January 30. The largest order placed by the national railway’s passenger business is being partly funded with a €107m loan from the ...
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NewsFinancial close for Queensland New Generation Rollingstock contract
AUSTRALIA: Queensland's Department of Transport & Main Roads announced on January 29 that it had reached financial close on the A$4·4bn New Generation Rollingstock PPP contract, which will see the Bombardier NGR Consortium supply and maintain 75 six-car electric multiple-units to introduce additional services in southeast Queensland and replace older ...
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NewsMore BiLevels ordered for GO Transit
CANADA: Toronto area transport authority Metrolinx announced a C$481m order for further 65 Bombardier Transportation BiLevel double-deck coaches on January 24. Ontario's Ministry of Transportation said the order is 'an important step toward introducing two-way, all-day service on all seven GO rail lines.' The coaches are scheduled to be delivered ...
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NewsLithuanian Railways orders 20 shunting locomotives
LITHUANIA: National railway LG has ordered a further 20 Transmashholding TEM TMH shunting locomotives for delivery at monthly intervals from the end of January. Final assembly is to be undertaken at LG's Vilnius depot. Developed by TMH's Bryansk plant in conjunction with CZ Loko, the TEM TMH is based on ...