Traction & rolling stock news – Page 226
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NewsChinese loans to fund locomotives and electrification in Belarus
BELARUS: An order for electric locomotives and a loan to fund railway electrification were among the agreements signed during President Lukashenko's official visit to Beijing in July. The state-owned Export-Import Bank of China is to provide a loan to cover 85% of the US$116·9m cost of the 18 locomotives, which ...
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NewsLegios wins Turkish tank wagon order
TURKEY: Czech rolling stock manufacturer Legios has announced a contract to supply 100 light oil tank wagons to Turkish refining company Tüpras. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. The KC600m contract includes an option for further deliveries in 2014 which Legios said would 'significantly' increase the overall volume of ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2013
Africa: Transnet Engineering has delivered 10 Class 33 locomotives and 21 coaches to CDN and CEAR for use in Mozambique and Malawi. Argentina: CSR Qingdao Sifang was awarded a US$327m order in May to supply 300 EMU cars in 2014 to increase capacity on the Roca commuter network in ...
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NewsEast Coast Main Line IEP train order confirmed
UK: A £1·2bn firm order for the Agility Trains consortium to design, build, finance and maintain 30 nine-car electric Hitachi Super Express Trains to replace the current Intercity 225 fleet on East Coast Main Line services from 2019 was confirmed by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin on July 18. The 27½-year ...
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NewsToshiba motors to upgrade Singapore metro cars
SINGAPORE: Toshiba Corp has announced a 'major order' to supply its high-efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for the refurbishment of drive systems on 66 six-car C151 metro trainsets which SMRT Corp operates on Singapore's East-West and North-South lines. There are four motored cars in each trainset. Toshiba said this would ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...
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NewsShibuya Hikarie EMU enters service
JAPAN: Tokyu Railway has started putting into service a new generation of 1067 mm gauge commuter EMUs designed for through running onto neighbouring networks. This follows the transfer of operations at its Tokyo Shibuya station from the former elevated terminus to a low-level station allowing through running with Tokyo ...
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NewsEversholt Rail to provide Thameslink fleet support services
UK: Eversholt Rail has announced a 22-year agreement to provide project and asset management support services to Cross London Trains, the consortium of Siemens Project Ventures, 3i Infrastructure and Innisfree which was awarded a £1·6bn contract by the Department for Transport to build, own, finance and maintain 1 140 electric ...
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NewsTurkey orders Siemens Velaro high speed trainsets
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has placed an order for seven Velaro high speed trainsets, Siemens has confirmed. The contract is worth €285m, including seven years of maintenance by the manufacturer. Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens' Rail Systems Division, said the Turkish contract marked its entry into a promising growth market. ...
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NewsSiemens pulls out of Crossrail train bidding
UK: Siemens announced on July 5 that it 'will not be proceeding further in the Crossrail rolling stock procurement process.' In February 2012 Siemens, Bombardier Transportation, CAF and Hitachi Rail Europe were invited to negotiate for a contract to provide around 600 electric multiple-unit cars for the east-west line under ...
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NewsFirst Régiolis EMU delivered to Aquitaine
FRANCE: The first Régiolis EMU delivered by Alstom to operate local TER services in the Aquitaine region was presented to the public at Bordeaux Saint-Jean station on July 4. This followed a handover ceremony attended by President of the Aquitaine regional council Alain Rousset, SNCF President Guillaume Pepy and Alstom ...
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NewsMore CNR cars arrive for long-distance services
ARGENTINA: On July 3 the federal government announced the arrival of a further batch of 17 passenger coaches from CNR Changchun of China, due to be deployed on long-distance services from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata and Rosario. The latest batch includes first and second class vehicles, a restaurant ...
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NewsCNR Tangshan rolls out CRH3A
CHINA: CNR Tangshan rolled out its first CRH3A electric multiple-unit on June 8. The CRH3A draws on technology used in the Siemens Veraro-derived CRH380 family of high speed trains, but is a lower-cost design intended for use on inter-city routes with maximum speeds between 160 and 250 km/h. ...
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NewsFrecciarossa 1000 high speed train ready for testing
ITALY: The first Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train for national operator Trenitalia was displayed to invited guests at Bombardier Transportation's Vado Ligure plant on July 3, having completed its first run under its own power and ahead of the start of testing between Genova and Savona. Testing is expected ...
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NewsTalgo signs 603-car Kazakh contract
KAZAKHSTAN: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Patentes Talgo and its local joint venture Tulpar-Talgo have been awarded a contract worth €482m to supply 603 long-distance coaches to the passenger business of national operator KTZ. The contract was signed on June 26 during a visit to Kazakstan by Spanish Development Minister Ana ...
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NewsRefurbishment aims to extend DMU life by 15 years
GERMANY: Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG has awarded Alstom a €27m contract to modernise 27 Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units used on Weser-Ems services. The work is to be undertaken at Alstom's Braunschweig site for completion in December 2015. The contract announced on June 26 is designed to ensure the trains ...
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NewsCSR Qishuyan to supply 20 locomotives to Thailand
THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand signed a contract for CSR Qishuyan to supply 20 locomotives on June 25. The metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives with AC traction equipment are scheduled to be delivered in 2015 for use on freight trains as part of a 'hub and spoke' intermodal distribution model which is ...
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NewsO-Train DMUs delivered to Ottawa
CANADA: Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson formally took delivery of six Alstom Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units for the city's O-Train service at the 8 km line's Walkley depot on June 22. Operator OC Transpo placed the C$34m order for the DMUs in September 2011 as part of the C$59m ...
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NewsMBTA orders more MotivePower locomotives
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has placed a firm order for a further 13 HSP46 passenger locomotives with Wabtec subsidiary MotivePower, taking its total order to 40. Delivery to Boston is scheduled for 2014. The contract was announced on June 26 and is valued at more than $70m, including training, ...
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NewsFirst Polish Pendolino presented to PKP Intercity
POLAND: The first Pendolino for Poland was presented to PKP Intercity at Alstom’s Savigliano plant on June 17. The Polish and Italian deputy transport ministers attended the event. The train, branded as EIC Premium, is made up of seven cars and is 187·4 m long. It will feature 402 ...