All Railway Gazette International articles in Web Issue – Page 3
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NewsTrenitalia's ETR700 ex-Fyra trains to enter service on Adriatic Corridor
ITALY: The first four of 17 ETR700 trainsets originally built for Fyra services in the Netherlands and Belgium are to enter commercial service with Trenitalia on June 9, FS Group announced on June 3. The trains are branded Frecciargento and will initially operate between Milano and Ancona, with two return ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom focuses on ‘green, fluid, safe and inclusive’ mobility at UITP 2019
ALSTOM: Alstom will use the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 to show how public transport can offer passengers a ‘fluid, secure and enjoyable travel experience’ while remaining environmentally friendly, sustainable and accessible. Visitors to the company’s stand will be able to learn about the latest developments in the ...
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NewsIllinois votes to fund rail expansion
USA: Dedicated funding for two new inter-city rail services and urban rail expansion is included in a $45bn package of infrastructure investment approved by the Illinois state legislature on May 31. The six-year programme put together by Governor J B Pritzker allocates $33·2bn for transport projects. The majority of this ...
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NewsRussian Railways orders high speed trains
RUSSIA: Russian Railways has signed a €1·1bn order for a further 13 Velaro RUS high speed trains for use on the 650 km Moscow – St Petersburg route, Siemens Mobility announced on June 7. The 10-car 3 kV DC trainsets will be supplied by Siemens Mobility and the Ural Locomotives ...
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NewsZSSK RegioPanter EMU rolled out
SLOVAKIA: Škoda Transportation has rolled out the first of the Class 660 electric multiple-units ordered by national passenger operator ZSSK for use on regional services around Žilina. The €160m contract for 25 dual-voltage 3 kV DC/25 kV AC EMUs with a maximum speed of 160 km/h was signed in March ...
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Metro Report InternationalThales addresses the big questions at UITP
THALES: A series of talks on the challenges facing the transport industry as digital technologies develop will take place on Thales’ stand at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019. Arnaud Besse will address the future development of CBTC signalling, while Walter Kinio will give a presentation entitled ‘The ...
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NewsNew Mexico Rail Runner Express PTC deployment contract
USA: Wabtec has been awarded a $55m contract to implement Positive Train Control on the 160 km New Mexico Rail Runner Express route from Belen to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Wabtec is to supply its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System overlay which has been adopted by the principal freight operators. ...
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Metro Report InternationalEmbedded glass technology on show at UITP
OSG: Israel-based glass manufacturer OSG is showing its ScreeneX embedded glass screen technology at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019. Products on OSG’s stand include the TRN 21-21T dual-sided partition, which combines a digital display on one side and a touchscreen interface on the other. This has been ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Polish operator Industrial Division has ordered five Siemens Vectron locomotives for use by its Cargounit subsidiary. Three are to be used on north-south intermodal services and two on east-west services. Bombardier Transportation had also bid. Three EMD Class 66 locomotives currently used in Sweden are to be leased from Beacon ...
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NewsPassengers prevail over freight in capacity allocation dispute
SWITZERLAND: The need to provide a minimum level of network capacity for freight operators should not be understood in absolute terms, but instead all relevant interests need to be weighed up, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled in a dispute about train paths. As a result, its says the needs ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram collision and overspeed safety system to be tested in Wien and Blackpool
SAFETY: Bombardier Transportation launched its Collision & Overspeed Monitoring & Prevention Assistance System for trams and light rail vehicles at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019. Testing of the technology will soon begin on trams in Wien and Blackpool. Developed in co-operation with the Austrian Institute of Technology ...
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Metro Report InternationalEasyMile driverless shuttle upgraded for unattended operation
EASYMILE: Toulouse-based EasyMile unveiled an upgraded version of its EZ10 driverless electric shuttle at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019. As well as a redesigned sensor providing a wider field of vision, the vehicle has a new safety architecture that enables operation without an on-board attendant, according to ...
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NewsTambo Springs terminal ‘will change the face of Gauteng’
SOUTH AFRICA: The Southern Palace Joint Venture Consortium has won a 20-year concession to design, finance, build and operate a major intermodal terminal serving Gauteng province. Announcing the ‘historic public and private sector partnership’ on June 5, Transnet said the R2∙5bn terminal forming part of the Gauteng Integrated Transport Master ...
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NewsStadler sees success on six axles
EUROPE: Stadler says that its family of six-axle diesel, electric and bi-mode Eurodual locomotives are ‘30 to 40% better in terms of track forces’ than ‘most of the four-axle locos in use around Europe today’. Antonio García Ricos, Engineering Vice-President of Stadler Valencia, told the Transport Logistic trade show in ...
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NewsRussian rolling stock innovation centre planned
RUSSIA: An agreement to establish a rolling stock engineering innovation centre was signed by Russian Railways, Sinara Group and technology partner Siemens Mobility at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. The partners said the centre would consolidate existing experience and acquire new expertise to provide engineering consultancy, design, and documentation ...
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NewsCRRC launches ETCS-compatible signalling
SIGNALLING: CRRC Zhuzhou presented its SigThemis signalling at the UITP World Public Transport Summit 2019 in Stockholm on June 10. SigThemis supports ETCS levels 0, 1 and 2, and is compatible with baselines 2 and 3. It is also interoperable with Chinese Train Communication, and supports various levels of ...
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Metro Report InternationalRATP to test Solaris hydrogen bus
FRANCE: RATP is to test a hydrogen fuel cell bus in passenger service next year, after signing an agreement with manufacturer Solaris at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 on June 10. RATP will test a bus over a 10-week period between April and June as part of ...
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Metro Report InternationalMobility Innovation Partnership launched
GERMANY: The UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 saw the official launch of the Mobility Innovation Partnership between UITP and TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe that was concluded in April. This includes UITP’s establishment of a training centre in Karlsruhe, which will reveal its initial programmes at the summit. Firms in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSão Paulo airport EMU unveiled
BRAZIL: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has unveiled the first of eight eight-car Class 2500 electric multiple-units that it is supplying for São Paulo suburban operator CPTM’s Line 13 to Guarulhos Airport under a contract awarded in September 2017. The 12·2 km Line 13 was inaugurated in June 2018, and is currently ...
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NewsOperail concerned about infrastructure charges
ESTONIA: State owned logistics company Operail has reported a net profit of €2·6m for the first three months of 2019, double the figure for the same period last year. Chairman Raul Toomsalu said the main source of profit was the lease fleet of 2 100 wagons, with revenue up 65% ...