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NewsGRP electrification mast on test
BELGIUM: A glass-fibre reinforced plastic overhead electrification mast developed by Austrian company Powerlines Group is undergoing testing at an exposed location on the coastal tram route operated by De Lijn. The manufacturer says its patented GRP mast offers server advantages over steel or reinforced concrete equivalents. It is entirely non-conductive, ...
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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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NewsStudy sets out ways to cut Denmark - Hamburg journey times
EUROPE: Passenger journey times on the 337 km route between Aarhus in Denmark and Hamburg in Germany could be reduced by 97 min to 2 h 53 min without requiring major infrastructure works, according to a study undertaken by Atkins on behalf of 17 local authorities. Atkins has produced a ...
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NewsPatriot Rail launches Blue Ridge Railcar Repair
USA: Short line group Patriot Rail is to relaunch the former Alderman Railcar Services wagon repair and cleaning business under the name Blue Ridge Railcar Repair during February, having acquired the assets at the end of 2013 after Alderman entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The workshop in in Keysville, Virginia, ...
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NewsPandrol acquires CDM Track
BELGIUM: CDM Group sold its CDM Track business unit to Pandrol with effect from January 6, as part of CDM's strategy to focus on noise and vibration isolation systems in the building and industry markets. The deal includes CDM's ballasted, slab and embedded rail track activities, as well as 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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NewsFaster track maintenance at RVR
AFRICA: Kenya - Uganda railway concessionaire Rift Valley Railways has taken delivery of a ballast tamper and ballast profiler ordered from Plasser & Theurer at a cost of USh3bn to significantly reduce the time taken to undertake track maintenance. The two machines will work in tandem to correctly align track ...
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News'Click and collect' at London Underground stations
UK: Transport for London has reached agreements with supermarket chains and a parcel locker company for the introduction of 'click and collect' facilities at London Underground stations, enabling passengers to pick up goods ordered online. This follows a trial which supermarket Asda began at six station car parks in November. ...
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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 ...
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NewsKirby to lead HS2 construction
Network Rail’s Managing Director, Infrastructure Projects, Simon Kirby is to join UK high speed rail promoter HS2 Ltd in June as the project edges closer towards the delivery phase.Kirby will join HS2 Ltd in June before taking over as Chief Executive, Construction, in September. Reporting to Kirby, current CEO Alison ...
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NewsMoscow university co-operation agreements
RUSSIA: Two Moscow universities signed co-operation agreements in December, with Bombardier Transportation and Russian Railways respectively. Bombardier and Moscow State University of Railway Engineering have embarked on a three-year partnership to support ‘future exchange in areas including science, innovation and development of railway transportation systems’. Specific objectives cover collaboration in ...
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NewsSmart Train enters service at FGC
SPAIN: The first three of 24 electric multiple-units that FGC has ordered for its 1 435 mm gauge Vallès network at a cost of €151m entered service on the routes from Barcelona Plaça Catalunya to Terrassa and Sabadell on January 27. The order covers 19 four-car Class 113 EMUs ...
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NewsFCE thinking bigger
UKRAINE: Freight Car Energy Group has announced plans to list on the Warszawa stock exchange. This would enable it to raise money outside its home market to fund a US$56m expansion programme running to 2020, including investment in its Lugansk plant which produces wheelsets, bogies, brakes and electronics. FCE hopes ...
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NewsAustin launches mobile ticketing
USA: Austin light rail and bus operator Capital Metro has launched a mobile ticketing system for the Texas state capital. Supplied by Bytemark, the CapMetro app can be loaded on Apple, Android and Windows devices, as well as the user management platform and backend reporting system. Passengers can buy ...
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NewsDfT agrees Rail North devolution partnership
UK: The Department for Transport has agreed a partnership to begin the process of devolving more responsibility for specifying and managing passenger services to local authorities in the north of England. The agreement, announced by the Rail North group of 33 local authorities following a meeting with Transport Secretary Patrick ...
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NewsEdinburgh - Glasgow electrification design contract awarded
UK: The public version of the final business case for the Edinburgh - Glasgow Improvement Programme was published by Transport Scotland on January 27, when infrastructure manager Network Rail announced that Costain and Morgan Sindall had been awarded five-month alliancing contracts worth £5m to define the detailed scope, programme and ...
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NewsTrams come to Oldham town centre
UK: Manchester Metrolink services started running to Oldham town centre on January 27 with the opening of a loop on the Manchester – Rochdale line. The on-street loop leaves the former Manchester – Oldham railway alignment near the Westwood business park, before running north along Featherstall Road and Middleton ...
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NewsAmtrak and California begin joint high speed train procurement
USA: Amtrak and the California High Speed Rail Authority issued a request for proposals on January 24 covering the supply of up to 43 trainsets for use on the Initial Operating Section of California’s planned high speed network and the existing Northeast Corridor route between Washington DC and Boston. According ...
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NewsStern & Hafferl orders Tramlink light rail vehicles
AUSTRIA: Local transport operator Stern & Hafferl signed a €30m order for 11 Vossloh Tramlink V3 light rail vehicles on January 27. The metre-gauge LRVs will enter service in 2016 on the steep-graded Gmunden tramway, the Traunseebahn local railway between Gmunden and Vorchdorf and the Attergaubahn from Vöcklamarkt to Attersee. ...