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NewsEMD to develop natural gas locomotive
ENGINE: An agreement to develop natural gas-powered locomotives has been signed by gas specialist Westport Innovations and Caterpillar, which will fund the programme. The locomotive technology is to be developed by Caterpillar's Electro-Motive Diesel business, using Westport's high-pressure direct injection technology. In December 2011 the companies had announced plans to ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn split to go ahead
GERMANY: Meeting on June 19, the Berlin Senate voted to push ahead with controversial proposals to split the city’s S-Bahn network into three separate businesses in order to introduce competition when tendering the next round of operating concessions. Bids are expected to be called later this month for a ...
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NewsDiesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives leased
GERMANY: DB Schenker Rail subsidiary Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn has leased five Alstom diesel-battery hybrid locomotives, which it will use for shunting at Dow Olefinverbund's Schkopau plant. The locomotives use a 250 kW Deutz six-cylinder diesel engine to charge a NiCd battery, giving a maximum output of 650 kW when required. 'This ...
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NewsAnkara - Izmir high speed line contract signed
TURKEY: A contract for the construction of the first stage of a planned Ankara - Izmir line suitable for 250 km/h running was signed by Minister of Transport Binali Yildirim and a consortium of Sigma, Burkay, Makimsan and YDA on June 11. The TL700m contract covers 167 km of new ...
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NewsAlstom awarded Stockholm train contract
SWEDEN: Greater Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has placed a €440m order for Alstom to supply a further 46 Coradia Nordic electric multiple-units. The contract announced on June 15 means SL has now ordered 129 Coradia Nordic EMUs under a framework agreement signed in 2002. Alstom has sold a total ...
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NewsDMUs to test regenerative braking
UK: Artemis Intelligent Power, Ricardo and Bombardier Transportation are collaborating on a research project aimed at providing a regenerative braking system for diesel multiple-units. The mechanical energy storage system combines the Artemis digital displacement hydraulic pump/motor with Ricardo's Kinergy flywheel energy storage system. Bombardier will be responsible for systems integration. ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market June 2012
Australia: Under Victoria's Regional Rail Link project (RG 2.12 p12), a A$570m contract has been awarded to a consortium of John Holland, Abigroup, Coleman Rail, Aecom and GHD for extensive remodelling of the line between Melbourne's Southern Cross station and the Maribyrnong River, including 4·5 km of new tracks and ...
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NewsWabtec buys Mors Smitt for US$88m
MORS SMITT: On June 15 Wabtec Corp announced the US$88m acquisition of Mors Smitt Holding from investment company Eurazeo PME. Mors Smitt produces relays, measurement devices and controls for rolling stock, signalling and industrial applications. It has operations in the Netherlands, UK, USA, France and China, with 350 employees and ...
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NewsDanish electrification tenders next month
DENMARK: Banedanmark expects to begin tendering in July for up to 512 track-km of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, CEO Jesper Hansen told the UNIFE General Assembly in København on June 14. Four separate projects are under development as part of the government's strategy to prepare the network for a ...
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NewsEnergy storage offers Macau metro 10% saving
CHINA: Hitachi is to supply 15 lineside battery energy storage systems for the rubber-tyred light metro under construction in Macau. Hitachi says this will be the first metro to use lineside battery energy storage along its entire route, and it expects this to reduce electricity consumption by ...
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NewsRolling stock acceptance delays at the centre of debate
EUROPE: Senior executives from the railway supply industry called for urgent action to address the problems of rail vehicle acceptance in a heated round-table debate at the UNIFE General Assembly in København on June 14. Pointing out that it took an average of 600 days to get new vehicles approved, ...
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NewsStadler rolls out latest Arriva Nederland multiple-units
NETHERLANDS: The first of 14 Stadler GTW electric multiple-units ordered by Arriva Nederland for use on Vechtdal Lines services was rolled out by the Swiss manufacturer on June 12. Arriva Nederland placed a €140m order for 38 diesel and electric units in June 2010, taking the total number of GTWs ...
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NewsMacedonian Railways launches fleet renewal programme
MACEDONIA: National train operator MZ Transport has announced details of a planned fleet renewal programme. Tenders are to be called in the third quarter of 2012 for the supply of up to four three-car diesel multiple-units, two three-car electric multiple-units, 150 wagons, the rehabilitation of three electric locomotives and the ...
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NewsWork starts on Midland Metro extension
UK: Work on the extension of the Midland Metro light rail route that will link Snow Hill and New Street stations in the centre of Birmingham was launched by Transport Minister Norman Baker on June 13. With utility diversion now underway, the 1·4 km route running via Bull Street and ...
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NewsBulgarian rail freight privatisation process launched
BULGARIA: Plans for the sale of the BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi freight business of national railway operator BDZ EAD were formally announced by the government's Privatisation & Post-Privatisation Control Agency on June 12. The agency said the aim of the sale is to allow the freight business to survive, modernise and ...
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NewsMetrolink trams reach Oldham Mumps
UK: Manchester Metrolink light rail services reached Oldham on June 13 with the opening of an 11·5 km line from Manchester Victoria under Phase 3a of the £1·4bn Future Metrolink expansion programme. Serving seven intermediate stops, the route follows almost entirely the alignment of the former Network Rail line between ...
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NewsKlang Valley rapid transit bids submitted
MALAYSIA: Project promoter Mass Rapid Transit Corp has received bids to supply trains, signalling, depot equipment and platform screen doors for the 51 km Sungai Buloh - Kajang MY Rapid Transit line which is under construction for opening in 2017. Changchun Railway Vehicles, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive and a Siemens/SMH ...
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NewsDanes to order EMUs in public transport boost
DENMARK: New electric multiple-units and additional double-deck coaches for København commuter services are included in a DKr2·6bn investment package announced by Transport Minister Henrik Dam Kristensen on June 12. The investment forms part of a package of proposals to boost the use of public transport agreed by the government with ...
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NewsWaterloo light rail engineering consultant appointed
CANADA: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo has appointed Parsons Brinckerhoff as its general engineering consultant for the C$818m project to build a 19 km light rail line and a 17 km bus rapid transit network. The light rail line would run from Conestoga Mall in Waterloo to Fairview Park Mall ...
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NewsPrimove induction powered tram trial proves a success
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation has successfully completed testing of its Primove catenary-free power system on a branch of the Augsburg tram network. Primove uses cables between the rails to produce magnetic fields which induce electric current for traction power in pick-up coils mounted underneath the vehicle. The tests were ...