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NewsDanish ETCS programme preferred bidders named
DENMARK: Banedanmark announced on December 16 that Alstom and a Thales/Balfour Beatty Rail joint venture had been selected for final negotiations for two contracts to supply ETCS Level 2 equipment under the €3·2bn programme to resignal the entire national network. The infrastructure manager expects to sign final contracts in February. ...
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NewsWiener Linien orders five trainsets for U6
AUSTRIA: A Bombardier Transportation- Vossloh Kiepe consortium has won an order from transport authority Wiener Linien for five new T1 trainsets for light metro line U6. The €60m deal announced on December 16 is an option under a contract signed in 2004. Bombardier’s share is worth €46m. Delivery ...
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NewsMoscow plans orbital light rail network
RUSSIA: Proposals for an extensive network of light rail lines to serve the expanding suburbs south of Moscow and connect two of its three international airports were unveiled on December 13. To be built in four phases, the so-called South Chord network could eventually total 214 route-km.The plans have been ...
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NewsNottingham tram Phase Two contract signed
UK: Following the confirmation of government funding for the PFI deal, on December 15 Nottingham City Council and preferred bidder Tramlink Nottingham signed the £570m NET Phase Two contract to build two new tram lines and take over the operation of the existing line which opened in 2004. The contract ...
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NewsBombardier awarded large Frankfurt LRV order
GERMANY: Frankfurt transport authority VGF announced contracts for Bombardier Transportation to supply an additional 78 high-floor light rail vehicles and 10 low-floor trams on December 15.Under a €169m contract Bombardier will supply 78 bi-directional 25 m long and 2 650 mm wide Flexity Swift LRVs for use on route ...
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NewsNTV unveils first Italo AGV
ITALY: Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori took the wraps off its first fully-fitted Italo AGV trainset on December 13. The 11-car dual-voltage trainset finished in deep red and lined with gold was unveiled to around 1 000 guests in NTV's workshop at Nola near Napoli. Among them was Guillaume Pepy, President of ...
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NewsRail welding robot on show
AUSTRIA: Plasser & Theurer presented its fully-automatic APT 1500 R rail welding robot at the 18th International Convention of the Austrian Society for Traffic & Transport Science in Salzburg. The welding robot performs an automated electric flash-butt welding sequence without manual interaction, ensuring high and reproducible geometric accuracy, fracture forces ...
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NewsBASF orders 22 Vossloh diesel locomotives
GERMANY: Vossloh has won a contract to supply chemical company BASF with 22 centre-cab locomotives for mainline and shunting operations at its sites at Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide in Germany and Antwerpen in Belgium. The deal announced on December 14 is worth €40m, including maintenance and spares. The order comprises ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market December 2011
Canada: Ontario Northland has signed a C$8·7m contract to refurbish 24 coaches for Montréal’s AMT. China: SKF has won a SKR20m order to supply China Railway Materials Commercial Corp with bearings for 160 km/h coaches. Germany: Frankfurt operator VGF has ordered 10 more Type S low-floor trams from ...
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NewsCAF tests prototype Oaris high speed train
SPAIN: A four-car prototype of CAF's Oaris high speed train is undergoing trials on the Madrid - Sevilla route, where testing will include operation at up to 352 km/h. Numbered No 105 001 by RENFE, at the manufacturer's suggestion the prototype was delivered in place of the last of an ...
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NewsWroclaw trams delivered for Euro 2012
POLAND: Czech rolling stock manufacturer Škoda Transportation despatched the last of 31 Type 19T bi-directional 70% low-floor trams to Wroclaw on December 12. The vehicles were ordered by MPK Wroclaw as part of the Tramwaj Plus project for an extension to serve the Municipal Stadium which is to host Euro ...
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NewsTasRail awards locomotive replacement contract
AUSTRALIA: A partnership of Downer Rail and Progress Rail is to supply 17 diesel locomotives to Tasmania's TasRail from mid-2013 under a A$60m contract which was signed on December 13. The PR22L locomotives will replace the current fleet that is 'well beyond' its useful operating life and which TasRail Chairman ...
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NewsOHL signs Ural Polar railway contract
RUSSIA: Spanish construction group OHL announced on December 8 that its Czech subsidiary OHL ŽS had been awarded an 80bn rouble contract to build 390 km of single-track railway from Obskaya to Nadym as part of the Ural Polar regional development project. The contract was signed during a visit by ...
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NewsFlirts ordered for Helsinki airport link
FINLAND: Stadler Bussnang has received a €54m order to supply a further nine Flirt four-car electric multiple-units for Helsinki commuter services, including the ring line which is under construction to serve the airport from December 2014. The order signed on December 9 is an option on the €190m contract for ...
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NewsLGV Rhin-Rhône opens
FRANCE: The first section of LGV Rhin-Rhône entered service with the timetable change on December 11. The 140 km route between Villiers-les-Pots and Petit-Croix is France's first inter-regional high speed line (RG 10.11 p7). The stations at Besançon Franche-Comté TGV and Belfort-Montbéliard TGV had been officially opened by Minister for ...
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NewsChinese locomotives exported to Mongolia
MONGOLIA: CNR Dalian has completed five 1520 mm gauge diesel locomotives for export to Mongolia, its second delivery to the country. They have 16V240ZJD engines rated at 2940 kW, and feature air-conditioning and a toilet for crew comfort.
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
CSX has launched a secure iPhone application, ShipCSX, which allows customers to track their shipment across the US railway’s network. It also provides wagon specifications including dimensions and weights. Autronic has introduced the ACR150 series of PCB-mounted DC/DC converters with an output power of up to 150 W and a ...
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NewsAmtrak beef fat biofuel tests show no extra wear
USA: A one-year test using biofuel derived from beef-fat to power an Amtrak locomotive found no added engine wear or loss of reliability, and an improvement in exhaust emissions. The 20-year-old GE P32-8 locomotive’s 12-cylinder, 3 200 hp engine ran on a B20 blend of 20% beef fat biofuel and ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel barriers must go
EUROPE: The UK's House of Lords EU Committee released a report on December 8 making key recommendations on the steps to be taken if the Channel Tunnel is to deliver its potential to carry more passengers and freight by rail. The main thrust of the 'Tunnel vision? Completing the European ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
CSR Qishuyan has delivered 165 SY40AE coupler yokes to a US customer, saying its ability to produce castings meeting the roughness, gauge and precision requirements of AAR standards was ‘a new breakthrough in its march towards the US railway market’. A further order is expected during 2012. The Polish treasury ...