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Rail Business UKCAF Class 196 enters service with West Midlands Trains
UK: The first of 26 CAF Class 196 diesel multiple-units ordered by West Midlands Trains has entered service.
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NewsAgreement to address staffing issues in operating tenders
GERMANY: An agreement to tackle staff shortages and address employee concerns when operating contracts change hands has been signed by Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR, the Eisenbahn- und Verkehrswerkschaft trade union and Mobifair, an industry group which aims to promote fair competition in the transport sector. VRR ...
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NewsKevin Speed sets out ambitions to provide high speed trains ‘for everyone, every day’
FRANCE: Proposals to launch high capacity commuter services on high speed lines into major cities have been announced by open access start-up Kevin Speed. The company was founded last year by Laurent Fourtune, who worked at Paris transport operator RATP in 2009-18 and was then Chief ...
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NewsCargoBeamer introduces Rostock – Kaldenkirchen route
GERMANY: CargoBeamer has launched a service of six return journeys per week carrying craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers as well as P400, refrigerated, silo and container units between the Cabooter terminal at Kaldenkirchen near the Dutch border and the Baltic port of Rostock. HSL Logistik provides traction, ...
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NewsWabtec awarded locomotive component maintenance contract
EUROPE: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Wabtec a five-year contract to maintain Alstom Prima and Traxx locomotive brake components, pantographs and HVAC in France and Germany. The companies will also work together to develop services including additive manufacturing, remote diagnostics and more sustainable HVAC refrigerants. The ...
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Rail Business UKDigital printing used for train seat promotion
UK: TransPennine Express has used Camira’s digital printing process for a campaign to promote a good cause through graphics on some of its train seats. The textile manufacturer’s digital printing offering can quickly and flexibly produce small volumes of material with complex colour schemes, making it ...
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NewsGrant backs Railroading 101 pre-employment training programme
USA: The US Department of Labor has awarded Delaware Department of Transportation a $11m grant to fund a ‘Railroading 101’ pre-employment training programme to be delivered with Amtrak. This aims to improve job opportunities in the state, build a more diverse rail workforce and provide participants ...
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NewsHiab gets a lift with Spanish crane order
SPAIN: Hiab has won a €7·5m order to supply eight iX.2758 RAIL super-heavy loader cranes for installation on Tecnove vehicles for railway rapid response, recovery and emergency use. The deal includes five years of support. The iX.2758 RAIL is the largest crane in the manufacturer’s recently ...
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NewsHydrogen-diesel dual-fuel locomotive initiative targets African market
NAMIBIA: The HyRail Namibia project has been launched to produce what the promoters say will be Africa’s first dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel locomotive. This is intended as a pilot for possible conversion of national railway TransNamib’s entire fleet of around 40 locos, and other fleets across Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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NewsOmniTRAX buys San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has entered into a contract to purchase the assets of the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado out of bankruptcy. The transaction announced on October 12 is expected to close in late 2022. The SLRG will be OmniTRAX’s 26th rail operation, taking ...
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Rail Business UKClass 395 refurbishment to provide a ‘step change in the passenger experience’
UK: An agreement to refurbish the fleet of 29 six-car Class 395 electric multiple-units used on services from London St Pancras to Kent has been signed by leasing company Eversholt Rail, operator Southeastern and manufacturer Hitachi Rail. The £27m programme to provide a ‘step change in ...
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NewsTEN-T revision must go further, says CER
EUROPE: A clear strategy and implementation timescale are essential for delivery of an expanded TEN-T rail network over the next two decades, according to Dominique Riquet, Co-Rapporteur on the TEN-T revision proposals for the European Parliament’s Transport & Tourism Committee.
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Trains is facing unprecedented challenges, says Managing Director
UK: The last year has been one of ‘unprecedented challenges’, according to West Midlands Trains Managing Director Ian McConnell. Addressing the TOC’s annual stakeholder conference in Birmingham on October 10, he noted that the move to a National Rail Contract — where revenue risk rests with ...
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NewsEtihad Rail completes tracklaying in Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah
UAE: Etihad Rail has reached a further milestone in the development of its national railway network, with the completion of tracklaying for the main line in the emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. The 45 route-km in Sharjah and the 5·7 km connection to Ras ...
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NewsMore ICE services in next DB timetable
GERMANY: Opening of the Ulm – Wendlingen Neubaustrecke with the European timetable change on December 11 is set to trigger a series of alterations to Deutsche Bahn’s Inter-City Express network.
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NewsSão Paulo agrees inter-city passenger train deal with Rumo
BRAZIL: São Paulo state government has signed an agreement with Rumo Logística that provides for a package of measures needed to facilitate the introduction of the long-planned inter-city passenger services between São Paulo and Campinas. The essential elements of the agreement cover arrangements to allow segregation ...
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Rail Business UKVaramis Rail aims to be ‘newest and greenest’ train operator with freight EMU lease
UK: Varamis Rail has leased a Class 321 Swift Express Freight electric multiple-unit from Eversholt Rail to operate five nights a week between Birmingham and Glasgow for a major parcel carrier. Varamis Rail Managing Director Phil Read said the company’s aim was to be ‘the UK’s ...
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Rail Business UKScottish hydrogen train testing completed
UK: Testing of an electric multiple-unit retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells has been completed under a project bringing together the University of St Andrews, Transport Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Ballard Motive Solutions, Abbott Risk Consulting, ARUP, Aegis and Angel Trains. The former Class 314 EMU has been ...