News – Page 149

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2022-09-02T05:00:00Z

    This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.

  • DSB train hauled by Vectron (Photo: Jens Hasse/Chili Foto/DSB)
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    Knorr-Bremse acquires DSB Component Workshops

    2022-09-01T15:09:00Z

    DENMARK: Knorr-Bremse has bought DSB’s Component Workshops business, which undertakes rolling stock subsystem overhauls and has long-term parts supply agreements with the national passenger operator. Knorr-Bremse will integrate DSB Component Workshops and its 400 full-time employees at five sites in Aarhus and København into its RailServices ...

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    Catherine Guillouard to leave RATP

    2022-09-01T12:56:00Z

    FRANCE: Catherine Guillouard is to step down as Chief Executive of RATP on September 30 for personal reasons, the Paris municipal transport operator announced on September 1. She will be replaced on a interim basis by Pierre-Alain Roche, who represents the French state on the RATP ...

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    Jinhua’s Jinyi Line suburban railway opens

    2022-09-01T12:53:00Z

    CHINA: The first suburban railway in the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang province opened on August 30. The 58·4 km Jinyi Line starts at Jinhua’s Xi (west) station and runs south in tunnel to the city centre before turning east on an ...

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    Comment: Cheap fares alone are not enough

    2022-09-01T12:00:00Z

    Many more rail trips were made in Germany this summer than in 2019 thanks to the much-publicised €9 ticket allowing unlimited travel on local and regional trains and other public transport. But our Consultant Editor Murray Hughes suggests that cheap fares alone will not be enough to deliver policymakers’ modal shift ambitions.

  • he Stadler board has named Markus Bernsteiner as Group CEO with effect from January 1 2023.
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    Stadler names next Group CEO

    2022-09-01T09:14:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The Stadler board has named Markus Bernsteiner as Group CEO with effect from January 1 2023. He has worked for Stadler since 1999 and is currently Deputy Group CEO, Executive Vice-President of the Switzerland Division and manages the plants in Bussnang and St Margrethen as ...

  • Grand Paris Express Line 18 works
    Metro Report International

    Grand Paris Line 18 power supply contract

    2022-09-01T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: A 50:50 consortium of Colas Rail and Eiffage Énergie Systèmes has been awarded a €26m contract to provide traction power supply equipment for the 35 km Grand Paris Express automated metro Line 18 between Orly Airport and Versailles-Chantiers station. This will include 15 rectification substations, ...

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    Southwest Ontario passenger rail study

    2022-08-31T16:02:00Z

    CANADA: The federal government is to call tenders shortly for the appointment of an external adviser to assist with exploring options for upgrading passenger rail services in southwestern Ontario. The adviser will analyse passenger demand and route options, submitting a final report by the end of ...

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    Akiem orders the 1 500th Vectron locomotive

    2022-08-31T10:47:00Z

    EUROPE: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply 65 Vectron AC and Vectron MS electric locomotives from mid-2024. The 6·4 MW locos for use on cross-border freight and fast passenger services will have a maximum speed of either 200 or 230 ...

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    Ghana Western Railway development agreement signed

    2022-08-31T08:29:00Z

    GHANA: A 25-year agreement for the development of the 299 km Western Railway has been signed by the government and a consortium of Thelo DB and local partner Transtech Consult. Under the agreement, national railway Ghana Railway Co will act as rail operator and Thelo DB ...

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    Gijón to Pola de Laviana line closes for track renewals

    2022-08-31T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF is to launch a €50m programme of track renewals on the metre gauge line between Gijón, El Berrón and Pola de Laviana. The existing track dates from when the line was converted from 1 445 mm to 1 000 mm gauge in 1983.

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    Rail Baltica shadow operator appointed

    2022-08-30T15:39:00Z

    EUROPE: A joint venture of the German national railway’s DB Engineering & Consulting business, Spanish national operator RENFE Operadora and consultancy Ineco is to act as shadow operator for the Rail Baltica project. The €8m contract was signed by Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail and ...

  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority opened an extension of Philadelphia’s Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line from Elwyn to Wawa
    Metro Report International

    SEPTA extends services to reopened Wawa station

    2022-08-30T12:00:00Z

    USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority opened an extension of Philadelphia’s Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line from Elwyn to Wawa on August 21. SEPTA trains last served the area in September 1986, and the opening marks the first extension of its rail services since the Airport Line in ...

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    Infrastructure: Connected workers inspect catenary

    2022-08-30T10:29:00Z

    A novel workflow tool has been trialled by Network Rail on the East Coast Main Line in northeast England to combine the benefits of monitoring overhead lines using drones with the elimination of paper-based processes at the worksite.

  • Regiobahn DMU at Hahnenfurth/Düssel (Photo: WF203/CC BY-SA 4.0)
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    Rhein-Ruhr operating contract and electrification

    2022-08-30T05:00:00Z

    Source: WF203/CC BY-SA 4.0 GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR has announced its intention to direct award local authority owned Regiobahn a contract to operate new passenger service RE47 between Remscheid-Lennep, Solingen and Düsseldorf. The contract is to run for six years from the December 2022 timetable ...

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    Foxboro commuter rail pilot to start in September

    2022-08-29T15:00:00Z

    USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is to launch a one-year pilot of a weekday commuter rail service between Boston’s South station and Foxboro station in the town of Foxborough on September 12. There will be 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday trains via the Fairmount and ...

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    Budapest bridge reconstruction completed

    2022-08-29T11:00:00Z

    HUNGARY: The third track on the 500 m bridge over the River Danube on the Southern Rail Link in Budapest has been commissioned for regular operation. This strategic section of line carries 90% of traffic between the eastern and western regions of the country, including three ...

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    World rail freight news round-up

    2022-08-29T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

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    Fire fighting and rescue wagon rolled out

    2022-08-28T05:00:00Z

    TURKEY: A fire-fighting and rescue wagon has been rolled out by Türkiye Raylı Sistem Araçları in Eskişehir. It has a platform with an equipment module and water tank containers which can be used to fight lineside forest fires or tackle fires on trains carrying petroleum products, ...

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    First students complete Inland Rail Skills Academy Foundation Course

    2022-08-27T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The first students has successfully completed the Inland Rail Skills Academy Foundation Course in Boggabilla, New South Wales. This covered construction skills, literacy, numeracy, financial and digital literacy and career preparation skills. The students can now apply for positions with contractors such as Freight Connect, ...