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    World rail freight news round-up

    2022-04-25T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

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    Rail Business UK

    Fleet-wide RFID tagging to locate wheel flats

    2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

    UK: The use of RFID tags to identify individual vehicles with wheel flats is being rolled out across East Midlands Railway’s fleet after a trial found it saved hours of staff time. Around 50 Class 153, 156, 158 and 222 vehicles were equipped with RFID tags ...

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    Electric loco refurbishment programme completed

    2022-04-24T05:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has completed a five-year programme to refurbish its fleet of 119 Re460 electric locomotives. The 230 km/h multi-purpose locos rated at 6·1 MW were supplied by SLM and ABB in 1992-96. They are currently used to haul EW IV single-deck and IC2000 ...

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    Plasser emphasises services and customer support at IAF

    2022-04-23T05:52:00Z

    GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer’s presence at the IAF infrastructure construction and maintenance trade fair on May 31-June 2 will be encapsulated by the theme ‘future track technology — NOW’. Among the developments being highlighted in Münster by the Austrian track machine specialist will be the addition of Mauritius as its 110th export market.

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    Swedish snow clearance contract extended

    2022-04-22T13:13:00Z

    SWEDEN: Transport infrastructure manager Trafikverket has exercised an option to extend Railcare’s contract for snow removal on the rail network for a further three years to April 30 2025. Under the SKr40m/year agreement Railcare provides a number of machines and personnel that are strategically deployed across ...

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    War and cost increases delay Dutch electrification scheme

    2022-04-22T08:54:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: ProRail has cancelled a tender for electrification of the Maaslijn between Nijmegen and Roermond, saying the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the increasing cost of materials and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain had forced it to reconsider its approach to upgrading ...

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    Portugal: Algarve electrification gets up to speed

    2022-04-22T08:00:00Z

    Award of the second main contract for the 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of IP’s east-west Algarve Line should see the wires stretching from one end of the country to the other by the end of 2024, explains Andre Pires.

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2022-04-22T05:00:00Z

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

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    Jakarta – Bandung high speed railway tracklaying underway

    2022-04-21T13:54:00Z

    INDONESIA: Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi attended a ceremony at Tegaluar depot on April 20 to mark the installation of the first rails for the KCJB high speed line which will link Jakarta with Bandung. Sumadi said the line being built by Indonesian-Chinese design-build-operate concessionaire ...

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    TekTracking awarded Tri-Rail inspection and testing software contract

    2022-04-21T12:27:00Z

    USA: Infrastructure maintenance contractor Transdev has awarded TekTracking a contract to supply its TIMPS and SITE track and signalling inspection and maintenance planning software for use on South Florida Regional Authority’s 115 km Tri-Rail commuter rail route from West Palm Beach to Miami. TIMPS provides digitised ...

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    DB warned over market abuse in digital mobility platforms

    2022-04-21T10:19:00Z

    GERMANY: The Federal Monopolies Commission has reached a preliminary conclusion that Deutsche Bahn has committed ‘an abuse of market power’ in relation to digital mobility platforms designed to offer passengers integrated route planning and ticket purchasing. Announcing this on April 20, the Commission said that it ...

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    Interview: Iryo targets a 30% share

    2022-04-21T08:00:00Z

    Ahead of the launch of its Iryo-branded high speed service in Spain later this year, we ask ILSA Chief Executive Simone Gorini to outline his vision for the Trenitalia-backed entrant to the high speed market.

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    Trainose signs 10-year PSO contract

    2022-04-21T06:00:00Z

    GREECE: The ministries of Infrastructure & Transport and Finance have awarded Trainose a 10-year public service obligation contract to continue to provide passenger services. The PSO contract signed on April 14 is worth €50m/year and has an option for a further five year extension. Trainose has ...

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    Work begins on third stage of Tanzania’s standard gauge line

    2022-04-20T14:13:00Z

    TANZANIA: Minister of Works & Transport Makame Mbarawa laid a foundation stone in Tabora on April 12 to officially launch construction of the third stage of the 1 211 km Dar es Salaam – Mwanza standard gauge railway project.

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    Electric locos and ERTMS confirmed in Toronto’s GO Expansion programme

    2022-04-20T10:44:00Z

    CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and the ONxpress Transportation Partners consortium have signed the On-Corridor Works agreement, covering the largest and most complex elements of the GO Expansion programme to replace infrequent diesel-powered commuter services in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area with an all-day two-way network of ...

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    Metrolink switches to renewable fuel

    2022-04-20T07:33:00Z

    USA: Southern California commuter rail agency Metrolink says it is the first US operator to switch its entire diesel locomotive fleet to renewable fuel made from recycled natural fats and vegetable oils. The move follows a pilot project launched in early 2021; it aims to reduce ...

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    Stockholm narrow gauge suburban services transfer to Transdev

    2022-04-19T14:37:00Z

    SWEDEN: Transdev took over from Arriva as operator of Stockholm’s 891 mm gauge Roslagsbanan suburban network on April 15. The operating contract awarded by regional transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik runs for 12 years and has a total value of around SKr4bn. ‘We have been preparing for ...

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    SmartRail Europe brings industry leaders to Roma

    2022-04-19T11:14:00Z

    ITALY: Industry leaders will gather at SmartRail Europe in Roma in June to learn about the latest innovations and challenges facing the rail sector across the continent.

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    France: Éole makes a critical breakthrough

    2022-04-19T11:00:00Z

    The completion of tunnelling works for the western extension of Paris RER Line E paves the way for the start of revenue services on the first section in mid-2023, as Project Director Xavier Gruz explains to Jérémie Anne.

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    STB approves CSX takeover of Pan Am Railways

    2022-04-19T09:27:00Z

    USA: CSX Transportation expects to take control of Pan Am Systems Inc on June 1, having received Surface Transportation Board approval for its application to acquire the New England regional railway group.