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NewsInnoTrans 2020 moved to new date
INNOTRANS: Organiser Messe Berlin has rescheduled the InnoTrans 2020 trade fair, the biggest event in the rail industry calendar. The Messe Berlin venue has more than 3 km of outdoor tracks for rail vehicles to be displayed. InnoTrans 2020 was to have ...
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NewsBucurești airport rail link makes progress
ROMANIA: Construction of the rail link to serve București’s Henri Coandă International Airport is making good progress, according to State Secretary for Transport Ionel Irinel Scrioșteanu. Work has started on erection of the roof of the new station adjacent to the airport’s Terminal 1, he reported on ...
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NewsRail investment is vital to post-Covid-19 recovery, say associations
EUROPE: Investment to ‘make rail the core element of the European transport system’ should be an intrinsic part of the EU’s plans for stimulating economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, according to rail sector associations CER and UNIFE.
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NewsEsfahan – Ahvaz rail link memorandum signed
IRAN: The Ministry of Roads & Urban Development has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mapna Group for construction of the long-planned rail link between Esfahan and Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province
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NewsEgypt, Russia and Hungary complete coach financing agreement
EGYPT: The €1bn multilateral agreement to finance Egyptian National Railways’ purchase of 1 300 Transmashholding coaches over five years has come into force, the Russian supplier announced on April 21. The chair of the ENR board has received the official loan authorisation notice from the Hungarian ambassador, ...
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NewsInfrastructure investment fund acquires Italian freight operator CFI
ITALY: Infrastructure fund manager F2i SGR and Ania, the National Association of Insurance Companies, have announced the acquisition of a 92·5% stake in independent freight operator Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana. The remaining 7·5% is held by founding shareholder Giacomo Di Patrizi, who remains as CEO. CFI was founded ...
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Rail Business UKSignaller training centre to keep trains moving through the pandemic
UK: Network Rail has converted former testing workshops and meeting rooms at Newport into a temporary training centre to ensure it has enough skilled signallers to keep trains in the Wales & Western Region moving during the coronavirus crisis. More than 200 people ...
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NewsTechnically advanced nitric acid tank wagons in production
RUSSIA: ‘Tank cars for transporting concentrated nitric acid are among the most technically advanced products in our portfolio’, said Deputy CEO for Commerce & Marketing Boris Myagkov when United Wagon Co announced an order to supply fertiliser producer EuroChem with a batch of 14 Type 15-6901 concentrated ...
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Rail Business UKVampire rolling stock dynamics modelling software finds a new home
UK: SNC-Lavalin has acquired the rights to to develop, support and licence the Vampire Pro software which is used model the dynamic behaviour of railway vehicles in response to track and other external forces. This follows Resonate’s decision to withdraw from vehicle dynamics consultancy, and to ...
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NewsRENFE introduces personalised tickets
SPAIN: National operator RENFE has introduced personalised tickets for passengers travelling on AVE, Larga Distancia, Avant and Alvia services and all other trains where seats reservations are obligatory. Purchasers are required to provide mobile phone numbers and other contact information, with their privacy protected under national and ...
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NewsWestbahn and ÖBB awarded public service contracts to secure operations during the pandemic
AUSTRIA: Both Austrian Federal Railways and open access competitor Westbahn have been awarded emergency public service obligation contracts to ensure the continued operation of Wien – Salzburg trains during the coronavirus pandemic, in a move which the ALLRAIL association of new market entrants said should provide a ...
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NewsDelhi – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit construction contracts awarded
INDIA: National Capital Region Transport Corp has awarded L&T Construction two contracts to build sections of the 82 km Regional Rapid Transit System which will connect Delhi with satellite towns in Uttar Pradesh. The 1 676 mm gauge line is being designed for ...
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NewsAustralian railway radio contract stopped by US trade restrictions
AUSTRALIA: Western Australia’s Public Transport Authority has dropped plans for the HUGL consortium of Huawei Australia and UGL to undertake its Radio Systems Replacement project, saying trade restrictions imposed on Huawei by the US government had created a force majeure event under the contract which the parties ...
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Rail Business UKSoftware speeds up Network Rail’s track renewals planning
UK: Network Rail has adopted the University of Salford’s Thinklab tool to support its track renewal programme. Thinklab is a UE4-powered 4D simulation platform intended to model engineering possessions in a virtual simulation environment. NR is using the tool to improve the efficiency, cost and time ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
A 1 000 m long train carrying 100 TEU of containers from China has reached Kaliningrad via Latvia and Lithuania. Negotiations for the extra-long train to transit Latvia began in October and an agreement was signed by national railway LDz and Russian Railways in February. ‘Organisation of ...
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NewsRailway-certified modular IoT edge gateways
IOT: Embedded technology supplier Eurotech has extended its portfolio of railway-certified modular Internet of Things edge gateways with the BoltGATE 20-31 family, which comprises a main CPU module and a wide range of expansion modules offering additional features and interfaces for edge processing and cloud connectivity. ...
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NewsStroyproekt to design Tyva coal railway
RUSSIA: Stroyproekt Engineering Group has been awarded a contract to design the planned Kuragino – Kyzyl – Elegest line which would link the Republic of Tyva to the rail network. Design and survey works are to be August 2021 at cost of 5·5bn roubles. The proposed 412 ...
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NewsTrains ensure food supplies to Sweden’s supermarkets
EUROPE: To ensure deliveries to Sweden during the coronavirus pandemic, grocery chain ICA is transporting goods using rail services which Green Cargo normally operates for Volvo Group. The trains are run to transport goods from Sweden to Volvo’s factory at Gent in Belgium. For the last six ...
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NewsProgress Rail awarded Indonesian locomotive contract
INDONESIA: National railway PT KAI and Progress Rail have signed a contract for the supply of a further 36 EMD GT38AC diesel locomotives. The 1 067 mm gauge locomotives, known as Class CC205 in Indonesia, are to be delivered in late 2021, and will be used to ...
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NewsSentiment analysis to help train operators understand passenger feedback
FEEDBACK: On-train infotainment provider GoMedia is to use sentiment analysis software from Wordnerds to help train operators make sense of passengers’ comments in social media posts, online reviews, surveys and forums. ‘We are developing a range of digital solutions to give operators timely data, so that they ...