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NewsUITP publishes updated passenger charter
EUROPE: The International Association of Public Transport has published a new version of its Passenger Charter, which has been updated from the 2006 version in partnership with the European Passengers Federation to take account of regulatory changes and technical developments including the growth of e-ticketing and real-time information. The charter ...
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NewsNudging commuters to avoid the crush
What would it take to make you change a daily habit? A small monetary incentive? Perhaps the more tangible reward of free food would do the trick. Tokyo Metro is pinning its hopes on the latter as it undertakes a two-week trial that could see commuters receive gifts of ...
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NewsMPK Kraków exercises Tramino option
POLAND: MPK Kraków has exercised an option for 15 low-floor trams from a consortium of Stadler Poland and Solaris Bus & Coach. The purchase price is 109·1m złoty excluding VAT. In January 2018 MPK Kraków signed a framework contract for the supply of up to 50 trams, with the ...
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NewsKoper Second Track investment plan approved
SLOVENIA: The government has approved a new plan for the financing of the proposed new line from the port of Koper to Divača. The financing programme was designed by Deloitte. ‘The Second Track project is economically viable, because the economic benefits are higher than the costs’, said Minister of Infrastructure ...
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NewsBanedanmark settles with Alstom over ETCS delays
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has reached a settlement with Alstom over revisions to the 2012 contract to supply and install ETCS onboard equipment for the national Signalling Programme. Under the ambitious timescale approved in 2009, the installation of both lineside and onboard equipment had been due for completion by 2021, ...
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NewsPrototype bistro car conversion completed
CZECH REPUBLIC: The DPOV rolling stock repair and maintenance subsidiary of national passenger operator ČD has completed the prototype rebuilding of a Type WRmee dining car into a Type ARmpee first class and bistro car. ČD plans to produce 27 ARmpee bistro cars by modernising existing WRmee816, WRmee814 and ARmpee832 ...
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NewsLocos arrive in Cameroon
CAMEROON: Bolloré Railways subsidiary Camrail took delivery of five 3 300 hp GE Transportation diesel locomotives at the Port of Douala on January 17. Camrail ordered the locomotives from the USA at cost of FrCFA12·3bn, as part of a deal under which the government of Cameroon has also ordered four ...
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NewsPKP Cargo orders Vectron locomotives for north–south corridor
POLAND: PKP Cargo signed a firm order for five Siemens Vectron multisystem locomotives on January 28. The deal is worth €26m, including maintenance, and has been placed using an option on a September 2015 order for 15 Vectrons. Delivery of the latest batch of 6·4 MW locomotives with a maximum ...
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Rail Business UKFive routes proposed for Bedford – Cambridge railway
UK: Oxford to Cambridge railway project promoter East West Railway Co has begun public consultation on five route options for the Bedford – Cambridge section of the future line. While the Western Section between Oxford and Bedford will use upgraded and reinstated existing railway alignments, the Central Section between Bedford ...
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NewsInnsbruck tram extension inaugurated
AUSTRIA: Trams began serving the Olympisches Dorf area of Innsbruck on January 26, following a ceremonial opening of an extension the previous day. The 4·3 km branch between Leipziger Platz and Josef-Kerschbuamer-Straße has 12 stops and is operated by routes 2 and 5. It includes a new bridge over ...
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NewsSingapore Cross Island Line alignment confirmed
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority announced the alignment for Phase 1 of the Cross Island Line on January 25. To be built in three phases, the Cross Island Line would be the longest fully underground metro line in Singapore. When complete, initial ridership is forecast at 600 000 passengers ...
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News‘No certainty' that European Commission will approve updated Siemens Alstom proposal
SIEMENS ALSTOM: Siemens Mobility and Alstom have submitted a revised proposal to address the European Commission’s competition concerns regarding their proposed merger. This comes amid widespread reports that the Commission may block the proposed merger when it makes its final decision on February 18. On January 28 Alstom said the ...
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NewsSeries 2700s to refresh Shikoku express services
JAPAN: Regional operator JR Shikoku unveiled its two pre-series Series 2700 diesel multiple-units on January 23. Now undergoing test running, the two-car units are expected to enter service later this year, working Limited Express services on the island’s principal non-electrified main lines. Serving Japan’s fourth-largest island, the JR Shikoku network ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Srbija Kargo has ordered a further eight Siemens Vectron MS locomotives, taking its total order to 16. Czech national freight operator ČD Cargo has undertaken a trial loading of sheet metal coils into prototype Innofreight Coilpalette P28 carriers on a Sggrrs wagon at an ArcelorMittal site in Ostrava. Up to ...
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NewsDistribution deal signed after InnoTrans demonstration
USA: Having seeing the product in action at InnoTrans 2018, PowerRail has negotiated to be the sole US distributor of German company SORB’s PowerSORB, an organic material which can absorb up to four times its own weight of spilled lubricants, oils, paints, dyes, coolants and other fluids on surfaces ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - January 2019
Australia: NRE has announced details of the eight 1 067 mm gauge low-axleload diesel locos that it is to supply to Watco, which has won a seven-year contract to haul grain for GrainCorp. The six-axle locos will have new NRE bogies with a 15·75 tonne axleload and an EMD 12-645E3B ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - January 2019
Australia: The NSW government has awarded Network Rail Consulting and Go-Ahead the A$16m System Integrator contract within its Digital Systems programme which includes rolling out ETCS Level 2, ATO and a traffic management system. ARTC has awarded Golder Associates a A$23m contract for geotechnical studies on the Gowrie – ...
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NewsFirst Gospel Oak – Barking services to go electric on January 28
UK: Some London Overground services on the Gospel Oak – Barking line in north London will be operated using an electric multiple-unit from January 28, Transport for London announced on January 25. Free travel is to be offered at a later date as compensation for the late arrival of the ...
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Rail Business UKDB Cargo UK and Maritime Intermodal announce rail freight deal
UK: Maritime Transport’s newly-formed intermodal business division and DB Cargo UK have announced an agreement in principle which will see the road haulier award the rail company a contract to operate four dedicated services from Felixstowe and Southampton, with Maritime taking over responsibility for DB Cargo UK’s existing intermodal customers ...
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NewsAcciona cleared to take stake in Spanish open access company ILSA
SPAIN: Competition authority CNMC has granted approval for infrastructure construction group Acciona to acquire a controlling stake in open access passenger service promoter Intermodalidad de Levante, which was founded by Valencia-based regional airline Air Nostrum. ISLA is developing plans to launch a passenger service between Madrid in Spain and Montpellier ...