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Rail Business UKRail Sector Deal aims to boost supply chain
UK: The government has announced details of its Rail Sector Deal, which is intended to improve engagement with the supply chain so that companies better understand future demand and can invest with more confidence. Plans include ‘significantly’ reducing digital signalling costs by 2025, doubling rail exports by 2025, supporting apprenticeships, ...
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NewsSOB orders more Flirts
SWITZERLAND: A firm order for Stadler to supply Schweizerische Südostbahn with a further 12 Flirt electric multiple-units was signed in St Gallen on December 13. The latest option to be exercised covers seven eight-car Flirt Traverso long-distance units with a copper-coloured livery, and five four-car silver-coloured Flirt regional EMUs. ...
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NewsYekaterinburg metro cars modernised
RUSSIA: Transmashholding has completed the overhaul of four 81-717.5 and 81-714.5 metro cars for Yekaterinburg metro. The work was carried out by TMH subsidiary OEVRZ, which signed an agreement with the metro operator in September. The vehicles’ lifetime has been extended by 15 years, with bodyshells, ventilation system, bogies ...
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NewsAlstom delivers Avignon’s first Citadis Compact tram
FRANCE: Alstom delivered the first of 14 trams that it is supplying to Avignon on November 29. The journey from Alstom’s La Rochelle factory took three days. The three-section Citadis X05 Compact is 24 m long and 2 400 mm wide with capacity for 140 passengers. The tram is ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Russian Railways, Russian Export Centre and the African Export-Import Bank signed a memorandum of understanding at the Russia Calling investment forum in Moscow on November 30 agreeing to co-operate to implement export and investment projects in the rail sector. The memorandum runs for three years with the possibility of extension. ...
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Metro Report InternationalHudson-Bergen light rail extension progresses
USA: New Jersey transport agency NJ Transit has awarded a design and preliminary engineering contract worth $160·2m to WSP USA to develop the Route 440 extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network. The 1·1 km extension would take the existing Jersey City branch of HBLR from West Side Avenue ...
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NewsAmsterdam electric bus contract signed
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam city transport operator GVB signed a contract with VDL Bus & Coach on December 12 for the supply of 31 battery-electric buses with options for up to 69 more. The buses are due to enter service in 2020 on routes 15, 22 and 36. VDL is to ...
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NewsNJ Transit orders double-deck EMUs from Bombardier
USA: A firm order for 113 double-deck EMU cars was approved by the NJ Transit board on December 12. A base contract will be placed with Bombardier Transportation for what the commuter rail operator claims will be ‘the first self-propelled multilevel railcars in the USA’. The contract ...
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NewsJR East unveils first ALFA-X driving car
JAPAN: The first driving car bodyshell for East Japan Railway’s Series 956 high speed test train was unveiled in Kobe on December 12. Being manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the 10-car trainset is expected to begin test running in May. Designated ALFA-X for Advanced Labs for Frontline Activity in rail ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
On December 7 the Office of Rail & Road published its recommendations for preventing a repeat of the May 2018 timetable failure, alongside a draft final order requiring Network Rail to improve its timetabling process. Recommendations include clearer scope for industry boards to oversee major network change; independent, system-wide advice ...
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NewsVIA Rail selects Siemens to replace Québec - Windsor corridor fleet
CANADA: Siemens has been awarded a C$989m contract to supply a fleet of 32 push-pull inter-city trainsets to enter service on the Québec City - Montréal - Toronto - Windsor corridor from 2022, national passenger operator VIA Rail announced on December 12. Each trainset will be formed of one locomotive ...
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NewsArriva wins expanded Danish regional operating contract
DENMARK: Incumbent Arriva has beaten off two rival bids to win the next contract to operate regional passenger services in western and central Jylland, in a deal which includes the transfer of two routes currently operated by national passenger operator DSB. The DKr1·6bn contract awarded by the Ministry of Transport, ...
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NewsSiemens and Alstom submit proposal to address merger concerns
SIEMENS-ALSTOM: A package of proposals intended to address the European Commission’s competition concerns regarding the proposed merger of Siemens Mobility and Alstom were submitted by the two companies on December 12. Having opened an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation in July, on October 29 the Commission issued its ...
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NewsCRRC wins Egyptian EMU order
EGYPT: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has won an order to supply 22 six-car electric multiple-units to operate on a railway linking Cairo to 10th of Ramadan City. The 120 km/h EMUs will be designed with wind- and sand-resistant components to cope with conditions on the 68 km route with 11 ...
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NewsFaster fastening installation in Estonia
ESTONIA: Infrastructure contractor Leonhard Weiss has awarded Pandrol a contract to supply more than 430 000 Fastclip FE rail fastenings for the 65 km line between Tapa and Narva. This follows a previous contract covering the 57 km Tapa – Tartu route. As part of the project, the contractor acquired ...
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NewsVictoria to fund The Overland in 2019
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria is to increase its financial support for The Overland passenger service between Melbourne and Adelaide to ensure that it can continue to run until the end of 2019. Operator Great Southern Rail is also to undertake a full review of the service in early 2019 ...
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NewsFSE orders EMUs
ITALY: A €24·2m firm order for Polish manufacturer Newag to supply regional operator Ferrovie del Sud Est with six more three-car Impuls II electric multiple-units was finalised on December 7. In December 2015 FSE ordered an initial five of the Impuls II EMUs, designated ETR.322 in Italy, with an option ...
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NewsNSW appoints Digital Systems programme systems integrator
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has awarded Network Rail Consulting the A$16m System Integrator contract within its Digital Systems programme, which forms part of a A$880m package of planned investment in the Sydney Trains network. The Digital Systems programme contains three main elements: replacing trackside signalling equipment with ...
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NewsGo-Ahead and Transdev selected for Bayern operating contracts
GERMANY: Bayern railway authority BEG named the preferred bidders for two Augsburger Netze passenger operating contracts on December 7. Award of the contracts is subject to no objections being received during the 10-day regulatory standstill period. Go-Ahead is preferred bidder for Lot 1, which is to be awarded by ...
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NewsICF prepares to launch next-generation MEMU
INDIA: A prototype for the next generation of Mainline Electric Multiple-Unit for Indian Railways is expected to be rolled out for test running on December 15, according to Integral Coach Factory General Manager Sudhanshu Mani. Developed at the ICF plant in Chennai, the MEMU family is designed to cater for ...