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NewsConsultation opens on Sheffield Supertram’s future
UK: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive has launched a public consultation on the future of the Sheffield Supertram network. Running from September 24 to November 5, the consultation presents three options for the future of the network after Stagecoach Supertram’s operations and maintenance concession comes up for renewal in ...
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NewsGE to develop additive manufacturing of locomotive components
INNOTRANS: Additive manufacturing could be used in the production of up to 250 locomotive components by 2025 if GE Transportation’s early trials of the technique prove successful. The company is looking to build on the experience of GE’s aviation business over the past six years to develop additive manufacturing — ...
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Metro Report InternationalWalk-through trains are coming to the New York Subway
USA: Rolling stock component specialist Hübner used the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin on September 18-21 to introduce a model of the open gangway it is developing for the next generation of New York Subway cars. Currently, New York Subway cars have no through gangways between cars, and transport advocates ...
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NewsMessina tram in danger of closure
ITALY: Messina Mayor Cateno De Luca announced on September 15 that the city’s tram line would close by June 2019. De Luca, in power since June, cited loss-making as the reason for closure of the line, which was inaugurated in 2003. He intends to replace the route with ...
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Rail Business UKWorld rail freight news round-up
Germany's Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein opened the Südwestfalen container terminal in Kreuztal in Nordrhein-Westfalen on September 14. The 18 500 m² facility has two 225 m tracks and a 191 m long siding. The UK Rail Freight Group has called on the government to ensure that freight growth is at the heart ...
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NewsHanoi metro carries passengers
VIETNAM: Passenger-carrying tests on Hanoi’s first metro line began on September 20. The fleet of 13 CRRC trains is running at speeds of up to 65 km/h along the elevated 13·1 km route between Cat Linh and Yen Nghia. The initial frequencies of 10 to 12 min are expected ...
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NewsReplacement Liège tram PPP concession awarded
BELGIUM: Opérateur de Transport en Wallonie has selected the Colas-led Tram’Ardent consortium as preferred bidder for a revised concession to design, build finance and maintain the long-planned tram route in Liège, the regional transport authority announced on September 19. The consortium brings together Colas Projects, Colas Belgium, Colas Rail and ...
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NewsHong Kong high speed line opens
CHINA: Revenue services on the 26 km Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high speed line began on September 23, when MTR Corp’s first Vibrant Express departed at 07.00 carrying around 500 passengers to Shenzhen Bei. Connecting Hong Kong to the extensive Chinese national high ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - September 2018
Australia: The Rail Infrastructure Alliance consortium of John Holland, CPB Contractors and AECOM has been selected as preferred bidder for a A$1bn contract for work on the Melbourne Metro Tunnel. Bosnia: AŽD Praha has modernised control and communication equipment on the 90 km Banja Luka - Doboj line under ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - September 2018
Australia: Transport for Victoria has awarded Alstom a €60m contract to supply a further five six-car X'Trapolis EMUs for Melbourne's 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. Cuba: Transforwarding has completed a project to deliver 16 Sinara Transport Machines TGM8KM locos in two shipments from St Petersburg to Hai ...
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News‘Gorgeous beast' will change perception of rail travel
UK: Speaking at the unveiling at InnoTrans on September 20 of a Class 755/4 Stadler Flirt for Greater Anglia, Mark Swindell, CEO of investment company Rock Rail, described the four-car electro-diesel trainset as ‘gorgeous’. Wishing that Greater Anglia passengers were present to see ‘this beast’, he said that Rock Rail ...
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NewsYekaterinburg metro car modernisation agreement
RUSSIA: Yekaterinburg Metro signed an agreement with Transmashholding subsidiary OEVRZ on September 11 for the overhaul of four 81-717.5 and 81-714.5 metro cars. The work is due to be completed by the end of the year and is expected to extend the cars’ service life by 15 years. The ...
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NewsBogie developed for military tank transport wagons
INNOTRANS: A prototype three-axle bogie for use on specialist heavy freight wagons carrying loads such as armoured fighting vehicles has been developed by Greenbrier Europe’s plant at Arad in Romania. Existing wagons for transporting military tanks are getting old, Design Manager Horia Santău told Railway Gazette, creating a niche opportunity ...
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NewsPesa to develop automated electro-diesel freight locomotive
POLAND: PKP Cargo, Pesa and the TABOR Institute of Rail Vehicles signed an agreement at InnoTrans on September 19 to develop an automated electro-diesel locomotive. PKP Cargo and Pesa will create a design based on Pesa’s Gama locomotive platform, which will be verified by TABOR. Following testing by PKP ...
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NewsAutonomous cleaning robot scrubs up well
ADLATUS: Ulm-based Adlatus Robotics is showing the CR 700 autonomous cleaning robot at InnoTrans 2018. Adlatus has been developing cleaning robots since 2015 and earlier this year won DB’s Automated Cleaning Challenge. It is currently testing the CR 700 at Ulm Hbf, and intends to trial it at ...
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NewsDriverless small-profile metro train for Glasgow presented
STADLER: Stadler presented its first four-car driverless metro trainset for use on the Glasgow Subway to its client Strathclyde Partnership for Transport at InnoTrans 2018 in Berlin on September 20. In March 2016 SPT approved the award of a £200m contract to a consortium of Stadler and Ansaldo STS for ...
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NewsAlmaty BRT route extended
KAZAKHSTAN: Almaty municipality has inaugurated the second phase of its first bus rapid transit route. Linking the Orbita district with the city centre, the 4 km section doubles the length of the BRT route. Work began earlier this year and was completed at a cost of 4·2bn tenge. The ...
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NewsSolaris electric bus on test in Tartu
ESTONIA: Operator Sebe has started test running a Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus on Route 25 in Tartu. The test runs are due to conclude at the end of August 2019. The bus is fitted with two 125 kW traction motors powered by Solaris High Energy batteries. These are ...
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NewsIdeenzug moves from concept to reality
GERMANY: Some of the concepts being developed under the Ideenzug (Ideas Train) project will be implemented on a train running in commercial service by 2020. DB Regio has chosen the Muehlendorf – Muenchen route in Bayern for its pilot scheme under which two or three modules taken from the development ...