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NewsTravel catering and comfort services at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: Part of the dedicated vehicle interiors section of InnoTrans 2018 will be devoted to Travel Catering and Comfort Services. More than half of the specialist exhibitors in Hall 1.1 will be from outside Germany, with five companies exhibiting for the first time. ‘We want to use InnoTrans to present ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway test circuit proposed
UK: Proposals for the development of a ‘world-leading’ railway testing facility in Wales are to be set out by Welsh government Transport Secretary Ken Skates on June 25. The proposed test centre would have two electrified test ovals of 7·3 km and 3·1 km suitable for continuous running at up ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
German operator EGP placed the first order for Siemens’ Smartron electric locomotive on June 21, signing a contract for three to be delivered in 2019. A week earlier the operator had taken delivery of its second Siemens Vectron AC locomotive. Contship Italia Group's multimodal operator Hannibal is to launch a ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market - June 2018
Austria: Zillertalbahn announced on May 15 that it had selected Stadler to supply five hydrogen-fuelled multiple-units for its 760 mm gauge line (RG 3.18 p12). A prototype is expected to be ready for trials in 2020, with the remaining four trainsets to be delivered in 2022. ...
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NewsWorld rail market - June 2018
Europe: Rail Baltica promoter RB Rail has awarded Atkins a €389 496 contract to identify the ‘optimum’ infrastructure management model. France: Teleste is to supply information screens and a data transmission platform for 30 trainsets that Alstom is building for Lyon metro lines B and D. Germany: PSI ...
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NewsFour shortlisted to supply Québec – Windsor trainsets
CANADA: Four companies have prequalified to submit proposals for the supply of trainsets to replace the fleet which national passenger operator VIA Rail currently uses on the Québec city – Windsor corridor. They are Bombardier Transportation Canada, Siemens Canada, Stadler US and Talgo. The shortlist announced on June 18 follows ...
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Metro Report InternationalSubway station damaged in 9/11 attacks to reopen in October
USA: Trains on the 1 Subway line in New York are to serve Cortlandt Street station from October 1 for the first time in 17 years. Cortlandt Street was among the closest Subway stations to the site of World Trade Center which was destroyed in the terror attack of September ...
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NewsNewag Impuls II EMU unveiled
POLAND: Newag unveiled the first of its next-generation of Impuls electric multiple-units at its factory in Nowy Sącz on June 18. The launch customer for the Impuls II is Łódź suburban operator ŁKA, which has ordered 14 three-car units under a 236·8m złoty contract signed in February 2017 which includes ...
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NewsNew South Wales transport budget
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has allocated A$14·4bn towards public transport in its state budget for 2018. Maintenance of the Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink Intercity networks has been allocated A$1·5bn, and signalling and train control upgrades are in line for A$880m. Fleet procurement funding includes A$496m for the ...
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Rail Business UKTrack alliance tendering launched
UK: Network Rail has invited expressions of interest in its ‘next generation’ of track works contracts, which will run for 10 years from 2019. The contracts worth up to £5bn in total would cover both plain line and switches and crossings, unlike the current contracts where these are contracted separately. ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew South Wales transport budget announced
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has allocated A$14·4bn towards public transport in its state budget for 2018. A$3bn is going towards the Metro West project to build a second metro line in Sydney. A further A$2·4bn is earmarked for the completion of the first phase of the initial ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
US wagon leasing company RGCX announced on June 21 that it had been acquired by Corrum Capital. RGCX President Nick Tupper said the private investment firm would bring a 'unique blend of financial expertise, market access and management insight through their ownership of other leasing and operating businesses'. DVB Bank ...
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NewsThe event of the year for Selectron
SELECTRON: InnoTrans 2018 will be the most important customer event of the year for Swiss company Selectron, which will be represented on two stands at the event. Parent company Knorr-Bremse’s range of services will be on show at the group’s main stand in Hall 1.2, while Selectron will be using ...
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NewsFirst Newag Impuls II completed
POLAND: The first next-generation Impuls electric multiple-unit was unveiled at Newag’s factory in Nowy Sącz on June 18. The first customer for the Impuls II is Łódź suburban operator Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, which has ordered 14 three-car EMUs under a 236·8m złoty contract signed in February 2017. Newag will ...
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NewsPragoimex signs Samarkand tram agreement
UZBEKISTAN: Czech tram builder Pragoimex and the Samarkand tram operator signed a co-operation agreement on June 18 that includes the purchase of 42 trams. Pragoimex is to supply VarioLF single-section vehicles at a cost of around US$42m. These would be used on to two routes that the city is ...
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NewsKansas City Southern orders 50 locomotives
NORTH AMERICA: Kansas City Southern announced an order for a total of 50 GE Transportation diesel locomotives for its US and Mexican subsidiaries on June 21. The Tier 4-compliant Evolution Series locomotives are to be produced at the GE Manufacturing Solutions plant at Fort Worth in Texas for delivery from ...
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NewsBagalkot – Khajjidoni railway opens
INDIA: South Western Railway opened a 30 km line from Bagalkot to Khajjidoni on June 15, with regular passenger services serving the six new stations beginning three days later. The line has been built at a cost of Rs2·78bn as the first phase of a Rs9·86bn project to complete a ...
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NewsOpen access operator SagaRail suspends services
SWEDEN: Private open access passenger operator SagaRail announced on June 20 that it had suspended the Stockholm – Linköping service which it had launched in February. The company said it was not viable to operate the service without being able to sell tickets through state incumbent SJ’s online channels. SagaRail ...
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NewsŠkoda to supply Warszawa metro trains
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie selected Škoda to supply up to 45 trains for both metro lines on June 20. The consortium led by Škoda Transportation and including Škoda Vagonka beat bids from Stadler, CAF, Alstom and a Siemens-Newag consortium. The first six-car walkthrough trainset is to be delivered within 20 ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Trains began calling at the new Maghull North station on the Ormskirk branch of Merseyrail’s Northern Line on June 18, ahead of a ceremonial opening scheduled for June 22. The station features a staffed building and ticket office with passenger toilet, waiting shelters, adjacent bus stops, a 156-space car park ...