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NewsKøbenhavn – Ringsted computer model developed
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has used 3D scanning and BIM data to produce a detailed 3D computer model of the fast line under construction between København and Ringsted which is scheduled to open next year. This allows potential suppliers to view and ‘walk around’ the route from a computer. ...
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NewsSofia metro shunters rolled out
BULGARIA: Two diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives for Sofia metro Line 3 have been rolled out at Express Service’s factory in Ruse. Express Service is supplying its MDD 3 model, which has two driven axles, each powered by a 150 kW motor. The shunters are to be used for depot movements, ...
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NewsRehabilitation of Šabac – Loznica line underway
SERBIA: Work has begun to rehabilitate two sections of the 65 km single-track line from Šabac to Loznica and Brasina on the Bosnian border. This should enable the passenger service which was suspended in 2005 to be reinstated from September 1. Modernisation of the Petlovača – Lešnica and Loznica – ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more tram-trains to Paris
FRANCE: Alstom is to supply 32 more Citadis Dualis tram-trains to Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien, the manufacturer announced on April 24. Île-de-France Mobilités is financing the €170m order. Deliveries are due to take place in 2020-22, with 22 vehicles intended to operate on the T12 Express line and ...
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NewsFirst Stadler tram delivered to Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Ostrava took delivery of its first Stadler tram on April 23. The two-section vehicle was transported by road from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland. The SFr45m framework contract for up to 40 vehicles is the first order for trams in Stadler Polska’s history. Designated Tango NF2 ...
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NewsChina and Gulf states discuss OTIF accession to support international freight
INTERNATIONAL: China and the Gulf Co-Operation Council member states are discussing accession to the COTIF convention, which provides a legal framework for the operation of international rail traffic. China’s interest is related to the growth of east-west freight traffic to and from Europe. Its accession would be politically significant ...
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NewsCompetition authority reviews open access bid
SPAIN: The National Commission on Markets & Competition has decided to resume work on reviewing the application by Air Nostrum subsidiary Intermodalidad de Levante SA to launch the country’s first open access high speed services, despite a legal challenge from the Ministry of Development. ILSA is hoping to launch a ...
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NewsIranian railway expansion continues
IRAN: The city of Kermanshah was connected to the railway network when President Hassan Rouhani opened a 110 km line from Firuzan on March 20. This forms part of the Malayer – Khosravi corridor which will eventually run to the border with Iraq. The first section from Malayer to Firuzan ...
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NewsSB Rail awarded track machine contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded the SB Rail joint venture of Swietelsky and Babcock International Group a seven-year contract to supply, operate and maintain tamping, dynamic track stabilising and ballast distribution and profiling machines for its London North Eastern, London North Western and Scotland routes. The deal is worth in ...
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Metro Report InternationalDurham-Orange Light Rail construction management consultant appointed
USA: Transport agency GoTriangle has selected a Gannett Fleming/WSP joint venture as its construction management consultant for the planned light rail project in North Carolina’s Durham and Orange counties. The joint venture is to provide a constructability review, estimating, contract packaging, design and specification review services under the first phase ...
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NewsLocomotives arrive in Abidjan
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Four 2 250 hp Type GT22 diesel locomotives which Sitarail had ordered from US supplier NRE were delivered to the Port of Abidjan on April 9. Annocuing the arrival of the locomotives, the Bolloré Transport & Logistics subsidiary said it was continuing to develop the metre-gauge network in ...
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NewsCompetition comes to Swiss long-distance network
SWITZERLAND: The Federal Office for Transport has decided to split the concession to operate long-distance passenger services on the national network, although Swiss Federal Railways will continue to be responsible for all but two routes. BAV announced on April 19 that it expects to award a concession to SBB to ...
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NewsRamboll acquires DEG Signal
UK: Engineering company Ramboll has acquired specialist signalling firm DEG Signal Ltd, which is based in Wiltshire and has 17 staff providing consultancy and design services for mainline and urban rail operators. DEG Signal’s customers include Network Rail, Transport for London Thales, Ansaldo STS, Amey and Siemens; recent projects have ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Swedish operator Green Cargo announced on April 19 that it had ordered a further six Transmontana electric locomotives from Romanian manufacturer Softronic for delivery in autumn 2019. This follows from a July 2017 order for two of the six-axle locos, which are scheduled for delivery in autumn this year. Slovakia’s ...
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NewsUNIFE prepares InnoTrans 2018 speaking programme
UNIFE: European railway supply industry association UNIFE will be representing 14 national associations and 95 direct member companies at InnoTrans 2018. ‘We are currently preparing an interesting four-day speaking programme on European initiatives such as Shift2Rail, investment and financing planning for 2030, the implementation of the technical pillar of the ...
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NewsWorld rail market - April 2018
Chile: SICE and software partner GMV are supplying 80 standard and 150 compact customised ticket vending machines for the Santiago metro. Europe: RB Rail has awarded ETC Transport Consultants a €499 340 contract to prepare short, medium and long-term operational plans for the future Rail Baltica line. France: ...
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NewsPraha – Harrachov direct service launched
CZECH REPUBLIC: A weekends-only direct service between Praha and the resort of Harrachov close to the Polish border in the Krkonoše mountains was introduced by national operator ČD on April 14. There are two trains each way on Saturdays and Sundays, offering a journey time of 3 h 15 min ...
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First Amber Train links the Baltic States
EUROPE: The first Amber Train branded intermodal freight service left the Šeštokai transhipment facility in Lithuania for Riga in Latvia and the Paldiski terminal in Estonia on April 19, carrying 43 containers which had originated in France. Operations in the Baltic States were managed by Lithuanian Railways, Latvia's LDz Cargo ...
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NewsSNCB inaugurates Kinkempois workshop
BELGIUM: Celebrations were held in Liège on April 19 to mark the opening of SNCB’s new rolling stock maintenance workshops at Kinkempois. Intended to maintain locomotives, EMUs and coaches, the facility has been developed on the site of a former freight depot, incorporating a wagon repair shop dating back to ...
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Metro Report InternationalChicago Blue Line resignalling contract awarded
USA: The Chicago Transit Board has awarded a Kiewit-Aldridge joint venture a $152·9m contract to undertake signalling renewal works between Jefferson Park and O’Hare on the Blue Line. Announcing the contract on April 18, CTA said this would be the first major signalling renewal since the section of the Blue ...