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NewsChinese investment threatens conflict of loyalties
Chinese infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe continue to pose concerns for EU leaders, reports Tim Banning.
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NewsJakarta airport rail link inaugurated
INDONESIA: The 36·4 km rail link to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport began full commercial operation on January 2, following a formal inauguration by President Joko Widodo. Trial services had been launched on December 26 to promote the new line. A 12 km branch has been built to connect the airport ...
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NewsJakarta airport rail link inaugurated
INDONESIA: The 36·4 km rail link to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport began full commercial operation on January 2, following a formal inauguration by President Joko Widodo. Trial services had been launched on December 26 to promote the new line. A 12 km branch has been built to connect the airport ...
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NewsProgress Rail acquires Italian signalling company ECM
ITALY: Progress Rail completed the acquisition of Pistoia-based signalling and control system supplier ECM SpA on January 2. Progress Rail said ECM had invested in developing of leading edge technologies including computer based interlocking and automatic train protection systems, making it ‘an attractive complement’ to the US group’s signalling portfolio. ...
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NewsSocial impact of Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed line to be studied
MALAYSIA: Project promoter MyHSR Corp has awarded ERE Consulting Group a contract to carry out a social and heritage impact assessment for the Malaysian section of the planned Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed line. 'The appointed consultant will be responsible to assess the possible social impact arising from the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
The European Investment Bank signed a €30m loan agreement with Talgo on December 21 to support the development of high speed and commuter trains, including a prototype EMU for short and medium-length journeys. Stone Canyon Industries company A Stucki has acquired Magnus, which supplies bronze locomotive traction support bearings for ...
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NewsBoard changes to support Pesa restructuring
POLAND: The supervisory board of rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz announced changes to the management board on January 3, saying this would strengthen the board to support ongoing restructuring. Krzysztof Sędzikowski was appointed CEO and President of the management board, while Andrzej Juszczyński became Vice-President and CFO. Sławomir Piątek ...
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NewsNo agreement on New York – New Jersey tunnel
USA: There is no agreement for the federal government to pay around half of the cost of the proposed $13bn Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York, according to the Federal Transit Administration. In a December 29 letter to New York and New Jersey state ...
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NewsIsrael Railways orders double-deck coaches for use with electric locos
ISRAEL: A €104m firm order for Bombardier Transportation to supply a further 54 Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches was signed by Israel Railways on December 31. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by August 2020. The order has been placed within a October 2010 framework agreement. The latest order covers 11 ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Network Rail plans to award three framework agreements for multi-discipline railway asset enhancement and renewal works across its Anglia, Southeast and Wessex routes during the five years of Control Period 6, with three one-year options to extend into CP7. The total value of the SMD Frameworks may be in the ...
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NewsModertrans to supply more trams to Katowice
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has selected Modertrans to supply up to 15 partly low-floor trams for its network centred on Katowice. The base order covers eight unidirectional and two bidirectional single-section 13·5 m long trams. The tender specifies that the vehicles must be at least 20% low-floor, with capacity for ...
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NewsBrussels articulated electric bus order placed
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB has awarded a €21m contract to Solaris Bus & Coach for the supply of 25 articulated electric buses. This forms part of STIB’s plan to have an entirely electric bus fleet by 2030. To be assembled at Solaris’ Bolechowo factory near Poznań, the ...
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NewsRail Baltica design contracts awarded
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded two contracts for planning the Polish section of the future Rail Baltica corridor. MGGP has been awarded a 19·8m złoty contract to undertake the detailed design of a planned 1·7bn złoty upgrade of the route between Białystok and Ełk, where the single track ...
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NewsMore LRVs ordered for Vitoria
SPAIN: Euskotren has awarded CAF a €14∙5m contract to supply three seven-section LRVs for the Vitoria light rail network, and to extend from five to seven sections three of the 11 Series 500 LRVs it had supplied for the opening of the route in 2008. The seven-section LRVs will be ...
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NewsMoscow metro reaches Khovrino
RUSSIA: Line 2 of the Moscow metro was extended by 2·9 km on December 31, with the opening of a northern extension from Rechnoy Vokzal to Khovrino. Construction started in 2014, with Stroygazconsulting acting as main contractor. Khovrino station was built by SGK Avtostrada and Mostotryad-114, and is 14 ...
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NewsMombasa – Nairobi standard gauge freight service launched
KENYA: The first commercial freight train on the Standard Gauge Railway ran from Mombasa to the Embakasi Inland Container Depot in Nairobi on January 1. The 52-wagon train carried 104 TEU, which the operator pointed out was ‘almost equivalent to the trucks operating daily on the Mombasa – Nairobi highway.’ ...
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NewsStrukton to take over Danish fixed links rail maintenance contract
DENMARK: Power and communication network infrastructure services company Eltel signed a letter of intent on December 29 for the divestment of its Danish rail activities to Strukton Rail. The parties aim to finalise the transaction by January 31. Eltel’s Danish rail operations mainly comprise a contract to provide signalling, track ...
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NewsOstrów Wielkopolski receives first battery buses
POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach handed over four electric buses to MZK Ostrów Wielkopolski on December 28. The Urbino 12 buses are the first zero-emission buses for the city and have been supplied under a contract that also saw three Solaris Urbino 12 diesel buses enter service in September. ...
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NewsCAF to begin recruitment for Newport rolling stock factory
UK: Work is underway on the factory which CAF is building at Newport in south Wales to support its expansion in the UK rolling stock market. The company expects to employ 200 people at the plant when it opens in autumn 2018, increasing to 300 in 2019. Recruitment is to ...
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Metro Report InternationalBarcelona tests vertical platform screen doors
SPAIN: Barcelona public transport operator TMB is to undertake what it says will be the first test of vertical platform screen doors on a metro network, with doors supplied by STraffic of South Korea to be installed at Can Cuiàs station on Line 11 during the second half of 2018. ...