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NewsERS 2017: Looking beyond the Fourth Railway Package
EUROPE: ‘Implementation’ was the watchword of speakers and delegates at Railway Gazette Group’s third European Rail Summit, which was hosted by the Representation of the Free State of Bayern to the EU in Brussels on November 7. Entitled ‘Beyond the Fourth Railway Package’, the Summit addressed the policy challenges facing ...
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NewsSouth Western Railway awards £50m EMU refurbishment contract
UK: South Western Railway has awarded Siemens contracts worth £50m for the refurbishment of its 45 Class 444 and 127 Class 450 Desiro electric multiple-units. The Siemens-built units are leased from Angel Trains and maintained by the manufacturer at Northam under a contract which runs until 2025. The 12-month refurbishment ...
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Metro Report InternationalFinal civils contract awarded for Singapore CCL6
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded the final civils contract for the Circle Line 6 project, it announced on November 10. The Singapore branch of China State Construction Engineering Corp won the S$205m contract for the construction of Cantonment station. Work on the three-level underground station is due to ...
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Metro Report InternationalEIB lends €200m to Madrid Metro
SPAIN: Metro de Madrid announced on November 10 that it had been granted a €200m loan by the European Investment Bank. Being provided over a period of three years on what the metro says are ‘very advantageous’ terms, the loan will fund investment projects. Major projects to be undertaken during ...
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NewsElisabeth Werner
Elisabeth Werner has become Director, Land Transport, in the European Commission’s transport directorate DG Move. She was previously Head of Unit in charge of Planning & Co-ordination, and also served in the office of former Vice-President Siim Kallas.
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NewsSiemens replaces Nippon Sharyo in multi-state coach order
USA: A multi-state contract for Sumitomo Corp of Americas to supply locomotive–hauled coaches for use in California, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri has been amended, with the order now to be fulfilled with Siemens as Sumitomo’s subcontractor rather than Nippon Sharyo. In September 2012 the four states co-operating in the California-led ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Croatian locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer TŽV Gredelj has invited potential investors or strategic partners to express interest in supporting a recapitalisation to ensure the continuation of its business activities. The closing date is December 15. Titagarh Wagons Ltd and MerMec have entered into a memorandum of understanding for the ...
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NewsShift2Rail updates its action plan
EUROPE: The latest Multi-Annual Action Plan for the Shift2Rail research programme was formally presented to EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc in Tallinn on November 9, as part of the Commission’s Digital Transport Days event. Recently adopted by the joint undertaking’s management board, the ‘Part A’ Executive View of the MAAP ...
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NewsFaiveley Transport to supply NSW EMU subsystems
AUSTRALIA: Wabtec Corp subsidiary Faiveley Transport has been awarded contracts totalling more than US$150m to supply subsystems and maintenance services for 56 double-deck electric multiple-units which the RailConnect NSW consortium of Hyundai Rotem, UGL and Mitsubishi Electric Australia is to supply for NSW TrainLink Intercity services. Faiveley sites in Australia, ...
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Metro Report InternationalToshkent to build elevated orbital metro
UZBEKISTAN: The proposed orbital urban railway around Toshkent is to be built to metro rather than suburban rail standards, the government has decided after evaluating technical studies compiled by transport institute Boshtransloyiha with the assistance of foreign experts. The original proposal approved by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in ...
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NewsBody formed for joint procurement of tram-trains
EUROPE: Seven transport operators and the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) announced on November 8 that they had formed a group to place joint orders for tram-train vehicles. VDV TramTrain includes Karlsruhe transport operators VBK and AVG, Saarbahn Netz, Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft, Erms-Neckar-Bahn, Regionaltangente West from Germany, as ...
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NewsHydrogen could replace diesel in 15 years says LNVG, as fuel cell train contract signed
GERMANY: ‘Fuel cell technology has a good chance to prevail in Germany in the next 10 to 15 years, with diesel vehicles being more and more forced out of the market’, said Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG when it signed a 30-year contract with Alstom and gas supplier Linde Group for ...
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NewsRegioJet buys and sells coaches
EUROPE: Czech operator RegioJet has bought six coaches formerly used by defunct Italian open access operator Arenaways for an undisclosed price. The vehicles were manufactured by Astra Vagoane Calatori of Romania in 2010, and were in service for just few months. They have since been stored at the Santhià workshops. ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
ScotRail has revealed the interiors of the Class 385 EMUs which are being supplied by Hitachi Rail Europe. They feature at-seat power sockets, free wi-fi, cycle areas, space for prams and golf clubs, two wheelchair spaces and an accessible toilet with an ‘assist’ facility to allow companion access to the ...
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Metro Report InternationalNorthern Line extension tunnelling completed
UK: Tunnelling on the London Underground’s Northern Line extension was completed on November 8, when tunnel boring machine Amy broke through at Kennington. Amy began tunnelling in May, following sister machine Helen the previous month. Helen broke through into a shaft at Kennington Park at the end of October. ...
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NewsSouthern Class 455 EMUs to be modified for PRM compliance
UK: ESG Rail has been awarded a turnkey contract to modify Class 455 electric multiple-units which Govia Thameslink Railway leases from Eversholt Rail to bring them into compliance with the Persons with Reduced Mobility Technical Specification for Interoperability. The work on the 46 four-car ex-British Rail third-rail EMUs used on ...
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NewsLoan agreement presages Pesa restructuring
POLAND: Rolling stock manufacturer Pesa announced on November 7 that it had signed a 200m złoty loan agreement with a consortium of six banks led by PKO BP and including Bank Pekao, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Raiffeisen Bank, BZ WBK and mBank. This is intended to alleviate the company’s recent ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply Ahmedabad metro train fleet
INDIA: Hyundai Rotem announced on November 7 that it had been awarded a 177·1bn won contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets for the Ahmedabad metro. Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant are due to take place between April 2019 and July 2020. The trains will have a maximum speed of ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm metro resignalling contract terminated
SWEDEN: A contract for Ansaldo STS to resignal the Stockholm metro’s Red Line was unilaterally terminated by transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik on November 7. ‘There are fundamental shortcomings in Ansaldo STS's delivery and we do not trust Ansaldo STS to deliver under the agreement, so we cancelled the contract’, said ...
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NewsState approves Ahmedabad metro Phase 2 plans
INDIA: The Gujarat government has approved the detailed project report for the second phase of the Ahmedabad metro. This would add 34·6 km to the two lines currently under construction as part of Phase 1. Delhi Metro Rail Corp prepared the report for two elevated routes, which would cost ...