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NewsPhosAgro to lease 500 fertiliser wagons from Gazprombank
RUSSIA: Fertiliser producer PhosAgro has signed a 2·9bn rouble 10-year agreement to lease 500 high-capacity hopper wagons from Gazprombank Leasing, with an option to buy. PhosAgro currently has a fleet of more than 6 000 owned and leased wagons. The latest vehicles are scheduled to be delivered from United Wagon ...
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NewsKazakhstan to Turkey via the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway
ASIA: The first containers have been delivered using the recently-inaugurated Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway. This is how they travelled from Kazakhstan to Turkey. [<a href="//storify.com/railwaygazette/btk" target="_blank">View the story "Baku - Tbilisi - Kars railway first freight train" on Storify</a>]
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NewsState backs Mumbai metro plans
INDIA: The Maharashtra government has approved detailed project reports for two more metro lines in Mumbai. The reports were prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corp and has been approved by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority in October last year. The state government expects construction to start in 2018 ...
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NewsAnsaldoBreda IC2 trainsets find new home
ROMANIA: Open access passenger operator Astra Trans Carpatic hopes to obtain certification from national railway authority AFER shortly which would enable it to put into service the first of three AnsaldoBreda IC2 diesel multiple–units it has acquired from Denmark’s national operator DSB. Subject to the successful introduction of these three ...
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NewsBattery option in Auckland order for more CAF EMUs
NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Transport and CAF signed a NZ$$133m contract on November 7 covering the supply of a further 15 three-car electric multiple-units from 2019 and the provision of eight years of maintenance. The order is being funded by NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Council. There is provision in the ...
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NewsNetwork Rail awards Midland Main Line upgrade contracts
UK: The Carillion Powerlines joint venture is to begin work shortly to complete 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the route from Bedford to Corby. The contract awarded by Network Rail as part of its Midland Main Line improvement programme is expected to generate revenue of £260m for the equally-owned ...
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NewsTransport research centre to be set up in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority announced on November 7 that it is to establish a Transport Research Centre in partnership with the Singapore University of Technology & Design. It is envisaged that the TRC will carry out research in areas including cybersecurity, automation and robotics, data analytics, behavioural studies and ...
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NewsVolgograd airport link to be ready for kick-off
RUSSIA: The planned rail link to Volgograd Airport is to be completed in time for the FIFA World Cup in June and July 2018, Russian Railways has announced. The project involves the construction of a 1·2 km electrified line between Gumrak station and the airport terminal, where there would be ...
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NewsNewag ranked top in PKP Intercity locomotive tender
POLAND: Newag has submitted the highest-ranked proposal for a contract to supply PKP Intercity with 3 kV DC electric locomotives capable of operating at up to 160 km/h. A bid from Pesa was ranked second and CRRC Sifang came third. Newag offered a price of 367·6m złoty for the planned ...
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NewsCoal wagons converted to carry aggregates
UK: DB Cargo UK is working with its subsidiary Axiom Rail and WH Davis to convert 110 Type HTA coal hopper wagons into HRA aggregate hoppers to accommodate expected future growth in this sector. Completion of the conversion programme is planned for the third quarter of 2018. This follows ...
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NewsUraltransmash sole bidder in revised Kolomna tram tender
RUSSIA: Uraltransmash has emerged as the sole bidder for a contract to supply 21 trams to Kolomna. The manufacturer is likely to supply its single-section partly low-floor Type 71-407. Six trams are due to be delivered by December 29, with the remaining 15 by the end of February. The ...
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NewsŁódź to buy more second-hand trams from Bochum
POLAND: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen tram operator Bogestra submitted the only bid in a tender to supply trams to MPK Łódź. Bogestra is to supply 32 NF6D partly low-floor trams for €3·2m. Deliveries are due by 2020, and there are options for two more trams. MPK previously purchased one NF6D tram ...
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NewsMetrowagonmash to supply metro cars to Nizhny Novgorod
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod metro operator Nizhegorodskoe Metro signed a 1·3bn rouble contract on November 1 with Metrowagonmash and Sberbank Leasing for the supply of 23 metro cars. Metrowagonmash is to supply 10 driving cars and 13 intermediate cars by the end of 2017. These are to be stabled at ...
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NewsAdditive manufacturing offers accelerated component production
USA: Plastics specialist SABIC used the APTA trade show in Atlanta to launch an interior bracket produced using additive manufacturing techniques, which it believes has the potential to accelerate component production significantly. Such components are typically made from sheet metal, and are used in saloons to mount ceiling components. The ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended New York & Atlantic Railway’s concession to operate freight trains on the Long Island Rail Road network for a further 10 years. Rolling stock repair and leasing company Kladenská Dopravní a Strojní has acquired its first electric loco to join its diesel fleet. ...
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NewsNewag to rebuild PKP IC locomotives
POLAND: Newag submitted the only bid for a contract to extensively modernise nine Fablok SM42 diesel shunting locomotives operated by PKP Intercity. The contract covers a complete rebuild, retaining only the frames and bogies. The current single diesel engine would be replaced by two engines, with the replacement cab located ...
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NewsAeroexpress Kiss EMUs enter revenue service
RUSSIA: Airport shuttle service operator Aeroexpress put its Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units into revenue service on the Moscow Kievskaya – Vnukovo Airport route on October 27. The new units will also be introduced on the Moscow Paveletsky – Domodedovo Airport route during November. The 1520 mm gauge Class ...
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NewsNew model for metre gauge maintenance
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a joint venture of Comsa (35%), Cycasa (30%) and Tecsa (35%) a €33∙7m contract to maintain its 1 000 mm gauge routes. Running for 24 months, the contract follows a new model which aims to achieve desired levels of reliability and improve quality as ...
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NewsHSG-city to support i-Lena noise research
GERMANY: Vossloh Rail Systems’ HSG-city high speed grinding unit is to be trialled on the national rail network later this year in conjunction with the i-Lena noise reduction research project. Originally conceived as a way of maintaining metro and light rail tracks through regular preventive grinding, the unpowered HSG-city ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Finnish company Teleste has acquired passenger information system supplier Iqu Systems, which will continue with its current management as a stand-alone company. ‘We appreciate the deep experience Iqu Systems has in the German public transport market and regard their understanding of customer requirements as a valuable asset when further developing ...