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NewsiDTGV brand to disappear
FRANCE: The iDTGV brand for high speed services which can only be booked online is to be phased out, SNCF announced on March 7. The brand will first be withdrawn on routes from Paris to Bretagne and the southwest with the opening of the LGV Bretagne Pays de la Loire ...
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NewsGreater Anglia deploys battery vacuum cleaners
UK: Back-pack battery powered vacuum cleaners supplied by Makita are being used by passenger operator Greater Anglia to speed its cleaning processes and reduce the physical burden on cleaning staff previously who previously used machines powered from a main electricity supply. ‘The new Makita back-pack vacs are giving us ...
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NewsFirst train crosses Azerbaijan – Iran border bridge
ASIA: The first test train ran across the recently-completed bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between Azerbaijan and Iran at Astara on March 3, hauled by a GE/LKZ TE33A Evolution diesel locomotive. Construction of the cross-border link was approved by Azerbiajan’s President Ilham Aliyev on December 7 ...
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NewsTailored tank wagons fit customer’s needs
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash subsidiary has won a contract to supply Ural Mining & Metallurgical Co with 24 sulphuric acid tank wagons for use at its Sredneuralsk and Svyatogor copper production facilities. The wagons will have 25 tonne axleload bogies permitting a payload of 77 tonnes, a 10% increase ...
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NewsScotRail EMU refurbishment contract awarded
UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded Knorr-Bremse RailServices a contract to undertake a £6m refurbishment of 22 three-car Class 320 electric multiple-units operated by ScotRail. KBRS will undertake the work at its Springburn site in Glasgow between October 2017 and early 2019. The scope includes repainting all surfaces, installing ...
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NewsUrszula Soucie
The Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers’ Association has promoted Urszula Soucie to become Chief Operating Officer. She has been with Remsa since 2011.
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Finnish private operator Fennia Rail has ordered two Class 774.7F EffiShunter 1600 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives from CZ Loko for delivery this year. They will be similar to three locos supplied in 2015. February 22 saw the start of a weekly service carrying cars between Valladolid in Spain and Vale de ...
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NewsBringing fashion to Milano by rail
INTERNATIONAL: Far East Land Bridge has launched a less-than-container-load freight service from Suzhou in China to Milano in Italy via the Trans-Siberian route and the rail hub at Duisburg in Germany. Trains leave Suzhou every Sunday, with a transit time of 16 days to Duisburg and another two to four ...
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NewsPassenger services to return
EUROPE: Passenger services are to be reinstated on two branch lines in Slovakia this summer, mostly targeting leisure traffic. Polish regional operator PolRegio has received approval for the use of SA135 and SA134 diesel multiple-units on cross-border services to Medzilaborce in Slovakia. Between July 1 and September 3 there will ...
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NewsGautrain expansion study completed
SOUTH AFRICA: A feasibility study for the expansion of the Gautrain network has been completed by the Gautrain Management Agency and submitted to the Gauteng provincial and national treasuries as well as major stakeholders. GMA commissioned the study in October 2014 from the SMEC Consortium of SMEC South Africa, ...
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NewsTurkish ‘National Train' set to roll in 2019
TURKEY: The first of 21 five-car electric multiple-units being developed under the 'National Train' programme to enhance local manufacturing capabilities is set to carry passengers in late 2019. The 160 km/h inter-regional trainsets are to be produced at the Tüvasaş factory in Sakarya province and will make use of a ...
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NewsÖBB and Stadler form joint venture to maintain Westbahn fleet
AUSTRIA: ÖBB-Technische Services and Stadler signed an agreement on March 2 to establish ÖBB Stadler Service GmbH as a 60:40 joint venture which will maintain Westbahn’s fleet of Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units from mid-2017. Stadler has maintained the Wien – Salzburg open access operator’s fleet of seven EMUs in ...
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NewsSusanne Manaigre
A former Head of Operations at GO Transit, Susanne Manaigre has joined Network Rail Consulting as Vice-President. She will lead the company’s newly established Canadian business in Toronto.
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NewsPesa and Bombardier sign ERTMS framework
POLAND: Bombardier Transportation has signed a five-year framework agreement to supply rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz with its EBI Cab 2000 automatic train protection equipment for installation on new vehicles for the Polish market. The equipment will be delivered from Bombardier’s Katowice site. In 2015 Bombardier became the first supplier ...
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Metro Report InternationalIntegrating Crossrail’s asset management data
UK: Building information modelling cloud software company 3D Repo has developed a mobile platform which brings together disparate databases and information sources to support the management of maintainable assets on London’s Crossrail project. Data matrix identity labels and RFID tags can be scanned using a mobile device to provide real-time ...
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NewsOpen access operators could pay public service obligation levy
UK: The Department for Transport has begun a two-month consultation on proposals to introduce a public service obligation levy which open access passenger operators would pay to support loss-making franchised services deemed to be socially and economically desirable. This follows the Competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain report ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
RZD International has opened an office in Delhi. The Russian Railways subsidiary said it was is considering participating in a number of projects in India following the signing last October of a letter of intent to work with the Ministry of Railways on upgrading the 575 km Nagpur – Secunderabad ...
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NewsCIM buys lifting equipment specialist Mechan
UK: French depot equipment and track and rolling stock component supplier CIM has acquired Sheffield-based lifting and handling system manufacturer Mechan. Announcing the deal on March 2, CIM said Mechan had established an international reputation with its products, which include lifting jacks, the Megalink controller, equipment drops and traversers. ‘Mechan ...
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NewsOlsztyn tram extension funding agreement signed
POLAND: A funding agreement for 144·9m złoty of EU funds for the expansion of the Olsztyn tram network was signed on February 28 by Mayor Piotr Grzymowicz. A new route is to be built from the existing network at the junction of al Piłsudskiego and ul Kościuszki southeast to ...
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NewsGreenbrier aims to grow in South America
BRAZIL: 'We are expanding our investments in Brazil to reach customers who need high-quality transportation equipment and in pursuit of continued growth and further diversification of Greenbrier's global business into new markets', said The Greenbrier Companies Chairman & CEO William A Furman on March 2. This followed Greenbrier’s announcement that ...