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NewsParis Line T9 tram order
FRANCE: Ile-de-France regional transport authority STIF has awarded Alstom a €70m framework contract to supply 22 Citadis X05 trams to operate on the future Line T9 in the Paris region. The order includes options for up to 68 additional trams for lines T9 and T10. Deliveries are due to ...
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NewsWelsh Government sets out rolling stock aspirations
UK: The Welsh Government’s key priorities for the new rolling stock which is to be procured under the Wales & Borders Operator & Development Partner contract have been set out by Cabinet Secretary for Economy & Infrastructure Ken Skates. The Welsh Government says that passengers’ perception of the quality of ...
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NewsPodkarpackie orders multiple-units
POLAND: Podkarpackie voivodship has selected Pesa to supply seven electric multiple-units and Newag to provide two diesel multiple-units. The 124·66m złoty contract for five three-car and two four-car Elf 2 EMUs units is second order for the second generation of Pesa’s Elf family. Deliveries are scheduled between June 30 ...
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NewsWagon conversion to support DB Cargo contract renewal
UK: Construction materials supplier Day Group has renewed for a further 10 years a contract for DB Cargo UK to haul sea-dredged aggregates and incinerator bottom ash. The aggregates are transported from Cliffe in Kent to depots at Crawley, Purley, Tolworth and Battersea in London. The ash trains run from ...
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NewsNovosibirsk tram extension inaugurated
RUSSIA: Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly Lokot and Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast Vladimir Gorodetsky attended a ceremony on November 9 to inaugurate a 1 km extension of the city’s tram network. The extension between Poselok Yuzhniy and Chistaya Sloboda in the southwest of the city has three stops. It is part ...
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NewsChina backs Serbian railway modernisation
SERBIA: China Railway International, China Communications Construction Co and Serbia’s Minister of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović signed a US$319m agreement on November 5 for the modernisation of the 34·5 km Beograd – Stara Pazova section of the Beograd – Budapest route. Under the terms of the agreement, ...
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NewsCost savings expected from tank wagon order
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s ТikhvinChemMash plant has won a second contract to supply to Ilim Group subsidiary Fintrans GL with tank wagons to carry chemical products including caustic soda. The order announced on November 8 will take the company’s fleet of modern tank wagons to around 50 vehicles by the ...
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NewsTransdev chooses IVU.rail software
SWEDEN: Transdev Sverige is to use IVU.rail software for service planning across all its Swedish rail operations from December. IVU.rail can be used to develop efficient timetables and rolling stock diagrams, offering automatic suggestions and incorporating configurable planning rules which take into account service intervals, track and depot capacity and ...
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NewsHamburg S-Bahn capacity expansion approved
GERMANY: The Hamburg Senate has given the go-ahead for DB subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg to place a firm order for Bombardier Transportation to supply 12 additional Class 490 three-car electric multiple-units. This will enable six-car formations to be operated across the network. Stabling facilities for 28 trainsets are also to be ...
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NewsITT to acquire Axtone
POLAND: US energy, transport and industrial component supplier ITT Inc has signed an agreement to acquire spring, buffer and coupler manufacturer Axtone for US$118m. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2017, subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals. ‘This agreement reflects our strategic commitment to enhancing our global ...
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NewsCaen orders Alstom trams
FRANCE: Alstom has been awarded a €52m contract to supply 23 trams for the 16·8 km three-route tramway being built in Caen. The Citadis X05 trams are to be delivered from mid-2018 for entry into service in September 2019. The contract announced on November 8 includes options for up to ...
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NewsSouthampton – London open access service proposed
UK: Alliance Rail Holdings has started industry consultation on proposals to launch an open access passenger service on the Southampton - London Waterloo route in December 2017. Managing Director Ian Yeowart told Railway Gazette on November 8 that Alliance aims is to increase capacity on the intensively-used route and make ...
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NewsTampere tram project formally approved
FINLAND: Tampere city council has voted to build a tram network, with 41 in favour and 25 against. The 23·5 km standard gauge route would link the city centre with Sampola, where branches would continue to the University of Tampere and Hervanta. In 2015 the city selected ...
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NewsAzerbaijan completes link to Iranian border
AZERBAIJAN: Tracklaying on an 8·3 km extension of the Azerbaijan Railways network from Astara station to the River Astarachay, which marks the border with Iran, was completed on November 7. The 1 520 mm gauge line will cross the border on an 82·5 m long bridge which has been ...
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NewsGreat Western electrification projects deferred
UK: Four 25 kV 50 Hz electrification projects planned as part of the Great Western upgrade programme have been deferred, Transport Minister Paul Maynard confirmed in a written statement to Parliament on November 8. The deferred projects are: Didcot Parkway – Oxford;Bristol Parkway – Bristol Temple Meads;Bath Spa ...
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Metro Report InternationalWheel and axle group to be sold to Chinese investor
GERMANY: Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its wheel and axle subsidiary GMH Railway Systems to group of Chinese investors led by Full Hill Enterprises Ltd. GMH Railway Systems includes Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik which is a certificated wheel and axle manufacturer for China’s high speed ...
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NewsHarri Mustonen
Harri Mustonen has been appointed Managing Director of NR Rail, a company set up and jointly owned by Finland’s Nurminen Logistics and Russia‘s Rustranscom to handle cross-border rail freight between Finland and Russia.
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Metro Report InternationalSamsung C&T pulls out of Seoul light rail project
SOUTH KOREA: Samsung C&T has pulled out of a project to build a light rail line to connect the Wirye New Town residential area of southeast Seoul with the Sinsa-dong business area of Gangnam District. The company told Metro Report International that it had decided to withdraw owing to ‘a ...
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NewsLucknow metro test running to start on December 1
INDIA: Test running on the Lucknow metro is set to begin on December 1, following the ceremonial handover of the first trainset at Alstom Transport India's Sri City factory on November 4. The first of 20 four-car Metropolis trainsets was handed over within 65 weeks of the contract award on ...
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NewsFirst GE Evolution loco for Pakistan completed
PAKISTAN: The first of 55 Evolution Series ES43ACi diesel locomotives which GE Transportation is building for Pakistan Railways is undergoing final testing ahead of delivery from the USA. The 1 676 mm gauge Class GEU-40 locomotives are to be supplied fully assembled. Pakistan Railways expects to commission the first locomotive ...