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NewsMorgan Stanley Infrastructure to buy leasing company stake
GERMANY: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure is to become the largest shareholder in VTG, the Hamburg-based wagon leasing and logistics company announced on October 13. Subject to regulatory approval, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure would pay €29/share to acquire the entire 29% stake in the company which is currently held by Andreas Goer, the ...
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NewsPowers granted for Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park extension
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has granted a Transport & Works Act Order for Transport for Greater Manchester to build a tram line to Trafford Park in the west of the city. The 5·5 km route would run mostly on a segregated alignment. Leaving the Eccles ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Abellio has agreed eight-year framework contracts with Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens and Stadler for the future supply of up to 150 single-deck regional EMUs. Firm orders would be placed subject to Abellio winning tenders for operating contracts. As part of an import substitution programme, United Wagon Co says it has become ...
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NewsBogie test facility opens in Huddersfield
UK: The University of Huddersfield has completed the installation of a full-scale bogie test rig, claimed to be the only one of its type in Europe, after securing a £4·5m grant from the UK government’s Regional Growth Fund.The 150 tonne test rig, which was officially opened on October 12 by ...
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NewsFirst Class 490 EMU arrives in Hamburg
GERMANY: The first Class 490 electric multiple-unit for the Hamburg S-Bahn arrived at the Ohlsdorf depot on October 11. It will now undergo a year of testing without passengers on the S-Bahn network. In 2013 S-Bahn Hamburg’s parent company Deutsche Bahn ordered 60 three-car EMUs from Bombardier Transportation under ...
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NewsGreenbrier and Astra to form European wagon joint venture
EUROPE: The Greenbrier Companies and Astra Rail have announced plans to merge their European activities to form a company which would offer wagon manufacturing and repair services for customers in Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East. Subject to EU regulatory approval of the deal, Greenbrier would have a 75% stake ...
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NewsWales & Borders bidders asked to propose Metro options
UK: The four bidders shortlisted for the contract to be the 'Operator & Development Partner' holding the next Wales & Borders franchise were announced by the Welsh Government's Economy & Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates on October 13. They are: Abellio Rail Cymru; Arriva Rail Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva Cymru Ltd; KeolisAmey; ...
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NewsKanpur metro foundation stone laid
INDIA: National Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Kanpur metro on October 4. The two-line metro was approved by the Uttar Pradesh state government in March and the central government in May. The estimated cost is Rs178·7bn. Line 1 would link IIT Kanpur ...
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NewsTest running starts on second Nanjing tram line
CHINA: Trams began running on test on the Qilin Line in Nanjing on October 10. Revenue services are due to begin by the end of the year. The 9 km route links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated, ...
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NewsFast flat wagons to speed up China – Europe trains
RUSSIA: With a view to reducing China – Europe transit times, rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding and Kompleksnye Skorostnye Tekhnologii have signed a contract for the production of two prototype container wagons suitable for operation at 160 km/h. The Type 13-6954 wagons for 40 ft and 45 ft containers would have ...
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NewsTesmec preferred bidder to supply maintenance vehicles to RFI
ITALY: Bergamo-based Tesmec expects the formal award before the end of the year of a contract to supply up to 88 multi-functional maintenance vehicles to infrastructure manager RFI.With a nominal value of €92m, the contract for which Tesmec has been named preferred bidder is divided into three lots; two cover ...
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NewsCRRC to supply Nagpur metro trains
INDIA: CRRC has been selected to supply rolling stock for the Nagpur metro. The Chinese supplier is to supply 23 three-car trainsets for Rs8·51bn, with formal contract signature expected shortly. Two lines are being built in Nagpur under a public-private partnership; work is being led by project ...
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NewsJannet Walker Ford
Jannet Walker Ford, Vice-President & North America Director of Policy & Strategic Programs at Parsons, has been elected to the APTA Board of Directors. Andrew Brady has become APTA’s Senior Director of Government Affairs.
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NewsFlexity Wien design presented as series production begins
AUSTRIA: Transport Leader for Wien city council Ulli Sima, Wiener Linien CEO Günter Steinbauer and Bombardier Austria CEO Christian Diewald presented the design for the Flexity Wien tram on October 12 to mark the start of series production at Bombardier’s Wien plant. Wiener Linien awarded Bombardier a €431m contract ...
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NewsEurostar to cut services and jobs
EUROPE: Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar is to reduce the number of services it operates by 8% and intends to cut 80 jobs. ‘This is a challenging environment for all travel companies and we need to manage our costs very carefully’, Eurostar told Railway Gazette. ‘That’s why we are ...
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NewsTerminator on Wheels
INDIA: With the Indian capital battling an outbreak of dengue and chikungunya, South Delhi Municipal Corp teamed up with Northern Railway’s Delhi Division to tackle the perennial problem of mosquitoes breeding in bodies of water alongside the rail network. NR put together a special train to inspect key railway corridors ...
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NewsJakarta commuter operator receives Tokyo EMUs
INDONESIA: Two 10-car Series 6000 electric multiple-units previously used on Tokyo Metro’s Chiyoda Line arrived at the Port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta from Japan on October 9, and a further batch is scheduled to be delivered later this month. Earlier this year the KA Commuter Jabodetabek subsidiary of national ...
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NewsHector Rail to operate Blå Tåget
SWEDEN: Skandinaviska Jernbanor has appointed Hector Rail to provide traction for and manage the operation of its Stockholm – Göteborg Blå Tåget passenger service, leaving the promoter to focus on customer service aspects. Skandinaviska Jernbanor launched its open access Blå Tåget service between Göteborg, Stockholm and Uppsala in December 2011, ...
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NewsGöteborg orders Flexity trams
SWEDEN: A consortium of Bombardier Transportation and electrical equipment supplier Vossloh Kiepe has been formally awarded a contract to supply 40 Flexity trams to Göteborg by mid-2021. The new trams are designated Type M33. The €140m firm order announced on October 11 includes 30 Type A unidirectional ...
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NewsModular metro locomotive under development
LOCOMOTIVE: Specialist engineering company Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik is developing a modular locomotive family with highly-customisable options to meet the shunting and maintenance train requirements of underground metro operators. The design is being developed from the five MT-S-600-BE third-rail/battery electric locomotives which Schalke and Vossloh Kiepe are supplying to Wiener Linien ...