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NewsEmbedded computing platform gets SIL4 certification
SAFETY: Artesyn Embedded Technologies has announced that TUV SÜD has provided Safety Integrity Level 4 certification for its ControlSafe embedded computing platform, which it says is one of the first to use commercial off-the-shelf components to create a fail-safe and fault-tolerant platform suitable for a wide range of train control ...
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NewsTank wagon emergency response kit
SAFETY: Tank car equipment manufacturer Kelso Technologies has completed testing of an emergency response kit which first responders can use to cap and contain chemical leaks from a tank wagon’s valve assembly or connections in the event of an incident. The Kelso ERK was developed in partnership with hazardous materials ...
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NewsNoida metro signalling contract
INDIA: A consortium of Ansaldo STS and ZTE has been awarded a €38·8m contract to supply signalling, train control and telecoms for the Noida metro. Ansaldo STS’s share of the contract is €26m and includes CBTC signalling and train control. Telecoms equipment will be supplied by Ansaldo STS and ...
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NewsBuy America requirements raised to 70%
USA: The Federal Transit Administration issued final Buy America policy guidance on September 1. This sets out the timescale for implementing a phased increase in domestic content requirements for rolling stock procurement to exceed 70% by 2020. The increase from the current level of more than 60% by value was ...
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NewsDurmazlar to show Anatolian tram at InnoTrans
DURMAZLAR: Bursa-based Durmazlar will be displaying a new tram at InnoTrans 2016. The Anatolian is a 100% low-floor bidirectional tram with capacity for 50 seated and 240 standing passengers. It is 33 m long and 2 650 mm wide, with a floor height of 350 mm above the rail. ...
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NewsCuban wagon order completed
CUBA: Ambassador to Russia Emilio Lozada attended a ceremony at the plant of rolling stock manufacturer RM Rail at the end of August to mark the dispatch of last of 363 wagons ordered from the Russian company by Empresa Proveedora General del Transporte. The contract finalised last year covers 163 ...
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NewsManchester Metrolink opens expanded St Peter’s Square stop
UK: St Peter’s Square tram stop in Manchester reopened on August 28 following a 14-month project to expand it. Services have now resumed along Mosley Street, following the closure of the route on June 26 to enable the final stages of the stop’s rebuilding. As part of the city ...
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NewsFokstrot tram enters passenger service in Kyiv
UKRAINE: Kyiv’s first Fokstrot tram has entered regular passenger service on fast tram route 3, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko joining passengers for the inaugural trip. Earlier this year tram operator Kyivpastrans selected Pesa to supply 10 low-floor trams for €11·5m. The next is due to be delivered in November. ...
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NewsAnkara metro Line M4 starts test running
TURKEY: Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek attended a ceremony to mark the start of test running on the city’s metro Line M4 on August 31. Testing on the northern section of the line is expected to continue for at least 2½ months. Construction of the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Rhätische Bahn has issued nine and 15-year SFr100m bonds to finance the procurement of 27 EMUs which it ordered from Stadler in June. On August 26 Balfour Beatty announced the merger of its Engineering Services and Engineering Construction businesses to create Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick, a ‘UK powerhouse of mechanical and ...
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NewsBombardier offers an immersive world of virtual reality
BOMBARDIER: Rather than exhibiting its latest vehicles on the outdoor tracks at InnoTrans 2016, Bombardier is focusing on a ‘highly interactive’ indoor stand, where visitors will be able to take ‘an immersive journey’ using virtual reality to explore the company’s latest vehicle technologies. A highlight of these virtual tours will ...
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NewsAlstom awarded Confederation Line infrastructure maintenance
CANADA: The Rideau Transit Maintenance partnership of SNC Lavalin O&M, ACS and EllisDon has awarded a C$180m contract to Alstom to maintain Ottawa’s O-Train Confederation Line light rail infrastructure over 30 years, the company announced on September 1. The 12·5 km line serving 13 stations is currently under construction and ...
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NewsGySEV orders 10 Flirt3 EMUs
HUNGARY: Following an open tender, GySEV has awarded Stadler a €68·45m EU-funded contract to supply 10 four-car Flirt3 regional electric multiple-units between March 2018 and January 2019. The bodyshells and bogies are to be manufactured at Stadler’s factory at Szolnok in Hungary, with final assembly at the Siedlce plant in ...
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NewsEIB signs Helsinki metro extension loan
FINLAND: European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer signed an initial €100m tranche of financing for the second phase of the extension of the Helsinki metro to Espoo on August 30. The 7 km extension from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti will add five stations. Opening is planned for 2020 at the earliest. ...
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NewsNot just the budget
The Indian government’s plan to abolish the annual railway budget is a welcome move which could facilitate more wide-ranging reforms, suggests Raghu Dayal.
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NewsDfT announces measures to improve Southern performance
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling announced a package of measures to improve the resilience of the Southern network of passenger services south of London on September 1, including £20m of funding and the appointment of a project board which will work with franchisee Govia Thameslink Railway, the ...
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CRRC’s overseas orders more than double
CHINA: Rolling stock manufacturing conglomerate CRRC has announced that its overseas orders in the first half of 2016 totalled 14·88bn yuan, a 126% increase on the same period last, despite ‘unprecedented challenges’ from a slow recovery in the world economy and downward pressure within China. Overseas sales contributed to a ...
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NewsBayern railway reopening contract
GERMANY: Bayern railway agency BEG has directly awarded Länderbahn a contract to reintroduce regular passenger services on the 24·8 km Gotteszell – Viechtach route for a two-year experimental period starting on September 12. This will be used to determine whether there is sufficient demand to reinstate a passenger service on ...
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NewsJezreel Valley railway inaugurated
ISRAEL: Transport Minister Israel Katz inaugurated the 60 km Valley Line from Haifa to ‘Afula and Beit-She’an on August 29, ahead of the planned start of public test running on October 16 and the expected launch of the full passenger service on November 4. Guests on the ...
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CRCC selected to build Kano light rail network
NIGERIA: Kano state’s Ministry of Works, Housing & Transport has provisionally awarded contracts for the construction of a light rail network in the city of Kano to a consortium of China Railway Construction Corp subsidiaries China Railway 18th Bureau Group and China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group. The 74·3 km ...