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NewsAmtrak awards Northeast Corridor high speed train contract
USA: A fleet of 28 new high speed trains will enter service on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in 2021-22, the national passenger operator announced on August 25. To be built by Alstom at its plants in Hornell and Rochester, New York, the new trains will offer around 30% more capacity than ...
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NewsDSB to order electric locomotives
DENMARK: Meeting on August 23, DSB’s Board of Directors approved proposals to purchase 26 electric locomotives for regional passenger services on Sjaelland. The locomotives are intended to replace the Class ME diesels that currently power the double-deck push-pull trainsets on services from København to Ringsted and Helsingør, as well as ...
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NewsNext phase of London Night Tube to begin in October
UK: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on August 26 that weekend all-night service on London Underground’s Jubilee Line would begin on October 7. The announcement comes a week after the launch of Night Tube services on the Central and Victoria lines. Transport for London recorded 50 000 passenger-journeys ...
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NewsCRRC launches Indian joint venture
INDIA: Chinese rolling stock and components conglomerate CRRC Corp has opened its first joint venture manufacturing plant in India, the group announced on August 20. Representing a total investment of US$63·4m, the CRRC Pioneer (India) Electric Co plant located in Haryana’s Bavo Industrial District will manufacture electrical equipment such as ...
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NewsBeijing welcomes first Line 16 train
CHINA: A ceremony in Beijing on August 22 unveiled the first Line 16 metro train. According to the State Council, the eight-car trainset has the largest capacity of any rolling stock on the metro. Test running on the northern section of Line 16, between Beianhe and Xiyuan, is to ...
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NewsTalgo 250 reaches Bukhara
UZBEKISTAN: A Talgo 250 Afrosiyob trainset ran to Bukhara for the first time on August 25, marking the completion of a project to modernise and electrify the 256 km route from Samarkand to permit higher speeds. The US$400m project was authorised in March 2015 and work began the following month. ...
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NewsBombardier awarded long-term fleet maintenance deal
GERMANY: Niedersachsen transport agency LNVG has appointed Bombardier Transportation as registered keeper and entity in charge of maintenance of its fleet of 220 Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches, 29 Traxx Class 146 electric locomotives and eight Traxx DE Class 246 diesel locomotives under a contract running until 2035. The long duration ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Bombardier Transportation has appointed Huber+Suhner as preferred supplier for the majority of its rolling stock cables under a five-year agreement. Container and wagon leasing company Aves One signed an agreement on August 22 to acquire 100% of ERR Rail Rent Vermietungs and 33·3% of ERR European Rail Rent. The €33·5m ...
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NewsSmartphone brake testing app
PROSE: InnoTrans 2016 will see the unveiling of Prose’s BrakePASS system for the automation of brake tests and the storage of associated documentation. BrakePASS comprises a test head which is fitted on the coupling of the brake pipe at the rear of a train, and a smartphone app which displays ...
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NewsBombardier opens South African factory
SOUTH AFRICA: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a new production site and future South African headquarters at Isando in Johannesburg on August 25, in a ceremony attended by Transnet Group CEO Siyabonga Gama. The 6 000 m2 facility will produce Mitrac traction equipment for the Traxx Africa electric locomotives ordered by Transnet ...
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NewsMontréal light metro agreement
CANADA: CDPQ Infra announced on August 24 that it had reached agreement with CN over the acquisition of land and structures for the proposed Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated metro project. CDPQ Infra is a subsidiary of public pension and insurance investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec that ...
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NewsTEX Rail breaks ground
USA: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the TEX Rail commuter route in Fort Worth were held on August 24 at several locations along the future route. Due to open in 2018, the 43 km route being developed by the Fort Worth Transportation Authority would link central Fort Worth with Dallas-Fort Worth ...
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NewsRegional link inaugurated
INDIA: South Central Railway’s 123 km broad-gauge line between Nandyal and Yerraguntla in Andhra Pradesh has opened for revenue operation, following a formal inauguration by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on August 23. The first train was ‘flagged off’ by video link from the Railway Institute in Vijayawada during a ceremony ...
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NewsPKC wins its biggest-ever rolling stock component deal
EUROPE: Bombardier Transportation has awarded Finnish company PKC Group a contract worth €50m covering the supply of 17 types of electrical cabinets for double-deck vehicles by 2019, with options running until the late 2020s which could be worth a further €150m. PKC has also won its first UK rolling stock ...
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NewsIntelliDesk on show at InnoTrans
SCHALTBAU: The highlight of Schaltbau’s stand at InnoTrans 2016 will be the IntelliDesk, a new design concept for driver consoles which is intended to minimise the wiring requirements. Also on show for the first time will be the C195X AC and DC electrical contactor. Schaltbau Connections is a new range ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur LRT3 civil works to begin in 2017
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Najib Razak officially launched the Kuala Lumpur LRT3 metro construction project on August 24 at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam. The mostly elevated 37·7 km LRT3 line would connect the Bandar Utama and Johan Setia districts in the west of the city. One of the 26 ...
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NewsLondon Underground to take JNP maintenance in-house
UK: Transport for London is to take the management of maintenance on London Underground’s Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines in-house when the current contract with Amey ends in late 2017, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on August 24. The contract with Amey is a legacy of the former ...
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NewsBAM to rebuild Driebergen-Zeist station
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has awarded BAM a €90m contract to remodel Driebergen-Zeist station on the Utrecht – Arnhem line. A major element of the project will be the construction of an underpass to replace a level crossing which forms a bottleneck on the N225 road. The replacement station will ...
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NewsStadler wins Stockholm Roslagsbanan EMU order
SWEDEN: Stockholm County Council’s Traffic Committee announced on August 23 that it had selected Stadler to supply 22 three-car electric multiple-units for use on the 891 mm gauge Roslagsbanan network to the northeast of Stockholm. The SKr2bn contract includes options for a further 45 sets. Stadler beat bids from ...
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NewsSwiss railways to improve maintenance efficiency
SWITZERLAND: The government is to provide SFr13·2bn to cover maintenance and renewals on the national network under the 2017-20 performance contract with Swiss Federal Railways and other operators, although this must still be ratified by parliament. The railways pledged in August to improve maintenance efficiency, with fewer overnight possessions ...