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NewsSt Petersburg light rail preliminary design contracts
RUSSIA: The St Petersburg city authorities have awarded preliminary design contracts for two planned light rail lines in the city’s suburbs. The work, which also covers passenger forecasts to 2045, is due to be completed on December 25. Institut Gidrostroymost Sankt-Peterburg was awarded a 27m rouble contract on August ...
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NewsNetworked systems for high performance
KNORR-BREMSE: The München-based components specialist will have no fewer than five separate stands at InnoTrans 2016, showcasing the array of products and technical services offered by its various subsidiaries.Leading the way is Selectron Systems, which supplies train control management systems and is a key player in Knorr-Bremse’s strategy to develop ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore joint development partner sought
ASIA: A tender for the appointment of a joint development partner to support the international aspects of the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project is to be issued jointly by Malaysia’s project delivery body MyHSR Corp and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority on August 22. The JDP would provide ...
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NewsWork begins on Tallinn Airport tram extension
ESTONIA: Construction work began on August 10 on an extension of the Tallinn tram network to serve the city’s airport. The 700 m double-track extension runs south from the Ülemiste Jaam terminus of Route 4, which opened in October 2015 at the end of a 300 m branch. A ...
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NewsSecond metro line opens in Zhengzhou
CHINA: The second metro line in Zhengzhou opened for trial operation at 10.00 on August 19. The north-south Line 2 operates between 6.00 and 22.00 at peak frequencies of 6 min and 8 min off-peak. Line 2 connects Liuzhuang in the north with Nansihuan in the south. Interchange with ...
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NewsDelayCheck to automate train delay refund process
UK: A software package designed to make it easier for passengers to claim refunds for delayed journeys has been developed by ESP Group’s Journeycall business and Barclays. Passengers enter details of their ticket and delayed train into a website or app, and DelayCheck verifies this and then processes the refund ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Leasing company VTG has launched a Mobile Revision service, where the inspection of wagons and pressure testing of tanks can be undertaken on a customer’s site or loading facility rather than in workshops. ‘Customers save time and costs and are able to plan the availability of their wagons much more ...
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NewsCrash test results on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: German aerospace research centre DLR will be exhibiting a rolling stock crash energy absorbing structure which has been developed as part of its Next Generation Train technology programme. The structure comprises a metal frame with several longitudinal tapering metal tubes. In the event of collision these are pushed through ...
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NewsUITP opens an office in Shenzhen
CHINA: The international public transport association UITP announced on August 17 that it is opening a liaison office in Shenzhen. The organisation aims to grow its presence in China, with the support of metro operator Shenzhen Metro Group Co. UITP says that, in addition to helping it to expand ...
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NewsRailConnect signs New South Wales inter-city train contract
AUSTRALIA: A A$2·3bn contract for the supply and maintenance of 512 double-deck electric multiple-unit cars for use on NSW TrainLink Intercity services was signed on August 18 by New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance and the RailConnect joint venture of Hyundai Rotem, Mitsubishi Electric Australia and ...
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NewsEglinton Crosstown LRT tunnelling completed in Toronto
CANADA: Tunnel boring for Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit project was completed on August 17 when TBMs Don and Humber broke through at Yonge Street after a 3·3 km journey from a site just east of Brentcliffe Road. Each of the two TBMs boring the eastern tunnel section ...
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NewsInterpipe commissions wheel machining facilities
UKRAINE: Interpipe NTRP has begun testing new machining facilities which it has installed at its wheel rolling shop in Dnipro at a cost of U$6m. The equipment includes two CNC machining centres, a paint shop, a measuring and balancing machine and a magnetic particle inspection unit. The facility has a ...
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NewsAurizon deploys GE Transportation Movement Planner tool
AUSTRALIA: Freight operator Aurizon has completed the roll-out of GE Transportation’s Movement Planner software at the control centre which manages its 2 700 km Central Queensland network. Movement Planner takes into account multiple factors including train schedules, traffic control systems and relative train movements to develop an optimised traffic ...
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NewsMTU to exhibit market-ready Hybrid PowerPack
MTU: After several years of development and 15 000 km of testing running, MTU will for its Hybrid PowerPack the first time as a fully-finished product available for immediate ordering. The Hybrid PowerPack has a diesel engine with a combined electric motor and alternator plus a battery for storing energy ...
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NewsCalifornia transport grants announced
USA: California State Transportation Agency announced on August 16 that it had selected 14 projects out of 41 applications to receive grants this year from its Transit & Intercity Capital Program. Totalling $390m, the grants are to be funded through eight auctions of greenhouse gas emission credits in the 2016-17 ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 train shipped
PERU: The first trains for Lima metro Line 2 were shipped from the port of Salerno in Italy on August 16 by shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. Each 17·6 m long car, weighing 35 tonnes was loaded onto the Cerinthus by crane. The journey to the Peruvian port of Callao is expected ...
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NewsLDz and CZ Loko to produce fuel cell locomotive
LATVIA: A memorandum of understanding for the production of a hydrogen fuel cell powered locomotive using components from an outdated ČME3 diesel shunting locomotive was signed on August 11 by representives from national railway LDz, Czech locomotive manufacturer CZ Loko and Canadian fuel cell specialist Ballard Power Systems. The participants ...
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NewsDoha metro concrete structures delivered
QATAR: Heavy-lift logistics company ALE has completed the delivery of 1 470 pre-tensioned concrete pedestal, girder, bridging and segment structures between 10 and 36 m long and weighing between 30 and 100 tonnes for the construction of the first phase of the Doha metro. Over a period of 11 months ...
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NewsFRA awards $25m of PTC implementation grants
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration announced on August 16 the award of a total of $25m to 11 projects to assist with the implementation of Positive Train Control. The FRA received 30 eligible applications requesting a total of $90·6m. The projects selected are: Metrolink (California): $2·4m to develop, test, ...
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NewsRegional passenger service co-funding agreed
CZECH REPUBLIC: The government has approved a proposed 15-year agreement between the Ministry of Transport and the 14 regions for the co-funding of regional passenger services in 2020-34. This guarantees that each of the country’s 14 regions will get an inflation-linked contribution of KC0·3 for each KC1 they spend ...