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NewsDnipro metro extension contract signed
UKRAINE: Mayor of Dnipro Borys Filatov signed a €224m contract on July 28 with Turkish construction company Limak for the construction of a 4 km extension of the city’s metro line. To be built in bored tunnels, the extension would run southeast from the current terminus of Vokzalna into ...
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NewsBangkok projects approved
THAILAND: The government approved the construction of two lines in Bangkok on July 26, to be built under the management of State Railways of Thailand. The Budget Bureau and Finance Ministry are to provide loans towards the 44·2bn baht project cost. The 25·9 km elevated Light Red Line would ...
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NewsClass 88 UKDual electro-diesel locomotive unveiled
UK: Direct Rail Services has officially unveiled one of the 10 Class 88 UKDual electro-diesel locomotives which it ordered from Vossloh España (subsequently acquired by Stadler) in September 2013, financed by Beacon Rail Leasing. DRS said combining 25 kV 50 Hz electric and diesel-electric operation in one locomotive would ‘result ...
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NewsLoram buys RVEL as a basis for European expansion
UK: Rail head treatment and rolling stock engineering services company Loram Maintenance of Way Inc announced on July 28 that it had acquired full ownership of Derby-based rolling stock engineering and operating company RVEL. This builds on the US firm’s acquisition of an initial 51% stake in September 2014. ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Announcing its Q2 2016 results on July 26, Progress Rail and EMD parent company Caterpillar said ‘weakness continued in the rail industry across all regions' and was the most significant reason for a decline in its Transportation sector sales in the Europe, Africa, Middle East and CIS region and in ...
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NewsInfrastructure and track maintenance at InnoTrans 2016
Railway Gazette looks at some of the infrastructure technology and track maintenance equipment to be displayed in Berlin on September 20-23.
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NewsMore Alstom Metropolis cars ordered for Lima
PERU: Lima metro concessionaire Graña y Montero Ferrovias has awarded Alstom a €200m contract for the supply of 139 metro cars to operate on Line 1. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by 2019 and will include 20 six-car Metropolis trainsets, in addition to 19 cars to lengthen from ...
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NewsGreece makes another attempt to privatise rolling stock business
GREECE: Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has re-launched the process to privatise Hellenic Company for Rolling Stock Maintenance (EESSTY). Also known as ROSCO, the state-owned business was spun-off from national railway OSE in 2013. It is currently the sole provider of rolling stock maintenance and repair services in Greece, holding ...
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NewsCanada brings forward oil wagon deadline
CANADA: The date for ending the use of DOT-111 tank wagons to carry crude oil has been brought forward to November 1, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced on July 25. Protective Direction 38 means unjacketed legacy DOT-111 wagons must be phased out six months earlier than previously scheduled, ...
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NewsVossloh focuses on whole-life infrastructure savings
VOSSLOH: With Vossloh’s portfolio more weighted towards infrastructure following the sale of its Valencia-based rolling stock business to Stadler Rail, the company will be showcasing a range of technologies at InnoTrans aimed at addressing multiple macro-level challenges including urbanisation, capacity constraints and environmental impact.Various tools, services and concepts will be ...
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NewsBelgrano upgrade in detail
ARGENTINA: By means of a decree published on July 20, the federal government has ratified a series of amendments to the contract signed by the previous administration with China Machinery Engineering Corp. The amendments set out the rolling stock and infrastructure materials to be acquired for upgrading projects, principally to ...
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NewsContiTech buys Australian spring manufacturer
AUSTRALIA: Continental subsidiary ContiTech announced its acquisition of Sydney-based rubber and steel moulded composite air spring maker Vulcanite on July 27. Claus-Peter Spille, head of ContiTech’s Air Spring Systems business unit, said the acquisition ‘fits perfectly’ with the company’s strategy of strengthening its business outside the automotive sector. It ...
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NewsRoad-rail fire vehicle on show
ZWEIWEG: Road-rail vehicle specialist Zweiweg will be showing one of its modified fire and rescue vehicles at InnoTrans 2016. These have been designed to ensure rapid response in the event of an incident in a long rail tunnel.
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NewsWorld rail market July 2016
China: Rafamet it is to deliver three UFB 125N wheel lathes to CRRC. India: Nagpur Metro Rail Corp has selected a consortium led by Systra and including Aecom, Egis Rail and Rites to act as general consultant for the first phase of the Nagpur metro. UK: Transport for London ...
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NewsBeijing metro installs ultracapacitor energy storage
CHINA: Maxwell Technologies announced on July 27 that it had installed wayside energy storage ultracapacitors on the Beijing metro. The 48 V ultracapacitor modules have been installed in two sets of energy storage devices in use on the 26·6 km Line 8. These store energy recovered from regenerative braking ...
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NewsDakar Train Express Régional contracts
SENEGAL: State investment and public works agency APIX has selected preferred bidders for the construction of the Train Express Régional, a planned 1 435 mm gauge double-track line to be built in two phases to link Dakar with Diamniadio (36 km) and Blaise Diagne International Airport (a further 19 km). ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed line technical adviser appointed
MALAYSIA: The Ministry of Finance’s high speed rail project delivery company MyHSR Corp has appointed CH2M as its technical adviser for the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore line. The award of the contract follows the signing on July 19 of a memorandum of understanding between the governments of Malaysia and ...
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NewsNew tram on test in Volgograd
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy’s Vityaz-M tram has started test running on the Metroelektrotrans fast tram line in Volgograd. The three-section Type 71-931M tram, was unveiled at the Innoprom trade fair earlier this year. The 100% low-floor tram is 27·5 m long with capacity for 260 passengers, including 60 seated, ...
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NewsGeorgian Railway unveils Stadler EMUs
GEORGIA: ‘Today we are witnessing the beginning of a new stage in the development of Georgian Railway’, said Director General Mamuka Bakhtadze on July 22 when two of the four Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units being supplied by Stadler were unveiled to the public at Batumi Centrali station. Bakhtadze said GR ...
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NewsFurrer+Frey to launch reduced-size overhead conductor bar
FURRER+FREY: Swiss electrification specialist Furrer+Frey will be launching a reduced size overhead conductor bar at InnoTrans 2016. Along with smaller supporting cantilevers, Mini-ROCS is intended to facilitate the electrification of very small or tight tunnels. The company’s Rigid Overhead Conductor-rail System has now been adopted for more than 300 projects ...