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NewsSiemens to unveil Mireo modular EMU concept
SIEMENS: Proposals for a new family of modular articulated electric multiple-units for commuter and regional services will be unveiled by Siemens at InnoTrans 2016. The Mireo is intended as a successor to the Desiro Main Line family which has been supplied to SNCB (305 trainsets), Austrian Federal Railways (101), GySEV ...
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NewsTransdev to leave Thello joint venture
EUROPE: Transdev is to relinquish its 33% holding in the Thello joint venture with Trenitalia, which operates overnight trains between Paris and Venezia as well as open access services between Marseille and Milano. Transdev Director, France, Laurence Broseta told French business newspaper Les Echos that the company had informed Trenitalia ...
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NewsTrain running information evolves with Darwin
UK: Passengers should now be able to obtain train running information which is consistent across different sources including station screens, online, app or from staff, following the completion of a project to replace 66 separate customer information systems which had been operated by train operators and Network Rail with the ...
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NewsChengdu metro traction contract
CHINA: Chengdu Metro Corp has awarded Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co a €40m contract to supply traction equipment for 48 six-car trainsets for phases 2 and 3 of metro Line 3. SATEE previously supplied Optonix traction equipment for the 24 trainsets that CRRC Changchun supplied for the first ...
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NewsResignalling to cut Extremadura journey times
SPAIN: A €47⋅6m contract to resignal the 229⋅6 km Humanes — Monfragüe section of the 1 668 mm gauge route between Madrid, Cáceres and the Portuguese border at Valencia de Alcántara has been awarded by ADIF to a joint venture of Siemens Rail Automation (55%) and Thales España (45%). Work ...
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NewsDemonstrations on Nomad Digital’s InnoTrans stand
NOMAD DIGITAL: Wireless connectivity specialist Nomad Digital will host a range of demonstrations on Stand 215 in Hall 4.1, where it will be highlighting how the integration of new applications and systems can deliver enhanced passenger services and drive down operators’ costs. Regular on-stand demonstrations will showcase onboard ...
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NewsAlstom and Hitachi selected for Trenitalia regional train order
ITALY: Trenitalia announced on June 28 that it had selected Alstom and Hitachi Rail Italy for two framework agreements for the supply of regional trainsets, while Stadler had submitted the highest-ranked bid for a third framework contract. Alstom has been selected for Lot 1, covering the supply of up ...
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NewsShenzhen metro reaches airport
CHINA: A metro connection to Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport was opened on June 28 with the partial entry into service of Line 11. Four stations are open, with the remaining 14 due to open by the end of the year. Each train has two cars designed for airport passengers, with ...
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NewsNanning metro opens
CHINA: Revenue services on the Nanning metro started on June 28 with the inauguration of the eastern section of Line 1. Passenger-carrying tests had been underway since January. Running on a 10·4 km east-west alignment between Nanning East Railway Station and Nanhu, the first phase of the line has ...
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NewsExpolink wins Dubai metro Expo extension contract
UAE: Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the selection of the Expolink consortium for a 10·6bn dirham contract to build the Route 2020 branch of the metro Red Line to serve the Expo 2020 site. The Expolink consortium is led by Alstom, and includes ...
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NewsChangsha opens second metro line
CHINA: Passenger services started on the second metro line in Changsha on June 28. Regular test runs on Line 1 had started in March. Linking Kaifu District Government to Shangshuangtang on the right bank of the Xiang River, the 23·6 km line includes 19 underground and one elevated station. ...
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NewsMidland Metro Alliance to manage tramway expansion projects
UK: The Midland Metro Alliance is to be launched on July 4 to bring together a team of planning, design and construction specialists which will build four light rail extensions in the West Midlands over the next decade. The alliance comprises the West Midlands Combined Authority which owns the Midland ...
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NewsAlstom to reveal fuel-cell trainset at InnoTrans 2016
ALSTOM: The highlight of Alstom’s presence at InnoTrans 2016 will be the unveiling of a zero-emission train it had developed under an accord which was signed at InnoTrans 2014. Under the letters of intent signed between Alstom, the Länder of Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Baden-Württemberg and the Hesse transport authority, ...
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NewsCivils contracts awarded for Paris Line 11 extension
FRANCE: Paris metro operator RATP and Ile-de-France transport authority STIF have signed two civil works contracts for the extension of Line 11 from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, enabling work to begin on the 6 km route with six new stations. Worth €267m, the first lot comprises 3 km, four ...
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NewsFirst funding for Brisbane’s Cross River Rail
AUSTRALIA: An initial A$800m tranche of funding to ‘kick-start’ Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project was announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Minister for Infrastructure Jackie Trad on June 27. The 10·2 km cross-city rail link would run from Bowen Hills to Dutton Park, tunnelling under the city centre and ...
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NewsMechan jacks up its InnoTrans presence
MECHAN: Heavy lifting equipment manufacturer Mechan will be exhibiting in the British Pavilion at InnoTrans 2016, where it will be displaying a full size working jack for the first time. This will be used to demonstrate the company’s Megalink control system, which allows a large number of jacks to work ...
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NewsJobin to head CN
Canadian National’s Chief Financial Officer, Luc Jobin (main photo), will succeed Claude Mongeau as President & CEO on July 1. Mongeau, who is stepping down for health reasons, has been with the operator for 22 years and is credited with driving its acquisition strategy forward from the late 1990s onward. ...
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NewsCAF awarded Maryland Purple Line LRV contract
USA: CAF has been awarded a contract to supply 26 five-section light rail vehicles for the Purple Line project in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. The contract announced by CAF on June 28 is to be managed by its CAF USA subsidiary, which will manufacture the ...
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NewsIarnród Éireann tests longer freight trains
IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann is undertaking trials with longer freight trains in an effort to boost the competitiveness of rail freight. Subject to the successful conclusion of the tests, the company hopes to commence the regular operation of longer freight trains from Q4 2016. A trial 440 m ...
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NewsCAF to supply Newcastle trams
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has reached an agreement for CAF to supply six Urbos trams for the light rail line to be built in Newcastle. Delivery is planned for 2018. This builds on a previous order under which CAF supplied 12 trams to Sydney. Announcing the agreement on ...