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NewsCambodian railway study presented
CAMBODIA: A prefeasibility study has been completed for a proposed rail connection between Phnom Penh Autonomous Port and the existing metre-gauge Southern line from the capital to Sihanoukville. The study was presented to Minister of Public Works & Transport Sun Chanthol by China Railway 16th Bureau Group’s Cambodian representative Tang ...
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NewsN700S to launch next generation Shinkansen trainsets
JAPAN: JR Central is to build a 16-car pre-series trainset as a testbed for various technical changes to be incorporated in the next generation of trains for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen, the railway announced on June 24. The Series N700S is due to be completed in March 2018, while ...
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News100 test rigs in new Knorr-Bremse development centre
GERMANY: The Knorr-Bremse Group's Development Centre in München was officially opened with a ceremony on June 23. The €90m facility is ‘the biggest single investment in the history of Knorr-Bremse and as such is a clear statement of our belief in Bayern as a technology hub’, said Chairman Klaus Deller ...
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NewsMixed gauge contracts awarded
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF has awarded a further four contracts under the project to provide 1 435 mm gauge between the French border at Irún and Hernani, where services will be able to join the Y-shaped high speed network connecting Bilbao, San Sebastián and Vitoria. The contracts are worth a ...
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NewsStadler signs Voralpen-Express contract
SWITZERLAND: Schweizerische Südostbahn Chairman Hans Altherr signed a SFr170m contract for preferred bidder Stadler to supply 11 Flirt electric multiple-units on June 27. The 160 km/h EMUs are scheduled to enter service on the St Gallen – Luzern Voralpen-Express route from the December 2019 timetable change, replacing vehicles up to ...
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NewsEcoTrain hybrid DMU demonstrator takes shape
GERMANY: The EcoTrain project to test electric energy storage on a DB Regio Class VT642 diesel multiple-unit reached a further step on June 27, when work began to install the key components on a demonstrator trainset for trials on the Erzgebirgsbahn in Sachsen. The occasion was marked by an event ...
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NewsPKP Cargo acquisitions off
POLAND: PKP Cargo has dropped plans to buy freight operators Orlen KolTrans and Euronaft Trzebinia after concerns were raised by the competion authorities. Takeover plans worth 250m złoty had been announced last November, and PKP Cargo envisaged this could bring substantial cost reductions. Discussions for the purchase of Pol-Miedź ...
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NewsDhaka metro construction officially launched again
BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially inaugurated construction of the first metro line in Dhaka on June 26 at a ceremony also attended by Minister for Road Transport & Bridges Obaidul Quader and Japanese Ambassador Masato Watanabe. Hasina had previously laid the foundation stone for Line 6 on October ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
A trial India – Russia freight service is being planned for late August, with a sea link from Mumbai to Banda Abbas in Iran, then by rail to Rasht, by road to Astara in Azerbaijan and thence by rail to Moscow. A memorandum of co-operation signed by Russian Railways, Gefco ...
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NewsSpeakers’ Corner at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: The programme of events at Speakers’ Corner will be ‘as wide-ranging as the international rail industry itself’, according to InnoTrans 2016 organiser Messe Berlin. Over 60 min periods trade visitors will be able to find out more about numerous topics from exhibitors, with the formats ranging from company ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2016
Argentina: Buenos Aires metro authority Sbase has awarded Alstom a €60m contract to supply 10 six-car Metropolis trainsets for Line D. Australia: Public Transport Victoria has ordered five more six-car Alstom X’Trapolis EMUs for Melbourne. Belgium: Bombardier has awarded Faiveley contracts worth more than €60m to supply braking ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market June 2016
Australia: ARTC has awarded the technical and engineering advisory services contract for the Inland Rail project to a joint venture of SMEC and Arup. Six contracts for environmental surveys and engineering design have been awarded to GHD, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Aecom, Arup and Jacobs. Brazil: CPTM has awarded Pöyry a ...
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NewsEffiLiner 3000 locomotive unveiled
CZECH REPUBLIC: CZ Loko has unveiled its first EffiLiner 3000, produced by rebuilding a former SNCB Class 12 locomotive. CZ Loko says the locomotive which was originally built in Belgium in the 1980s is the first western European electric locomotive to have been completely modernised in the Czech Republic. ...
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NewsRail industry responds to 'Brexit'
UK: The rail industry responds to the British vote in favour of leaving the European Union in the referendum held on June 23.
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NewsBombardier Transportation responds to ‘Brexit’
BOMBARDIER: Bombardier Transportation told Railway Gazette it was ‘too early to speculate on potential outcomes/impacts of the UK now having voted to leave the European Union’, after the referendum result was announced on June 24. The Bombardier group’s rail activities are owned by UK-registered holding company Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK ...
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News‘Brexit’ will not affect Channel Tunnel, says Eurotunnel
EUROPE: The British vote in favour of leaving the European Union ‘will not affect the activity of the Channel Tunnel concession’, Groupe Eurotunnel said after the referendum result was announced on June 24. The Channel Tunnel operates under the terms of the 1986 Treaty of Canterbury between the British and ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Captain Train is to be rebranded to Trainline later this year, reflecting its acquisition in March. It also now sells Renfe tickets and offers its services in Spanish as well as English, French, German and Italian. Belgian ETCS testing company Multitel has opened a test laboratory in Sofia, its ...
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NewsThemed tours of InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Visitors to InnoTrans 2016 will be able to discover the latest products, innovations and world premieres on daily guided tours of the Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction sectors of the exhibition. Visitors interested in Travel Catering & Comfort can take advantage of a ...
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NewsMore EMUs for Perth
AUSTRALIA: Western Australia's Public Transport Authority has awarded the EDI Rail Bombardier Transportation joint venture a contract to supply an additional 10 B-Series three-car electric multiple-units for use on Perth commuter services. Deliveries are scheduled to start at the end of 2019, ahead of the planned opening of the ...
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NewsNPRT wins further Chinese rolling stock orders
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co announced on June 23 that it had been awarded two contracts for metro cars and two for trams in China. Two of the orders are for Suzhou. Suzhou Rail Transit Group Co has awarded NPRT a 1·88bn yuan contract to supply rolling ...