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NewsFirst ČD Cargo Vectron arrives
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of five Siemens Vectron MS electric locomotives for ČD Cargo was delivered on May 28, ahead of a planned formal unveiling at the Czech Raildays trade fair which is to be held in Ostrava on June 14. The loco underwent running trials under 3 kV ...
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NewsComsa wins AFE track renewals
URUGUAY: The Ministry of Transport & Public Works has signed a contract with Comsa which is to undertake track renewals on a 327 km section of the AFE network between Piedra Sola and Salto. Work is due to take 24 months to complete. The Mercosur trading block of South American ...
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NewsIndra awarded Chilean communications contract
CHILE: State railway EFE has awarded Indra a 10-year contract worth €6·9m to supply, install and maintain a multiservice Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching data communications network covering more than 550 km of railway between and around Santiago and Concepción. The IP/MPLS network will carry data for voice communications, traffic control, ...
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NewsAbellio orders Talent 2 EMUs
GERMANY: Abellio Rail Südwest has formally signed a €215m contract for Bombardier Transportation to supply 43 Talent 2 electric multiple-units for use on the Neckartal services which it is to operate from June 2019 under the Land of Baden-Württemberg’s Stuttgart Netz 1a contract. The order announced on June 7 is ...
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NewsSiemens hands over final Amtrak Cities Sprinter
USA: The 70th and final Amtrak Cities Sprinter ACS-64 locomotive was handed over to the national passenger operator at Siemens’ manufacturing plant in Sacramento on June 2. Locomotive 670 is to be used on the Northeast and Keystone corridors. ‘Marking this important manufacturing milestone today, and our ability to produce ...
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NewsEast Japan Railway seeks European technologies
INTERNATIONAL: Executive Director Yuji Morimoto said East Japan Railway was seeking opportunities to engage with European suppliers in its search for ‘best-in-class products and technologies’ when he gave the closing speech at the Fifth EU-Japan Industrial Dialogue on Railways which was held in Brussels on May 31. Morimoto said JR ...
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NewsStagecoach deploys SilverRail planning tool
UK: Stagecoach Group has deployed SilverRail’s SilverSearch SaaS technology platform to provide ‘a co-ordinated and consistent multi-channel approach to journey planning’ across its South West Trains subsidiary’s websites and mobile app from June 1. Passengers can plan journeys based on route, price and availability. According to Cameron Jones, Chief ...
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NewsTCDD Tașımacılık launched as Turkish market opens
TURKEY: Liberalisation of the Turkish market is due to take effect on June 21, following the announcement of the formal launch of operating company TCDD Tașımacılık in the government’s official journal on June 4.The establishment of TCDD Tașımacılık marks the vertical separation of the former national railway TCDD, which ...
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NewsRichard White
APTA Vice-President, Member Services, Richard White has been named Acting President & CEO, replacing Michael Melaniphy who stepped down on April 29. The change in leadership follows New York City MTA’s decision to leave the association.
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NewsRio de Janeiro tramway inaugurated
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes inaugurated passenger services on the VLT Carioca tramway on June 5. Services on Phase 1a currently operate every 30 min between 12.00 and 15.00, serving eight stops between Santos Dumont and Parada dos Museus. Passenger-carrying tests started on the central section in ...
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NewsFreightliner wagons use recycled coal hopper components
UK: Freightliner has taken delivery of the first of 64 open wagons which are being built by Greenbrier Europe using bogies and brake components recovered from coal hoppers made redundant as a result of the decline in coal traffic. Freightliner Heavy Haul needed a fleet of high capacity box wagons ...
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NewsVossloh Locomotives factory topped out
GERMANY: Vossloh Locomotives held a topping-out ceremony for its future factory at the Kiel Business Campus on June 3. The company expects that moving from its Kiel-Friedrichsort plant from the fourth quarter of this year will enable the delivery time for a new locomotive to be reduced from 18 to ...
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NewsWork begins on Grand Paris Express
FRANCE: A ceremony at the site of the future Fort d’Issy-Vanves-Clamart-Malakoff station on June 4 marked the start of work on the Grand Paris Express project, as well as the launch of an artistic and cultural programme to accompany it. Work has begun on the 33 km Line 15 ...
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NewsFaiveley Transport opens Plzen manufacturing plant
CZECH REPUBLIC: Faiveley Transport officially opened its new railway systems manufacturing plant in Plzen on June 1, completing one of the largest investments under the group's 2015-18 Strategic Plan. The 20 000 m2 facility with 300 staff produces pantographs, power collectors and converters. An additional 6 000 m² could be ...
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NewsCzech station enhancement programme to be launched
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC plans to launch a comprehensive national station modernisation programme which will see KC8·2bn spent at an initial 60 locations over three years, once it takes over ownership of almost all of the country’s stations from national operator ČD. The long-planned transfer of the stations ...
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NewsGibela rolling stock factory contract awarded
SOUTH AFRICA: The Gibela consortium of Alstom and local partners which is to supply 580 six-car X’Trapolis Mega EMUs to Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has awarded a R400m contract for the construction of its factory in Dunnottar to a joint venture of Trencon Construction and Black Jills Engineers. ...
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NewsPesa Link DMU certified for German operation
GERMANY: Federal railway office EBA has certified the Pesa Link diesel multiple-unit for operation in Germany, the manufacturer announced on June 3. Regional operator Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn intends to use the DMUs to operate Netz Ostbrandenburg services between Berlin and Kostrzyń on the Polish side of the border. NEB placed ...
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NewsCrowd-funded Locomore prepares for December launch
GERMANY: Locomore announced on June 3 that it had finalised contracts for the provision of traction and the refurbishment of coaches which should enable it to launch its planned open access passenger service between Berlin, Kassel, Frankfurt and Stuttgart on December 14. An agreement has been finalised for Hector Rail ...
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NewsTram depot opens in Toronto
CANADA: Toronto’s Leslie tram maintenance depot was officially opened on May 28, with a public open day featuring a display of heritage and modern trams. Covering 26 000 m2, the facility on the corner of Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East is equipped with a driver simulator, a ...
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NewsEurasian rail priorities discussed at 1520 Forum
Toma Bacic reports from the XI International Rail Business Forum 1520 Strategic Partnership in Sochi