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NewsZF to present multi-speed EMU transmission
INNOTRANS: Among the innovations on show at InnoTrans 2016, ZF will be presenting its Get2 drive unit, which the company says is the world's first multi-speed transmission for electric multiple units. With rising electricity prices, energy efficiency is becoming ever more important. Unlike a conventional transmission, the Get2 gearbox has ...
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NewsParis MP14 train design unveiled
FRANCE: Alstom unveiled its design for the rubber-tyred MP14 trainsets for the Paris metro at its headquarters in Saint-Ouen on May 30. In January 2015 public transport operator RATP, acting on behalf of Île-de-France transport authority STIF and Société du Grand Paris, awarded Alstom a 15-year framework contract potentially ...
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NewsFehmarn Belt tunnel construction contracts signed
EUROPE: The four main tunnel construction contracts for the Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Denmark and Germany were signed by project promoter Femern A/S and its preferred bidders on May 30. The 18 km immersed tunnel will be assembled from 89 concrete elements which are to be cast in a ...
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NewsMetro do Porto covers operating costs
PORTUGAL: According to the annual report and accounts approved by shareholders at their annual general meeting on May 30, Metro do Porto SA covered 105⋅9% of operating costs from receipts in 2015, the first time that it has made a surplus since operations began in 2002. The surplus of €2⋅3m ...
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NewsFuzhou metro opens
CHINA: Trial passenger services started between Sanchajie and Fuzhou South Railway Station on the first line of the Fuzhou metro on May 18. Test running on the nine-station section started on January 4. The 24·9 km north-south underground Line 1 will eventually link Xiangfeng with Xiayangcun, with 24 stations ...
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NewsTrams start serving Birmingham New Street
UK: The latest extension of the Midland Metro opened at 08.00 on May 30, when trams started running to New Street station in Birmingham. Test running had started on April 24. Built by Balfour Beatty, the two-stop extension from Bull Street forms the second phase of the 1·4 km ...
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NewsDongguan metro opens
CHINA: The first metro line in Dongguan opened on May 27. Line 2 is 37·7 km long and runs on a northeast-southwest alignment linking Dongguan and Humen railway stations. The southern terminus is elevated, with the remaining 14 stations underground. Interchange with the future Line 1 will be provided ...
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News‘Amazing thinking’ at the World Congress on Railway Research
INTERNATIONAL: 'There is some amazing thinking going on in our industry which is not widely known', said FS board Chairman Gioia Ghezzi when welcoming delegates to the 11th World Congress on Railway Research, which the Italian state railway group is hosting in Milano. 'We are looking for a step-change ...
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NewsHistoric terminus to be incorporated in metro station
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has announced details of how the future Cantonment metro station on the final phase of the Circle Line is to be integrated with the historic Tanjong Pagar station. The former terminus of main line rail services from Malaysia, Tanjong Pagar is designated as a national monument ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
Riftek has expanded its range of specialist laser triangulation wheel gauges with a new metro and light rail model designed for use in restricted spaces. The IDK Compact has a measurement base between ball supports of 122 mm and can measure wheel diameters from 100 mm to 750 mm ...
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NewsHong Soon-man
Hong Soon-man has been named CEO & President of South Korean national operator Korail. The former President of the Korea Railroad Research Institute succeeds Dr Choi Yeon-Hye, who stepped down earlier this year.
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NewsTMH to supply St Petersburg metro battery locos
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant in St Petersburg has begun production of two Type 81-581.4 battery locomotives for use on the city’s metro network. TMH said the new design of locomotive is intended for hauling maintenance trains on underground networks when the traction power is turned ...
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the June 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Where there’s a will... News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers ...
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NewsORR begins Periodic Review 2018 consultation
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has launched its first major consultation on the 2018 Periodic Review, which will play a central role in determining what infrastructure manager Network Rail should deliver during Control Period 6 from April 1 2019 to March 31 2024, as well as the funding ...
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NewsSt Petersburg metro car unveiled
RUSSIA: The first vehicle to a new design which Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant is supplying for St Petersburg metro Line 1 was unveiled at the Smart Transport trade fair which opened on May 25. The 10·5bn rouble contract for 20 eight-car trainsets was awarded to the Transmashholding subsidiary ...
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NewsAustralian assistance for Jakarta metro
INDONESIA: Melbourne’s Monash University is to assist the development of the Jakarta metro under a memorandum of understanding signed by Victoria’s Minister for Training & Skills Steve Herbert in Jakarta on May 13. Under the terms of the agreement, project promoter MRT Jakarta will work with Monash University’s Institute of ...
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NewsÖBB chief named as Chancellor
Austrian Federal Railways CEO Christian Kern (main photo) was selected as the country’s Chancellor on May 17, following the resignation of Werner Faymann. Chief Financial Officer Josef Halbmayr (second photo) has stepped in to fulfil his duties temporarily, pending a decision on an interim successor on May 24. ÖBB expects ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Traktionssysteme Austria has appointed NSB subsidiary Mantena to provide servicing, maintenance and spare parts for the Norwegian market. Polish firm Track Tec has acquired a concrete sleeper factory at Svilajnac in Serbia from Porr Bau and Maba Track Solutions business Track Experts. This adds a further 200 000 sleepers/year ...
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NewsFourth Railway Package technical pillar texts published
EUROPE: The three texts comprising the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 26. Interoperability: Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 11 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within ...