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NewsLos Angeles Expo Line Phase 2 open
USA: Phase 2 of the Expo Line in Los Angeles opened on May 20, bringing light rail to Downtown Santa Monica. The 10·6 km extension has four at-grade and three elevated stops and cost $1·5bn to build. Services run every 12 min and offer a 48 min journey between ...
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NewsTransPennine Express orders EMUs and hauled stock
UK: Passenger franchisee TransPennine Express has announced orders worth £230m for CAF electric multiple-units and locomotive-hauled coaches for delivery in 2018-19. The £120m order for 12 five-car Civity UK InterCity EMUs with a maximum speed of 200 km/h is to be financed by Eversholt Rail. The 25 kV 50 Hz ...
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NewsKühne Holding buys VTG stake
VTG: Kühne Holding has become the second largest shareholder in wagon leasing and logistics company VTG AG, with the acquisition of a stake of slightly more than 20% from funds managed by Wilbur Ross who has exited the business after more than 10 years. Ross had acquired VTG from TUI ...
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NewsRegioJet looks to expand
CZECH REPUBLIC: Private operator RegioJet has applied for train paths to launch a new open access passenger service between Praha and the Slovak capital Bratislava from the December timetable change, and has also called tenders for the supply and maintenance of new rolling stock which could be used on tendered ...
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NewsBrecknell Willis conductor rail for Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: Infrastructure manager ADIF has announced that it is to install composite aluminium/stainless steel conductor rail supplied by Brecknell Willis of the UK on sections of the Mitre commuter network in Buenos Aires electrified at 800 V DC. Brecknell Willis conductor rail is to be installed on a total of ...
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NewsMore Bombardier LRVs ordered for Karlsruhe
GERMANY: Karlsruhe tram-train operator AVG signed a €59·5m contract with Bombardier Transportation on May 18 for the supply of a further 12 Flexity Swift ET 2010 light rail vehicles. Deliveries are due to take place between September 2017 and March 2018. Equipped to run on both the 750 V ...
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NewsSiemens and CRRC trains for Bangkok
THAILAND: Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co has approved two orders for a total of 46 four-car trainsets to operate on the Bangkok Skytrain elevated metro. The contracts are due to be signed on May 23. The total value would not exceed €270m (excluding VAT), and would include onboard signalling ...
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NewsBert Groenewegen
Bert Groenewegen, currently Chief Financial Officer of cable operator Ziggo, becomes CFO of Dutch national passenger operator NS on September 15. He will succeed Engelhardt Robbe who retired in April.
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NewsTehran – Esfahan line should be TSI-compliant, RAI tells Chinese contractors
IRAN: The Tehran – Esfahan high speed railway, which is expected to carry passengers in 2021, will be built to European TSI standards, according to national railway RAI’s Project Director Dr Jabar Ali Zakeri.The 410 km route will be designed for 250 km/h operation, and is being delivered in two ...
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NewsDelhi Metro presents driverless train
INDIA: An official presentation saw the ceremonial flagging off of a test train on Delhi metro Line 7 on May 17 by Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The train travelled from Mukundpur depot at the northern end of the line to Majlis Park ...
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NewsCP Carga now Medlog
PORTUGAL: Following its acquisition of a 95% stake in the former freight subsidiary of national railway CP earlier this year, on May 16 container shipping line MSC unveiled its new branding for the business. CP Carga is now Medlog, a name chosen from the 550 proposals submitted by CP Carga ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Pesa and the Polish Development Fund have signed an agreement to establish locomotive leasing business Rail Capital Partners. The SMEC board announced on May 11 that it had entered into an agreement for Surbana Jurong to acquire 100% of the company for A$1·90 per share in cash, an implied ...
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NewsDanish investment plans to be chopped back
DENMARK: The new government is expected to stop work on many of the railway upgrading projects approved by the former coalition government in 2014, according to local news reports. National broadcaster DR has obtained a briefing note from the finance ministry which casts doubt over the government’s ability to fund ...
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NewsTalgo cars prepared for Indian Railways testing
INDIA: Nine Talgo cars have been delivered to North Eastern Railway's Izzatnagar workshop in Uttar Pradesh ahead of planned testing on the Indian Railways network. Transport of the cars from Spain was managed by Gefco, with the vehicles shipped from Barcelona on March 27. Once customs formalities had been completed, ...
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NewsCarolyn Flowers
Carolyn Flowers, who joined the US Federal Transit Administration as a Senior Advisor last year, has replaced Therese McMillan as Acting Administrator.
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NewsRail accident liability and compensation regime strengthened
CANADA: A new liability and compensation regime under the Safe & Accountable Rail Act comes into force on June 18, designed to ensure that in the event of a rail accident sufficient resources will be available to adequately compensate potential victims and pay for clean-up costs. Federally-regulated railways will be ...
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NewsOmniTRAX acquires Heart of Texas Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has purchased the 110 km Heart of Texas Railroad from local private investors, and is to rename it Central Texas & Colorado River Railway. The transaction is subject to Surface Transportation Board approval, and terms were not disclosed. The short line group said potential new customers for the ...
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NewsLDC backs TXM Plant management buy-out
UK: Road-rail equipment provider TXM Plant has completed a management buy-out, backed by mid-market private equity firm LDC for an undisclosed sum. TXM Plant said it has more than doubled its turnover to £45m in the last three years, and it plans to accelerate its growth by investing in its ...
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NewsNational ERTMS roll-out funded
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket expects to issue a formal request for proposals for its planned national roll-out of ERTMS within the next few weeks, following government approval of the financing required. Prequalification has already started for the project, which envisages the introduction of ETCS Level 2 across the entire network ...
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NewsFour bids for high speed fleet
SPAIN: National operator RENFE announced on May 18 that it had received four bids to supply up to 30 high speed trainsets. Following prequalification, bids have been submitted by Alstom Transporte, CAF, Siemens and Patentes Talgo. The contract covers the supply of 15 trainsets, with an option to acquire a ...