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NewsGo-Ahead orders Flirt EMU fleet
GERMANY: The German subsidiary of UK-based rail and bus group Go-Ahead has awarded Stadler Pankow a contract to supply 45 Flirt3 electric multiple-units for use on services which it is to operate under contract to the Land of Baden-Württemberg from June 2019. Stadler is to supply 11 three-car and ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation sales up 11%
ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION: Consolidated sales reached a record KC18·3bn last year, Škoda Transportation has reported, up 11% on 2015. The net profit of KC588m was down from the KC2·27bn reported for 2014 as a result of factors including a one-off depreciation of goodwill in 2015, significant investment in equipment, and ...
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NewsAppeal blocks award of Göteborg tram contract
SWEDEN: Škoda Transportation has launched a legal challenge to the decision by Göteborg tram operator Göteborgs Spårvägar to select a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 40 trams, with options for up to 60 more. Alstom, CAF, Pesa, and ...
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NewsLucknow metro train design revealed
INDIA: Lucknow Metro Rail Corp and Alstom unveiled the appearance of the Metropolis trainsets for the city’s future metro line on May 10, in the presence of Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. LMRC ordered 20 four-car Metropolis trainsets in September 2015 as part of a €150m contract which ...
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NewsRome2rio uses SilverRail to sell rail tickets
UK: Multimodal transport search engine Rome2rio has begun offering rail ticket bookings using SilverRail’s technology platform. Users can search for transport options, and then book the rail segments. The initial launch covers Great Britain, with the USA, Canada and Sweden to be added soon. Australian company Rome2rio said its ...
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NewsChinese LRVs enter traffic in Manila
PHILIPPINES: The first Chinese-built light rail vehicles for MRT Line 3 in Manila entered service on May 7 after several months of testing and final fit-out.The Department of Transport & Communications placed an order for 48 twin-section LRVs worth 3·8bn pesos with CRRC, and the first pre-series trainset arrived in ...
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NewsWabtec acquires Unitrac Railroad Materials and Pride Bodies
NORTH AMERICA: Wabtec Corp has completed the acquisitions of Unitrac Railroad Materials and Pride Bodies, which have combined annual sales of about US$45m. Tennessee-based Unitrac designs and manufactures track products including turnouts and crossings for Class I, short line and urban rail operators throughout North America. Pride Bodies is based ...
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NewsRBS orders EMUs to ‘crowd-sourced’ design
SWITZERLAND: Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn has awarded Stadler Rail a contract to supply 14 electric multiple-units to a custom design, which the inter-urban operator has developed by 'crowd-sourcing' ideas from passengers on route S7 from Bern to Worb where they will operate. The order is worth SFr134, including spare parts. The 1·25 ...
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NewsHull Paragon station to get £1·4m investment for City of Culture
UK: TransPennine Express has applied for listed building consent for works which it plans to undertake as part of a £1·4m modernisation of Hull Paragon station. The FirstGroup subsidiary said the changes would ‘transform’ the passenger experience, providing ‘modern and comfortable’ waiting facilities and toilets, a ‘more open and ...
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NewsAurizon opens Enfield intermodal terminal
AUSTRALIA: Aurizon began operations at the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre in western Sydney on May 9. The operator said the transfer of its intermodal business from Yennora would allow it to expand its interstate services and pave the way for the introduction of shuttle services to and from Port Botany. ...
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NewsKansas City Streetcar opens
USA: Kansas City Mayor Sly James launched services on the KC Streetcar on May 6, kicking off a weekend of celebrations which saw more than 32 000 journeys made. The 3·1 route-km north-south line connects Union Station with the River Market district. It has 10 stops, including three on a ...
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NewsPKP board appointed
Polish national rail operator PKP appointed a new Management Board on April 7, headed by CEO Mirosław Pawłowski (photo). He is joined on the board by Cecylia Lachor, Michał Beim, Marek Michalski and Jarosław Kołodziejczyk. A new Management Board has also been appointed for infrastructure manager PKP PLK, with Ireneusz ...
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NewsWorld rail market May 2016
Australia: Queensland Rail has chosen GIRO’s Hastus-Rail software suite to optimise staff scheduling and operations-management. Austria: ÖBB has terminated the on-train catering contract held by Do & Co, which was to have run to 2017. A new contract is to be tendered. UK: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market May 2016
Bangladesh: Tokyu Construction has signed a ¥8bn contract to build the future Dhaka metro's Uttara depot. Canada: Metrolinx has awarded Aecom a seven-year contract worth up to C$100m to provide advisory services for the Hurontario and Hamilton light rail projects in the Greater Toronto area. Egypt: In April ...
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NewsAltaivagon develops high-capacity van
RUSSIA: The latest wagon design from Altaivagon is the Type 11-2138 covered van which was developed in conjunction with TTK-Trans. The Type 11-2138 has a capacity of 161 m3 by volume or 72 tonnes by weight, and features roof hatches and wide doors. The 25 tonne axleload 18-194-1 bogies are ...
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NewsPremiers inspect IEP depot
UK: In the course of an official visit to the UK, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe joined his host David Cameron to visit the depot at North Pole in west London that will maintain the fleet of trainsets being supplied by Hitachi under the government’s Intercity Express Programme that ...
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NewsMallorca electrification to be completed
SPAIN: On May 5 the regional government of the Balearic Islands announced that it had begun to prepare tender documentation for the electrification of the remaining diesel-worked sections of the 1 000 mm gauge SFM network on Mallorca. Electrification of the routes from Enllaç to Manacor and Sa Pobla at ...
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NewsAstra develops Autentic low-floor tram
ROMANIA: Astra Vagoane Arad has started testing a prototype low-floor tram, which is currently being trialled at night on the Timișoara network. The standard gauge two-section Autentic tram is aimed at operators in Romania and neighbouring countries. The 100% low-floor tram is 18·6 m long, 2 400 mm wide ...
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NewsNeutral shunting for Madrid terminals
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded its first contract to provide neutral shunting services within its freight terminals. Awarded to a joint venture of Logitrén and Slisa, the four-year contract started on May 1 and covers the intermodal terminal at Madrid Abroñigal and the neighbouring Santa Catalina facility, as well ...
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NewsFinal Downtown Line train completed
SINGAPORE: The final driverless trainset for the Downtown Line has been completed at Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co’s factory in Changchun in China. Deliveries of all 92 three-car sets are expected to be completed by the middle of the year. Land Transport Authority placed an initial order for 73 ...