All News articles – Page 105
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NewsGovernment invests in KiwiRail growth
NEW ZEALAND: Improvements to commuter services in Auckland and Wellington and an overhaul of Tranz Scenic services are included in a five-year NZ$80·2m investment package announced by Finance Minister Michael Cullen, who said he will present a paper to the cabinet proposing an expansion of the role of rail 'and ...
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NewsNSB selects Stadler for largest train order
NORWAY: In the state railway's largest single rolling stock order, on August 18 NSB selected Stadler to supply 50 FLIRT electric multiple-units worth SFr640m, with an option for a further 100. The contract is expected to be signed during September. The Swiss manufacturer will deliver 26 five-car trains with ...
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NewsSouth Central franchise shortlist announced
UK: On August 20 the Department for Transport announced the shortlisted bidders for the South Central rail franchise, which covers passenger services south of London. The bidders are NedRailways South Central (NedRailways), NXSC Trains (National Express Group), Southern Trains (Stagecoach Group) and incumbent Southern Railway (Govia). The ...
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NewsBombardier to supply electro-diesel locos
NORTH AMERICA: Bombardier has been selected to supply New Jersey Transit and Montréal suburban operator AMT with a total of 46 electro-diesel locomotives for commuter services. Announced on August 18, the €178m order from NJ Transit covers 26 locomotives with options for a further 63. These will ...
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NewsRail to serve Russian car terminal
RUSSIA: On August 10 RailTransAuto formally opened a 25 ha car importation terminal at Mikhnevo, 50 km from Moscow. Finland's VR hopes to increase shipment of cars to Russia by rail to 50?000 vehicles a year, and in the longer term aims to carry a third of the 740?000 cars ...
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NewsSwedish studies launched
SWEDEN: Banverket has reached agreement with the local authorities in Västra Götaland, Jönköping and Östsam to undertake a preliminary study of the proposed Götalandsbanan line between Borås and Linköping, which w ould form part of the proposed Stockholm - Göteborg high speed line. The study is intended to identify ...
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NewsNews in Brief
On July 15 the board of Russian private freight operator Globaltrans (RG 5.07 p324) approved the creation of a Ukrainian subsidiary. 'Ukraine provides significant current and future opportunities', said CEO Sergey Maltsev. Steer Davies Gleave is studying business models for the development of a station to serve both Badajoz ...
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NewsPKP seeks 250 km/h trains
POLAND: PKP Intercity has called tenders for the supply and maintenance of 20 electric multiple-units capable of operating at up to 250 km/h. Bids are due by September 25, and PKP Intercity expects to take delivery of the first 14 trains by May 2012, with the rest to arrive ...
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NewsBuffer business built up and sold on
AXTONE: Advent International has announced the sale of freight rolling stock buffer and shock aborber manufacturer Axtone to private equity firm IK, which is making its first investment in both the rail and central European markets with the purchase. Advent bought Polish firm Kamax in 2006, and simultaneously acquired ...
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NewsEurosprinter completes tunnel load trials
DENMARK: A Siemens ES64F4 multi-system locomotive has completed trials in the Storebælt tunnel to establish the maximum trailing load which can be hauled in Denmark. Four tests were performed, demonstrating that the locomotive was able to start a train of 36 wagons with a total weight of 2 011 ...
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NewsOre line capacity upgrade
SOUTH AFRICA: Mining group Kumba Resources and Transnet Freight Rail have jointly announced a R4m project to increase the capacity of the Sishen - Saldanha iron ore line from 47 million to 60 million tonnes a year. Kumba is to be allocated 9 million of the additional 13 ...
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NewsWSP appointed Trinidad rail project manager
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Consultancy WSP has been appointed to provide national infrastructure agency NIDCO with technical services during the construction of the Trinidad rapid railway. WSP will act as project manager for the design, build, operate and maintain contract which the government awarded to the Trinitrain consortium of Bouygues ...
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NewsLoco modernisation demonstrated
POLAND: Electric locomotive repair works ZNLE has recently completed a thorough modernisation of an EU07 electric locomotive. There are more than 450 locos of this class in service in Poland, and the contractors hope to win significant volumes of work if they can offer PKP an affordable refurbishment programme. The ...
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NewsInter-regional coach refurbishment
CZECH REPUBLIC: Slovak firm ZOS Trnava has completed the first of 40 Type Bee second class and Type Apee first class coaches which are being modernised for Czech Railways under a KC1·2bn contract. All 40 are scheduled to be delivered by November. Intended for use on fast inter-regional services running ...
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Seating in brief
Grammer is to supply its IC3000 range of first class seats for use in the Gold Class cars of the Dubai metro trains, currently under construction (RG 4.08 p225). The leather-upholstered seats will feature a folding table with laptop holder. The seat contours will be trimmed in blue and turquoise, ...
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Perth plans to expand
AUSTRALIA: Perth's suburban network is primed for a major expansion to the north, south and east of the city under a plan announced by the Western Australia state government on June 29. State Premier Alan Carpenter said the programme would be delivered in stages over two decades, building on the ...
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Largest ERTMS order
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a consortium of Dimetronic and Thales a contract to supply signalling and telecoms for the Madrid – Valencia high speed line, which at €585m is thought to be the largest ERTMS order placed to date. As well as ETCS Level 1 and 2 train ...
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Triple-track completion
USA: BNSF Railway is on course to complete the triple-tracking of its busy Cajon Pass line in southern California by October. The company has invested more than $90m to increase capacity on a 26 km segment of its Cajon Subdivision. This part of BNSF’s Transcon main line ?between Los ...
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Extra cars expand NS fleet
NETHERLANDS: The first of 51 additional VIRM double-deck EMUs for NS Reizigers was formally handed over at Bombardier’s Talbot plant in Aachen on June 27. Ordered in 2006, they will bring the number of VIRM cars to 872, with 87 000 seats providing almost one-third of the capacity of the ...
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NewsManagement changes in the Rift Valley
EAST AFRICA: Following persistent criticism from the Ugandan and Kenyan governments over the performance of the 2 350 km Kenya - Uganda rail network following the launch of a 25-year operating concession last year, the Rift Valley Railways consortium announced on August 4 that it was changing its senior management. ...