All News articles – Page 83
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NewsDB Schenker structure revised
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has announced the new management team for the European rail-based logistics activities which have been grouped under the DB Schenker Rail brand. This now contains three geographic and two sector-based business units. DB Schenker Rail encompasses the former Railion Group and English Welsh & Scottish Railway ...
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NewsWagon prices attractive
GATX: Chicago-based leasing firm GATX reported net income from continuing operations of $196m in 2008, up from $185·8m the previous year. Wagon sales in the secondary market raised $55m, and ‘robust scrapping activity’ took advantage of high scrap prices. As a result, utilisation of the North American fleet of ...
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NewsTehran - Mashhad electrification contract
IRAN: A €792m contract to electrify the Tehran - Mashhad route and supply 70 electric locomotives has been awarded to consortium led by engineering firm Hirbodan and including electrical specialist Barsan, TAM Irankhodro and rolling stock manufacturer Wagon Pars. Islamic Republic of Iran Railways will also install ETCS Level ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS signs €153 signalling agreement
AUSTRALIA: Ansaldo STS and Australian Rail Track Corp have signed an alliance agreement covering signalling works to increase the capacity and efficiency of coal lines in New South Wales and Victoria. Ansaldo STS said the agreement will generate €153m in revenue over three years. The works include control systems ...
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NewsMiami airport Metrorail extension contract
USA: The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners has approved a $360m contract for construction of the 3·9 km Airport Connection Metrorail extension. This will run from the existing station at Earlington Heights to an intermodal centre adjacent to Miami International Airport which will provide interchange with Tri-Rail and local ...
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NewsCable production joint venture agreed
INDIA: Cable manufacturers Nexans and Polycab signed an agreement on March 3 establishing a joint venture to produce cables for the rail, maritime, materials handling, high voltage and wind power markets. Nexans will hold a majority stake in the joint venture, which will be based at Vadodara in Gujarat. ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Under a strategy to reduce cyclical demand, which makes it hard to maintain staff skills needed to work with small vehicle fleets, Stadler and Rhätische Bahn are to co-operate in the overhaul and repair of metre-gauge vehicles. Stadler will be general contractor and responsible for engineering, while RhB will undertake ...
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NewsIarnród Éireann orders DMUs
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has placed a €140 order for 51 DMU cars with a partnership of Mitsui, Hyundai Rotem and Tokyu Car Corp. The vehicles will be delivered in the second half of 2011 for use on longer distance commuter services into Dublin from Dundalk, Kildare and Longford. They ...
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NewsShanghai - Hangzhou high speed line groundbreaking
CHINA: A groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on February 26 marked the formal start of construction works on a 160 km passenger dedicated line which will halve journey times between Shanghai and Hangzhou to 38 min from 2011. The line forms one side of a triangular high speed network which ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Following the completion of a major modernisation programme, last month Russian Railways transferred Moscow Kurskaya station to the BFM-Kursky subsidiary of Mirax Group under a five-year management concession. ‘Kurskaya railway station will become the pride of Russian Railways and Moscow’, said the head of RZD’s stations department, ...
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NewsInner Mongolia coal line
CHINA: The construction of a 350 km railway from Baotau in Inner Mongolia to Ganqimaodu on the Mongolian border has been launched by Shenhua Group Corp. The 4·7bn yuan line is expected open in 2011, and will have the capacity to carry 60 million tonnes of coal and copper ...
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NewsGreen and black money
DENMARK: Parliament agreed a DKr94bn transport infrastructure plan running to 2020 on January 29. This brings forward infrastructure projects which had been planned for 2010 onwards, and was described by Transport Minister Lars Barfoed as ‘two-thirds green, one third black’, reflecting the split between public transport and roads. ...
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NewsCool pictures of Velaro RUS
AUSTRIA: Two vehicles from the Russian variant of Siemens' Velaro high speed train family are being subjected to extreme conditions at the Rail Tec Arsenal climatic wind tunnel in Wien. One Velaro RUS driving car and one intermediate vehicle have been sent from the Krefeld factory for testing. ...
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NewsResearch cuts 25 kV insulator failures
INDIA: A better understanding of processes, materials and standards used by manufacturers of solid core porcelain insulators has the potential to cut mechanical failures from five to two a year per 10 000 installed. The higher service reliability should help Indian Railways lift annual freight tonnage from 800 to 1 ...
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NewsSolid growth at wagon builder
IRS: Wagon manufacturer International Railway Systems saw substantial growth in output during 2008, despite ‘problems that impacted the entire industry’. The Luxembourg-based company’s 14 plants in the Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland produced 4 400 wagons in 2008, up from 3 880 in 2007. ‘I am very pleased ...
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NewsFree travel marks opening of Epping - Chatswood link
AUSTRALIA: The Epping to Chatswood rail link in the northern suburbs of Sydney opened on February 23, with New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees joining state Transport Minister David Campbell to ride the first train. The link is currently being operated as an Epping - Chatswood shuttle, with trains ...
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NewsVictorians seek more VLocity
AUSTRALIA: The Victoria state government has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €75m contract to supply a further 32 VLocity DMU cars. They will be delivered in 2010-11 as a mix of two and three car sets. VLocity DMUs entered service on 1 600 mm gauge V/Line Passenger routes between ...
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NewsFreight loco sets off for Australia
AUSTRALIA: Siemens' München-Allach plant has rolled out the first of 23 electric locomotives ordered by Pacific National in 2007. The 1 067 mm gauge Class 7100 locos will be used on coal traffic in Queensland. The first is due to arrive in Brisbane at the beginning of April, with the ...
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NewsErie scales back
GE: Locomotive production at General Electric Transportation’s Erie plant is to be cut by approximately 40% this year in response to the global economic slowdown. The company expects to complete around 485 locos in 2009, compared with 861 in 2008 and 907 in 2007. Around 350 of the 5 600 ...
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NewsQuébec - Windsor high speed study contract placed
CANADA: The governments of Québec, Ontario and Canada have awarded the EcoTrain consortium a C$3m contract to update previous feasibility studies for high speed rail services along the Québec - Windsor corridor, Transport Canada announced on February 23. EcoTrain comprises Dessau, MMM Group, KPMG, Wilbur Smith & Associates and ...