All Railway Gazette International articles in October 2017 – Page 4
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - October 2017
Canada: The 4Transit joint venture of Hatch, Parsons and WSP Canada has been awarded a C$300m contract to provide technical advisory services for two packages within Metrolinx’s Toronto RER programme. Hungary: Contracts totalling €235m have been awarded for modernisation of the northern section of Budapest metro line ...
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NewsWorld rail market - October 2017
Germany: Transdev has been awarded a contract to manage ticket sales, including support for vending machines and supplying staff handsets, for Erfurter Bahn and Süd-Thüringen-Bahn for 11 years from December. Bielefeld tram operator moBiel has started installing 100 Scheidt & Bachmann ticket vending machines which offer audio support for ...
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NewsCAF Sprinter New Generation EMU unveiled
NETHERLANDS: The first four-car CAF Sprinter electric multiple-unit for NS was unveiled at NedTrain’s Zaanstraat depot in Amsterdam on October 19. In 2014 NS selected CAF for an order to supply 68 three-car and 50 four-car units from its Civity family. An intensive test programme is planned before the EMUs ...
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Metro Report InternationalSan Diego MTS keeps playing the naming rights game
USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced a naming rights deal for the Green Line on October 19. The 38 km route with 27 stops will be known as the Sycuan Green Line as part of the deal with Sycuan Casino. MTS says that the agreement would generate up ...
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NewsCross-border link to be reinstated
LITHUANIA: State railway Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai expects to start work shortly on reinstating the 19 km cross-border railway from Mazeikiai to Renge in Latvia, Managing Director Mantas Bartuska announced on October 18. Earlier this month the European Commission fined LG €27·9m for dismantling the line in 2008, on the grounds that ...
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NewsHradec Králové orders battery trolleybuses
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply nine of its 30 Tr trolleybuses to Hradec Králové, the manufacturer announced on October 19. Deliveries under the KC120m contract are due in mid-2018. The 12 m long vehicles will be equipped with batteries for off-wire operation.
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NewsTransilien double-deck EMU launches new livery
FRANCE: The first Regio 2N double-deck EMU for the Transilien suburban network around Paris was officially unveiled at SNCF’s Villeneuve Technicentre on October 19, by Pierre Messulam, Deputy Director-General of SNCF Transilien, Laurent Bouyer, President of Bombardier Transport France and Valérie Pécresse, President of the Ile-de-France region and Ile-de-France Mobilités ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
President & CEO of GE Latin America, Rafael Santana, has been named to succeed Jamie Miller as President & CEO of GE Transportation with effect from November 1. ‘Rafael has deep roots in GE Transportation, having spent eight years in a variety of commercial and product management roles, as well ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndra awarded Thessaloniki metro ticketing contract
GREECE: Indra has won a contract to supply an automated fare collection system for the metro line under construction in Thessaloniki. Indra will supply equipment including ticket vending machines and gates for the 13 stations on the line due to open in 2020. It is envisaged that there ...
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NewsRail connection to Vaca Muerta proposed
ARGENTINA: State-owned oil company YPF has presented the Ministry of Transport with a US$500m project to build a rail connection to the Vaca Muerta field in the province of Neuquén, requiring new construction and the upgrading of existing infrastructure over a total of 700 km. In addition to materials required ...
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Metro Report InternationalLine 2 tram depot work begins in Ulm
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony for a new tram depot in Ulm took place on October 18. The 184 m long, 17 m wide building with four tracks is being built to help accommodate a fleet that is being enlarged as a second tram line nears completion. Siemens is supplying ...
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NewsKorail orders Hyundai Rotem EMUs
SOUTH KOREA: Korail has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 111·6bn won contract to supply 128 electric multiple-unit cars, the manufacturer announced on October 18. Delivey of the 110 km/h trainsets is due to be completed by the end of 2019. Most of the trainsets are to be deployed on commuter ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
ScotRail services began calling at the relocated Forres station between Inverness and Elgin on October 17. The replacement station was built by BAM Nuttall; AFM Electrical Ltd acted as subcontractor to Kelly Rail for electrical works. Network Rail has begun market engagement for the planned award of an exclusive concession ...
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NewsFormer Air France CEO Spinetta to assess future of French rail sector
FRANCE: Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has appointed the former head of Air France-KLM Jean-Cyril Spinetta to draw up a fresh strategy for the rail sector. Announced by Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne on October 16, the Spinetta study is intended to inform transport legislation due to be published in the first ...
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Metro Report InternationalNashville transport plan unveiled
USA: Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announced a transport plan on October 17 that would include construction of a light rail network in the city. Let’s Move Nashville: Metro’s Transportation Solution will be put to a ballot in May 2018. If approved, the $5·2bn scheme would be funded from sources ...
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NewsShell to acquire electric vehicle charging provider
EUROPE: Shell announced on October 12 that it has signed an agreement to buy electric vehicle charging provider NewMotion. NewMotion operates 30 000 private electric charging points for homes and businesses in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK. It also provides access to a network of 50 000 ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply 128 EMU cars to Korail
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem signed a 111·6bn won contract with Korail for the supply of 128 electric multiple-unit cars, the manufacturer announced on October 18. Delivery of the 110 km/h trainsets is due to be completed by the end of 2019. Most of the trainsets will be deployed on ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail Stage 2 plans announced
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced its preferred route for the second phase of the Parramatta light rail project on October 18. The 9 km preferred route would extend the network to Sydney Olympic Park, diverging from Stage 1 near Rydalmere and running north of the Parramatta River ...
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NewsUK training hubs open
UK: Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening officially opened the Doncaster campus of the National College for High Speed Rail on October 9, with its partner facility in Birmingham opening on October 16. The largest of five new national colleges being created by the government ‘to ensure British workers ...
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NewsLoco upgrade aims to save the power consumption of a town
SWITZERLAND: A Re460 electric locomotive which has been fitted with IGBT traction converters as part of a mid-life refurbishment programme was presented at Swiss Federal Railways’ Yverdon-les-Bains workshops on October 17. The 119 Re460 locomotives form the backbone of SBB’s long-distance passenger locomotive fleet. Delivered by SLM and ABB in ...