Passenger rail news – Page 215
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NewsPesa wins its first German contract
GERMANY: Pesa Bydgoszcz signed deal to supply 12 two-car articulated diesel multiple-units to Netinera subsidiary Regentalbahn on December 20, the Polish company's first contract win in Germany. The units are scheduled to be delivered between June and December 2014 for use on the Regensburg - Marktredwitz - Schirnding line which ...
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NewsDB orders more Twindexx coaches
GERMANY: DB has placed a firm order for a further 18 Twindexx Vario double-deck push-pull coaches, Bombardier Transportation announced on December 20. The €34m contract has been placed within a December 2008 framework agreement, and follows from an order for 135 coaches placed in January 2011. The 160 ...
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NewsRussian Railways orders eight more Sapsan trains
RUSSIA: Russian Railways signed an order for a further eight Siemens Velaro RUS high speed trainsets on December 19. The contract is worth €600m, including a 30-year maintenance agreement. The 10-car trainsets will be manufactured at Siemens' Krefeld plant in Germany for delivery from January 2014. They will be used ...
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NewsNTV unveils first Italo AGV
ITALY: Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori took the wraps off its first fully-fitted Italo AGV trainset on December 13. The 11-car dual-voltage trainset finished in deep red and lined with gold was unveiled to around 1 000 guests in NTV's workshop at Nola near Napoli. Among them was Guillaume Pepy, President of ...
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NewsCAF tests prototype Oaris high speed train
SPAIN: A four-car prototype of CAF's Oaris high speed train is undergoing trials on the Madrid - Sevilla route, where testing will include operation at up to 352 km/h. Numbered No 105 001 by RENFE, at the manufacturer's suggestion the prototype was delivered in place of the last of an ...
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NewsFlirts ordered for Helsinki airport link
FINLAND: Stadler Bussnang has received a €54m order to supply a further nine Flirt four-car electric multiple-units for Helsinki commuter services, including the ring line which is under construction to serve the airport from December 2014. The order signed on December 9 is an option on the €190m contract for ...
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NewsLGV Rhin-Rhône opens
FRANCE: The first section of LGV Rhin-Rhône entered service with the timetable change on December 11. The 140 km route between Villiers-les-Pots and Petit-Croix is France's first inter-regional high speed line (RG 10.11 p7). The stations at Besançon Franche-Comté TGV and Belfort-Montbéliard TGV had been officially opened by Minister for ...
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NewsDelhi regional express planned
INDIA: Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has given approval in principle for a Regional Rapid Transit System in the National Capital Region surrounding Delhi. Due to be integrated with the Delhi Metro, RRTS will serve the Delhi - Gurgaon - Alwar, Delhi - Sonepat - Panipat and Delhi - Ghaziabad ...
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NewsAlstom presents first Italian AGV
ITALY: On November 30 Alstom Transport presented the first of eight AGV.italo high speed trainsets that it is building at its Savigliano works for open access operator Nuovo Trasporti Viaggiatori. NTV has ordered 25 AGV trainsets from Alstom, 17 of which have been produced at the La Rochelle plant in ...
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NewsPanoramic coaches in service at KiwiRail
NEW ZEALAND: Panoramic coaches which KiwiRail describes as 'the first carriages entirely designed and built in New Zealand since 1941' have entered service on the tourist-oriented Christchurch - Picton Coastal Pacific. A total of 17 vehicles including cafe, viewing and luggage cars are being designed and built at KiwiRail's Hillside ...
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NewsDB retained for Rhein-Main S-Bahn
GERMANY: Following a competitive tendering process, Rhein-Main transport authority RMV named DB Regio as the winner of three contracts to operate the region's S-Bahn network of local passenger services on November 16. The contract covering routes S1, S7, S8 and S9 runs for 22 years from December 14 2014, that ...
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NewsReferendum backs Stuttgart 21
GERMANY: Controversial plans to rebuild Stuttgart’s main station look set to go ahead after 59% of voters approved the project in a referendum held by the Land of Baden-Württemberg on November 27. ‘The people have spoken’, said Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. ‘I accept the results, even if it does not ...
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NewsUS$1bn double-tracking programme to modernise Trans-Java Railway
INDONESIA: Tenders are to be called in December for double-tracking the remaining single sections of the Trans-Java Railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, the Transportation Ministry announced on November 23. The US$1·1bn project calls for doubling of approximately 425 km of single line on the 727 route-km, 1 067 mm gauge ...
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NewsFirst RegioPanter multiple-unit rolled out
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Transportation has rolled out the first of 15 three-car and four two-car Type 7Ev 'RegioPanter' single-deck regional and suburban electric multiple-units which Czech Railways ordered under a KC2·51bn contract signed in February. The partly low-floor air-conditioned vehicles have first and second class seats by Borcad, wheelchair-accessible retention ...
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NewsItalian contract takes Flirt orders to 707
ITALY: South Tirol transport authority STA has exercised a €75m option for Stadler Rail to supply eight six-car Flirt electric multiple-units plus eight intermediate cars to lengthen its four existing four-car units to six cars. Announcing the order on November 22, Stadler said this latest contract takes the total number ...
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NewsAustralia celebrates National Rail Day
AUSTRALIA: To mark the start of the AusRail Plus conference and exhibition in Brisbane, the Australasian Railway Association officially announced its first National Rail Day on November 22. ARA Chief Executive Bryan Nye launched the event at Brisbane Central station with representatives from Queensland Rail. Railway staff around the country ...
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NewsCongress axes inter-city project funding for 2012
USA: The Appropriations Bill setting 2012 funding levels for several government agencies including the Department of Transportation was ratified by both houses of Congress on November 17. The budget sets out the expected level of federal support for existing inter-city rail services run by Amtrak, and outlines funds available for ...
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NewsCEVA project launched
SWITZERLAND: Work on the SFr1·6bn CEVA cross-border regional express project in Genève was officially launched on November 15. The 16 km project will link Genève-Cornavin with Annemasse in France, via stations at Lancy-Pont Rouge, Carouge-Bachet, Champel-Hôpital, Genève Eaux-Vives and Chêne-Bourg. Swiss Transport Minister Doris Leuthard joined SBB Chief Executive ...
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NewsMumbai switches from DC to AC
INDIA: New trains have been ordered and a key section of Western Railway’s main line from Mumbai’s Churchgate terminus switched from 1·5 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz operation as part of a Rs5bn programme to eliminate residual DC electrification from the Western and Central Railway networks serving the ...
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NewsCAF to supply EMUs for new Montenegro passenger service
MONTENEGRO: National passenger train operator ŽPCG signed a €13m contract for CAF to supply three electric multiple-units on October 27. The 165-seat units are to be delivered by July 1 2013 and will be used to introduce a passenger service on a 56 km freight line running northwest from ...