Passenger rail news – Page 259
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NewsMorocco to order Duplex TGVs
MOROCCO: The dream of high speed trains in North Africa moved a step closer on October 22, when Alstom Transport announced that it had been selected to supply a fleet of 18 TGV Duplex trainsets to Moroccan national railway ONCFM. Subject to final negotiations, the order is ...
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NewsSkåne springboard as Arriva expands
Arriva's experience of working with local governments helped the company win a nine-year concession to run the Pågatåg network in Sweden
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NewsBangkok Desiro deliveries begin
THE FIRST two of the nine Desiro electric multiple-units which are being built for Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport rail link left the German port of Bremerhaven for the five-week journey to Thailand on September 8. The trains sailed onboard the cargo ship MV Pegasus Leader and are expected to arrive at ...
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NewsReturn of the inter-city train
Investment by individual states has brought a dramatic growth in inter-city rail travel on some US corridors, and may trigger the political breakthrough required for the development of true high speed lines
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Karelian Trains awards Pendolino contract
ON SEPTEMBER 5 Alstom announced it had been awarded a €120m contract by Karelian Trains to supply four 1520 mm gauge Pendolino tilting trains for use on 220 km/h services between Helsinki and St Petersburg. In May Alstom had been named as the sole bidder for the contract, which includes ...
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Inter-regional TGV line will have an international impact
Spectacular time savings will follow completion of France's first inter-regional TGV line over the 140 km between Dijon and Belfort in December 2011. Reporting from RFF's construction headquarters at Besançon, Murray Hughes finds that the line will change Europe's railway geography
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NewsWorld Speed Survey 2007: New lines boost rail's high speed performance
With Eurostar celebrating its first high speed run between Paris and London's St Pancras station on September 4, the latest biennial World Speed Survey published in the September 2007 issue of Railway Gazette International confirms that construction of new high speed lines is helping to make inter-city rail travel more ...
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AGV tailors capacity and performance to the market
Nearing completion at Alstom's factory in La Rochelle are the seven cars of the prototype Automotice à Grande Vitesse. Alstom's Technical Director François Lacôte briefed Murray Hughes on the train's design and target market
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NewsTangula Railtours launching luxury train to Tibet
Tangula Railtours has placed contracts for three five-star cruise trains offering luxury travel over the world's highest railway
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NewsHitachi Class 395 EMU arrives in Britain
UK: The first of 29 Hitachi trains ordered for domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link was unloaded at the Port of Southampton on August 23. The vehicles were shipped from Kobe onboard MV Tarago, a roll-on, roll-off vessel operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, the company responsible for delivering ...
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Study says no to seat belts on trains
A MAJOR report published by Britain's Rail Safety & Standards Board on July 31 draws together the findings of several research programmes extending over five years into the case for using seat belts on ...
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Sleeper EMU to be developed under co-operation deal
ALTHOUGH plans for deployment of its fleet of high speed trains have slipped compared with the original proposals, Chinese Railways is on course to have all the CRH1, CRH2 and CRH5 trainsets in service during 2008. The CRH1 sets built by Bombardier's Chinese joint venture company Bombardier Sifang Power Transportation ...
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Niche luxury train market offers profitable opportunities
The luxury train market has a high profile, but it requires a bespoke service from railway management and staff. So what are the benefits for the train operators and their host railways?
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NewsHybrid trains enter service in Japan
EAST Japan Railway has begun commercial operations with its Kiha E200 hybrid diesel-battery multiple units, putting the first unit into service with a ceremony at Nakagomi on July 31. The 100 km/h trains will operate nine round trips a day on the 79 km unelectrified Koumi Line between Kobuchizawa and ...
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News100% regeneration at c2c
TO EMPHASISE its claim as the only UK train operating company to have 100% of its fleet capable of regenerative braking, c2c unveiled Electrostar No 357 010 in a distinctive green livery at London Fenchurch Street station on June 4. The fleet of 74 Class 357s is now exceeding ...
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Dual-mode locomotive joint order
A REQUEST for proposals has been issued by New Jersey Transit and Montréal's Agence Métropolitaine de Transport for joint procurement of up to 70 dual-mode diesel/AC electric locomotives for commuter rail services. Specifications were drawn up by engineering consultancy STV and include the ability to work in push-pull mode ...
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NewsHybrid High Speed Train unveiled
UK: On May 3 Hitachi Europe unveiled 'Hayabusa', which it says is Europe's first battery-assisted diesel-electric power car. The hybrid drive has been installed in a British HST power car to allow realistic trials of the prototype technology, which Hitachi and its development partners Brush Traction, Network Rail and Porterbrook ...
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NewsEurostar records strong growth
REPORTING ITS first quarter results for 2007 on April 17, Eurostar announced a strong jump in traffic and revenue on its cross-Channel high speed trains. Passenger-journeys increased by 5?4% to 1?79 million, whilst sales revenues of ?142m were 13?2% ahead of the same period in 2006. Contributing to the higher ...
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NewsSelf-service scanning
UK: As its mobile ticketing project gains in popularity, Chiltern Railways has installed two scanning devices on ticket gates at London's Marylebone station to allow passengers to validate tickets carried as barcodes on their phones. Chiltern says its three-month trial of mobile ticketing (RG 1.07 p31) has proved a great ...
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Morocco's rail renaissance takes a major step forward
The renewal of Morocco's railway is now proceeding rapidly with the start of work on major projects that will determine the future shape of the network. As well as providing major investment, the government is restructuring the national operator to facilitate the involvement of the private sector in both new ...