All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 148
-
NewsTeleste acquires onboard technology specialist Ermetris
ITALY: Teleste has acquired rail electronics specialist Ermetris, strengthening its capabilities in Italy which is a key market for the Finnish company’s Rail Information Solutions business. Ermetris supplies passenger information, public address, on-board internet, CCTV, passenger counting and related technologies, and has worked with Teleste on ...
-
NewsMoscow suburban EMUs delivered
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Demikhovo plant has delivered seven 11-car EP2D electric multiple-units for use around Moscow by Central Suburban Passenger Co. The trainsets are equipped with two and six-person wear-resistant bench seats, USB chargers and HVAC incorporating air sanitisers to counteract viruses and ...
-
-
NewsPortuguese wagon production plan
PORTUGAL: A consortium of 10 organisations led by private operator Medway is to invest €82m to develop a local freight wagon manufacturing capacity in the Médio Tejo region.
-
NewsWork starts on Korean east coast connection
ASIA: Work has started to complete the a coastal railway corridor along the east coast of the Korean peninsula, linking the rail networks of South and North Korea.
-
NewsBNSF to take back southern Montana corridor
USA: BNSF is to take back the operation of the former Northern Pacific main line through southern Montana, which was leased to Montana Rail Link in 1987. The east–west route between Huntley, Montana, and Sandpoint, Idaho, had been leased to MRL for 60 years by predecessor ...
-
NewsBurgos – Vitoria-Gasteiz high speed line moves ahead
SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport, Mobility & the Urban Agenda announced on January 8 that the Subdirectorate General for Railway Planning had on December 30 granted definitive approval for the ‘Informative Study’ covering construction of the high speed line between Burgos and Vitoria-Gasteiz.
-
NewsFortescue orders EMD Joule battery locomotives
AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals Group has ordered two EMD Joule battery locomotives from Progress Rail for use on its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Offering an energy storage capacity of 14·5 MWh, the eight-axle BE14.5BB locomotives will be manufactured at Progress Rail’s ...
-
NewsCall for cross-border freight action plan
EUROPE: The International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport has called on the European Commission to produce an action plan to boost long-distance and cross-border rail freight, similar to the plan for the passenger sector which was published in December. UIRR said half of EU freight trains ...
-
NewsRio Tinto battery locomotive
AUSTRALIA: Mining company Rio Tinto has ordered four Wabtec FLXdrive battery locomotives for use in the Pilbara region of Western Australia from 2023. The locos will be used for multiple purposes, initially focused on yard shunting and then main line service. Rio Tinto currently uses three ...
-
NewsIslamabad – Tehran – Istanbul freight service relaunched
ASIA: A rail freight service linking Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul has been relaunched, a decade after the last attempt to develop services on the 6 500 km route. The ISI train was despatched with a ceremony in Islamabad on December 21, and reached Ankara on January ...
-
NewsRail Baltica contracts awarded and Tallinn station name announced
EUROPE: Further contracts have been awarded for the Rail Baltica standard gauge line project, and the name of the future terminal in Tallinn has been announced.
-
NewsChinese high speed network tops 40 000 km as first privately funded line opens
CHINA: Ceremonies on January 8 marked the official opening of the Hangzhou – Shaoxing – Taizhou high speed line, with the simultaneous departure of two trains from Taizhou and Shengzhou Xinchang.
-
NewsDouble-deck EMUs ordered for Main-Weser Express
GERMANY: DB Regio has finalised its order for Alstom to supply high-capacity Coradia Stream electric multiple-units to operate Main-Weser Express services.
-
-
NewsAlabama-USA Corridor rail investment programme to improve port links
USA: State Governor Kay Ivey has announced the Alabama-USA Corridor, a proposed $231·6m programme of rail investment to provide improved intermodal transport inland from the port of Mobile to support economic development ‘It can provide options for freight containers to reach new destinations inland, which our ...
-
NewsŽOS Zvolen to refurbish ČD RS1 railcars
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has awarded Slovak company ŽOS Zvolen a contract to refurbish the 22 Class 841.2 Stadler RegioShuttle RS1 railcars that it acquired second-hand from Germany’s SWEG in December 2020. Eight unrefurbished trains have been in service in the Ústecký and Středočeský regions ...
-
NewsSudan Railways locomotive rolled out
SUDAN: The first SDD1 mainline diesel locomotive for Sudan Railways Corp has been rolled out. The national operator awarded Chinese manufacturer CRRC Ziyang a 450m yuan contract for 27 locomotives on September 6 2020. The 1 067 mm gauge six-axle locomotives are suitable for both passenger ...
-
NewsMetrans acquires Polish border freight terminal
POLAND: Hamburger Hafen & Logistik’s intermodal freight business Metrans has acquired CL Europort and its Malaszewicze terminal, which is a hub for eastern European and Eurasian rail freight at the break of gauge on the border with Belarus. ‘Malaszewicze represents a bridge between the EU member ...
-
