All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 235
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NewsCzech DMU procurement strategy revised
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has announced its intention to tender a framework contract for the purchase of up to 60 diesel multiple-units, potentially valued at KC5bn. The low-floor air-conditioned trainsets will be designed to operate at up to 120 km/h and offer at least 120 seats. ...
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NewsLocomotive maintenance joint venture formed
AUSTRIA: Fleet owners Logistics & Transport Europe and European Locomotive Leasing have formed a locomotive maintenance joint venture with Austrian Federal Railways subsidiary ÖBB-Technische Services. ETL Lokservice will maintain locomotives in a 1 000 m² workshop to be built at Gramatneusiedl south of Wien, which is expected ...
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NewsConcern grows over future of open access operators
UK: The future of open access services remains uncertain as both Hull Trains and Grand Central face up to the implications of tighter Department for Transport requirements on passenger safety when rail services are stepped up from May 18. Talking to Rail Business UK, one senior ...
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NewsDakar freight line rebuild completed
SENEGAL: Reconstruction of the metre-gauge freight railway through the suburbs of Dakar has been successfully completed, despite the constraints imposed by new working arrangements to protect against coronavirus.
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NewsIAF track technology trade fair moved to 2022
GERMANY:·The VDEI professional association of German railway engineers has postponed its 28th IAF International Exhibition for Track Technology from May 2021 until 2022. The event in the city of Münster will now be held from May 31 to June 2 2022. VDEI said ...
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NewsSamsun – Sivas reopens after upgrading blockade
TURKEY: The Samsun – Kalin section of the line from the Black Sea city of Samsun to Sivas in central Anatolia was reopened for freight operations on May 4, following a five-year closure by infrastructure manager TCDD while major renovation and modernisation works were undertaken.
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NewsTunnel breakthrough marks Stuttgart 21 milestone
GERMANY: The controversial Stuttgart 21 programme to remodel the railways around the city and replace its main station by an underground hub reached an important milestone on May 6 with the holing through of the eastern bore of the Filder tunnel at Stuttgart Hbf. Running between ...
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NewsSupplying 1 km of cables per metre of vehicle length
CABLES: Alstom has awarded Nexans a three-year global framework agreement for the supply of its Flamex range of specialised cables for use on rolling stock. Nexans said modern rolling stock typically requires 1 km of cables per metre of vehicle length, and the contract would cover the ...
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NewsAmtrak requires face coverings as services increase
USA: Amtrak has announced that all customers using its trains, stations or connecting bus services will be required to cover their nose and mouth with effect from May 11. The national passenger operator explained that the mandatory face coverings could be removed when ...
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NewsAustralian industry group will prepare for Advanced Train Management System roll-out
AUSTRALIA: A cross-industry oversight group is being established to assist with the introduction of the Advanced Train Management System on the 1 435 mm gauge interstate freight rail network, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development Michael McCormack announced on May 11.
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NewsCyberattack seeks to extort money from Stadler
SWITZERLAND: Stadler’s IT network has been the subject to a malware attack which has ‘most likely’ led to a data leak, the rolling stock manufacturer said on May 7. It assumes the incident was ‘a professional attack from unknown offenders’, with the motive to ‘extort a large ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
Russian Railways says there is growing interest in the Russia - Vietnam - Russia International Transportation Corridor launched at the end of 2017, with the export of Russian food including baby food having quadrupled over the past year. RZD Logistics is responsible for organising the supply chain, ...
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NewsHigh power Indian electric loco certified
INDIA: A 9 000 hp WAG-9HH electric loco built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works has been certified for operation at up to 100 km/h after the Research Design & Standard Organisation completed oscillation and emergency brake testing. The WAG-9HH is based on the ...
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NewsZSSK Cargo introduces low-noise wagons
SLOVAKIA: National freight operator ZSSK Cargo has been awarded a €512 000 grant from the EU’s Innovation & Networks Executive Agency to accelerate the retrofitting of its wagon fleet with composite brake blocks. Under a project launched in April 2019, a total of 2 752 wagons representing ...
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NewsStockholm Norvik Port connected to the rail network
SWEDEN: A 4·4 km electrified branch has been built to at cost of €73m to provide direct rail access to and from the new Stockholm Norvik Port near Nynäshamn, which is scheduled to open this year. Located 50 km south of the capital, ...
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NewsSulphuric acid wagons delivered to Siberia
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has supplied Transport Logistics Systems with a batch of 77 tonne/44 m3 capacity Type 15-9545 sulphuric acid tank wagons. This is the first order TLS has placed with UWC, and its first for the latest generation of specialised wagons. ‘Siberia is one of ...
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NewsNSW tenders faster rail studies
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales state government has called tenders for studies and project management to support the development of business cases for faster rail services on the routes from Sydney to Canberra and Sydney to Newcastle.
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Swedish infrastructure, workshop and operating services company Railcare announced ‘the strongest first quarter we have experienced’ on May 5, with Q1 net sales up 25% to SKr106m. ‘To date, the Covid-19 pandemic has not impacted the company with any projects being cancelled’, said CEO Daniel Öholm. ‘The ...
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NewsDelhi – Meerut rolling stock contract awarded
INDIA: National Capital Region Transport Corp has awarded Bombardier Transportation the contract to supply and maintain electric multiple-units for the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System commuter line which is now under construction
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NewsGolmud – Korla railway forges new link through western China
CHINA: Revenue services are expected to start running at the end of June on the Qinghai section of the 1 214 km Golmud – Korla railway, following the completion of construction work at the end of April.