All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 264
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Rail.One has open a plant at Schwandorf in Germany for the production of up to 180 000 m of prestressed concrete turnout bearers per year under a 15-year contract awarded by DB Netz in October 2017. The site is close to DB’s turnout plant to simplify ...
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NewsIarnród Éireann orders DMU cars to increase commuter capacity
IRELAND: Government approval for the €150m purchase of 41 intermediate coaches to lengthen Iarnród Éireann’s InterCity Railcar diesel multiple-units was announced by Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Shane Ross on October 30. This will provide a 34% increase in peak capacity across the Kildare Line, Maynooth ...
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NewsProgress Rail to buy Cleveland Track Material
USA: Progress Rail has signed an agreement to buy specialist trackwork supplier Cleveland Track Material Inc, the largest US company in Vossloh’s Customised Modules division. The €35m sale does not require regulatory approval, and is expected to close in early November. ‘This acquisition allows Progress Rail to ...
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NewsFreight to be focus of Shift2Rail successor
EUROPE: Freight is likely to be a core focus of the successor to the Shift2Rail joint technology initiative, S2R Executive Director Carlo Borghini told Railway Gazette on October 30 on the sidelines of the World Congress on Railway Research in Tokyo. While the so-called Shift2Rail II programme ...
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NewsStella Artois train launched
BELGIUM: A rail freight service carrying beer for brewing company AB InBev was inaugurated by Minister-President of Flanders Jan Jambon on October 28. The trains operated by Lineas each carry 47 containers directly from a warehouse owned by Katoen Natie to DP World’s Quay 1700 within the ...
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NewsNigerian railway construction agreement signed
NIGERIA: The government and China Railway Construction Corp International have signed a US$3·9bn contract for completion of the railway corridor linking Abuja with the port of Warri. The 327 km Itakpe – Ajaokuta – Warri section of the route was completed earlier this year after being developed ...
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NewsStadler beats CRRC to win Westbahn fleet replacement
AUSTRIA: A contract for the supply and maintenance of a fleet of 15 six-car Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units was signed on October 29 by Stadler, Wien – Salzburg open access operator Westbahn and leasing company Austrian Train Finance. The order is worth just under €300m, with delivery ...
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News‘Earthquake mode’ battery packs to be fitted to N700S Shinkansen fleet
Nick Kingsley reports from WCRR 2019
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NewsChina accelerates construction of freight links
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has issued instructions to accelerate the construction of freight lines to improve the last-mile connectivity of ports, industrial plants, mining sites and logistics parks. The programme covers 127 rail links totalling 1 586 km in 24 provinces and municipalities. These ...
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NewsLiefkenshoek rail tunnel PPP refinanced
BELGIUM: The BAM PPP-PGGM joint venture of Royal BAM Group’s public-private partnership arm BAM PPP and Dutch institutional pension fund investor PGGM has refinanced €580m of debt and associated interest swaps relating to the Liefkenshoek rail link in Antwerpen. The 16 km link including a 6·5 km ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways considers fleet modernisation options
UKRAINE: National railway UZ is negotiating with manufacturers for the purchase of main line electric locomotives to replace its ageing Soviet-era fleet, including VL8 locomotives first produced in 1955. On October 17 Chairman Yevgen Kravtsov met a French delegation led by Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari to discuss ...
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NewsThree airports rail link PPP signed
THAILAND: The public-private partnership agreement for the construction of a 220 km/h fast rail link between three airports around Bangkok was signed by State Railway of Thailand and the Eastern High-Speed Rail Link Three Airports Co Ltd consortium on October 24. The consortium is led by Charoen ...
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NewsEffiShunter 1000 handed over to ČD Cargo
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of five CZ Loko EffiShunter 1000 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives ordered by national freight operator ČD Cargo under the fleet renewal programme launched in January 2018 was officially handed over on September 30. The loco is to be used ...
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NewsRailway development opportunities highlighted at Russia-Africa Summit
AFRICA: A number of agreements for Russian co-operation in railway development were signed at the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on October 23-24, where 54 African countries were represented with 43 heads of state or government attending. Africa ‘provides unique opportunities for railway development’, First Deputy CEO ...
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NewsPesa to supply Elf 2 EMUs to Koleje Małopolskie
POLAND: Koleje Małopolskie signed a 109m złoty contract with Pesa for the supply of four Elf 2 electric multiple-units on October 28. The four-car EMUs will be 75 m long with six doors per side, and will have capacity for 480 passengers including 200 seated. They will ...
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NewsIstria line revival planned
CROATIA: An agreement to co-operate to rehabilitate the railway from Lupoglav to the port of Raša on the Istria peninsula has been signed by HŽ Infrastruktura and the Port of Rijeka Authority. The 52 km single-track and non-electrified line opened in 1951 but was closed in 2008 ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
PKP Cargo has ordered 220 container wagons from Greenbrier Europe for 126m złoty. Laude Smart Intermodal has selected sole bidder Siemens to supply one four-axle multi-system locomotive. An experimental longer train with 70 wagons has operated between Korgas in China and Altynkol ...
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NewsOperail to test LNG freight locomotive
ESTONIA: Operail is to work with Latvian dual-fuel technology company DiGas to convert a GE Transportation C36 locomotive to dual-fuel diesel and LNG operation. Testing is planned for mid-2020, ahead of revenue operation later in the year. Operail said that while LNG shunting locomotives have been tested, ...
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NewsWagon paint range launched
USA: Hempel has launched its Hempatop Direct 460 one-coat direct-to-metal corrosion protection coating range in the North American wagon market. Intended for interior use on vans and exterior use on all types of wagon, Hempatop Direct 460 supersedes the supplier’s Hempadur Mastic 45883 product. It ‘provides significant ...
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