All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 289
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NewsToronto passenger rail enhancement shortlist announced
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Greater Toronto transport agency Metrolinx have shortlisted four consortia to bid for the On-Corridor Works contract within the GO Rail Expansion programme, which aims to provide an enhanced and all-day Regional Express Rail passenger service in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area. BidderApplicant leadConstructionDesignOperations ...
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NewsCrown Prince inaugurates København – Ringsted line
DENMARK: The København – Ringsted high speed line was formally inaugurated by Crown Prince Frederik on May 31, in a ceremony at Køge Nord station attended by Transport Minister Magnus Heunicke, Banedanmark CEO Per Jacobsen, DSB CEO Flemming Jensen and around 1 000 stakeholders and official guests. With a budget ...
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NewsLeo Express looks to Ukraine as Polish service increased
EUROPE: Czech rail and coach operator Leo Express is to increase its weekends-only Praha – Kraków open access rail service to run daily between June 28 and September 2, with a connecting coach link to Lviv in Ukraine. ‘People in Poland love Leo Express’, said CEO Peter Köhler on May ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news round-up
Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing has appointed Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers to sell the equipment from its rolling stock plant at Rochelle in Illinois, where operations ceased in July 2018. ‘The equipment was barely used and kept on a meticulous maintenance programme’, said Ryan Luggen, Business Development Executive at CIA, which will hold ...
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NewsWorld rail market - May 2019
Germany: DB has begun a €30m project to install Icomera wi-fi technology across its inter-city fleet by 2021. Hamburger Hochbahn is to use a Worldline SAM server for online and app payments as part of the conversion of its tickets from UIC barcode to VDV-KA standards. Italy: Dassault ...
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NewsCDG Express delayed to 2026
FRANCE: The CDG Express project to provide a dedicated airport express between central Paris and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport is to be delayed by two years, Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on May 28. Running for 32 km between Paris-Est and the LGV Interconnexion station at Charles-de-Gaulle airport Terminal 2, CDG Express ...
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NewsRiga Central station reconstruction contract awarded
LATVIA: Design and build contracts for the reconstruction of Riga Central station as a multimodal transport hub with provision for 1 435 mm gauge services were signed on May 29 by Latvia’s Rail Baltica implementation agency Eiropas Dzelzceļa Līnijas and the Besix Rere Group. EDzL selected the joint venture of ...
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NewsELP orders 9 MW multi-system electric locos
EUROPE: Stadler has announced an order which it describes as ‘a landmark event in the European market’, with leasing company European Loc Pool becoming the first customer for its 9 MW six-axle TSI-compliant multi-system electric locomotive design. The 10 locomotives ordered by ELP will be suitable for use in Germany, ...
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NewsThai government backs ‘three airports’ rail link
THAILAND: Proposals to develop a fast passenger line between three airports in the south of the country under a PPP model were approved by the government on May 28. Covering a total distance of approximately 220 km, the 1 435 mm gauge railway would make use of the existing ...
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NewsRail investment better than cutting travel, EIB says as Danish loan signed
DENMARK: The European Investment Bank has signed a €200m state-guaranteed loan agreement with Femern Landanlaeg, the state-owned company which is managing Danish railway upgrading works associated with the Fehmarn Belt fixed link to northern Germany. The loan will finance work to double-track, electrify, install ETCS and raise the line speed ...
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NewsDublin seeks battery-electric DART fleet
IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority have invited expressions of interest in a 10-year framework agreement covering the supply of between 250 and 600 vehicles for Dublin Area Rapid Transport suburban rail services. Expansion of DART electric services to Maynooth, Drogheda and Hazelhatch forms part of ...
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NewsRigi rack railway operator orders EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Mountain railway and cable car operator Rigi Bahnen AG has awarded Stadler a contract to supply six two-car low-floor rack electric multiple-units for entry into service from autumn 2021. The contract signed on May 22 is worth SFr38m, including spare parts. The Bhe4/6 EMUs are intended to replace ...
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NewsPort deal secures iron ore rail link
BRAZIL: Plans for a rail-served iron ore mine in the southern part of Bahia state are expected to move ahead, following the signing of agreements for the development of bulk export terminals at the new Porto Sul deep-water facility near Ilhéus and the founding of a special purpose company to ...
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NewsSlovenia increases Stadler multiple-unit order
SLOVENIA: A firm contract for Stadler to supply a further 26 multiple-units was signed by national railway SŽ on May 27, as an option on an order placed in April 2018. The latest order is worth €151m excluding VAT, and covers 10 four-car 160 km /h Flirt ...
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NewsBombardier Transportation to 3D print rolling stock parts
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: Bombardier Transportation is to install a Stratasys F900 3D printer at its Hennigsdorf plant. Purchased through Stratasys’ regional distributor Alphacam, the printer will use ULTEM 9085 resin to produce components previously made from glass fibre or tin. Bombardier intends to use the printer to produce ...
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NewsADB loan for Uzbekistan Railways locomotive order
UZBEKISTAN: The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$170m loan to support the US$218m procurement of 24 ‘state-of-the-art’ electric locomotives by national railway UTY, along with the modernisation of a depot in Toshkent. ADB said the eight passenger and 16 freight locomotives to be acquired under a modernisation programme running ...
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NewsCoolRail to cut carbon footprint of fresh food
EUROPE: Food logistics company Euro Pool System has launched a thrice-weekly CoolRail dedicated temperature-controlled service to transport fresh produce between Valencia in Spain and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. This is intended to be first route of planned network of CoolRail services which would link Spain with Germany, Scandinavia and the ...
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NewsBridge to raise river clearance and rail capacity
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded Eurovia CS, GJW Praha and EŽ Praha a KC1·47bn EU co-funded contract to upgrade the 8·4 km section of double-track line between Lysá nad Labem and Čelákovice, northeast of Praha. This will include replacing the bridge over the River Labe with a structure ...
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NewsADB’s largest ever rail loan to support Manila commuter project
PHILIPPINES: In what the organisation says is its ‘largest single infrastructure project financing’, the Asian Development Bank on May 23 agreed a loan worth US$2·75bn for construction of the Malolos – Clark suburban railway. This long-standing scheme has been revived by the current government in Manila under its ‘build, build, ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The EP Logistics International subsidiary of Energetický a Průmyslový Holding has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in freight operator LOCON Logistik & Consulting for an undisclosed price, subject to regulatory approval. Established in 2002, Berlin-based LOCON has 30 mostly diesel locos and 150 wagons, and operates intermodal services ...