All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 338
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NewsCetrovo takes centre stage
CRRC: Hailed as the world’s first carbon-bodied metro vehicle in the world, CRRC’s Cetrovo metro car prototype was formally unveiled at InnoTrans on September 18. CRRC says the Sifang-built vehicle will pave the way for the third generation of Chinese metro trainsets. These will be needed to operate new lines ...
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NewsŠkoda ForCity Classic tram enters service in Eskişehir
TURKEY: The first of 14 trams that Škoda Transportation is supplying to Eskişehir entered revenue service on September 17. Škoda won a €26m contract in September 2016 for the supply of its ForCity Classic low-floor trams for the metre-gauge network. The unidirectional five-section trams are 30·1m long and 2 ...
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NewsBattery powered mobile train washer launched
INNOTRANS: Italian company Bitimec has launched a battery-powered version of its SEP1000 train washing machine. The use of a 200 Ah lithium battery rather than a diesel engine makes the machine cleaner and quieter, and the absence of exhaust emissions means the SEP1000LH can be used inside depots. The machine ...
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NewsMadrid - Montpellier open access service approved
SPAIN: National competition authority CNMC announced on September 17 that it had approved Intermodalidad de Levante SA's plans to launch an open-access passenger service between Madrid and Montpellier. The Air Nostrum subsidiary has applied to run two trains each way per day, calling at Zaragoza, Barcelona, Perpignan and Narbonne. EU ...
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NewsHaramain High Speed Rail fares announced
SAUDI ARABIA: Further confirmation that the Haramain high speed line is about to open for commercial services comes with the publication of ticket prices by local media. The Saudi Gazette reports that services will start on September 24. There are likely to be four return trips a day with more ...
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NewsFirst driverless Glasgow Subway train on show
UK: The first of 17 driverless metro trains that Stadler is supplying for the Glasgow Subway is being displayed at the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair in Berlin this week. In March 2016 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport approved the award of a £200m contract to a consortium of Stadler Bussnang and ...
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NewsHybrid regional train to be tested
FRANCE: Plans to convert a TER regional multiple-unit into a prototype overhead electric, battery and diesel hybrid unit were announced by SNCF and Alstom on September 17. The Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie regions and Alstom are to spend €16.6m converting and testing the Régiolis unit, which will be taken ...
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NewsBrno to receive tram kits
CZECH REPUBLIC: Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny was the sole bidder for a framework contract to supply tram kits and assembly tools to Brno tram operator DPMB. KOS, a member of the Alliance TW Team along with Pragoimex and VKV Praha, bid KC1·1bn excluding VAT to supply bodyshells and bogies ...
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NewsFrankfurt to test trams for parcel delivery
GERMANY: Frankfurt am Main transport operator VGF announced on September 17 the start of a pilot project to deliver parcels using dedicated trams. The parcel trams, some with cargo trailers, would run without passengers at quiet times on the network. The parcels will be delivered to ‘microdepots’ that are ...
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NewsFive on Tyne & Wear Metro fleet replacement shortlist
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro owner and operator Nexus has issued an Invitation to Negotiate with five bidders that it has shortlisted for a contract to build and maintain a new train fleet. The shortlist announced on September 17 consists of: Bombardier Transportation UK;CAF;a joint venture of Downer EDI Rail ...
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NewsRecords fall as InnoTrans grows again
INNOTRANS: The 12th InnoTrans trade fair opening in Berlin on September 18 will be ‘more concentrated, more innovative and more informative’ than ever, according to Chief Executive of Messe Berlin Dr Christian Göke. Speaking at the pre-opening International Press Circle, he said this year’s show had attracted a 3 062 ...
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NewsFreiberger Eisenbahn contract extended
GERMANY: Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS has exercised an option to extend Freiberger Eisenbahn’s contact to operate local passenger services between Freiberg and Holzhau near the Czech border southwest of Dresden for a further five years from December 2019. The agreement with the Rhenus Veniro subsidiary includes cost savings which will ...
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NewsFerrovia Circumetnea slab track contract
ITALY: Contractor CMS has commissioned install WEGH Group to supply its Arianna ballastless track for the Nesima – Misterbianco tunnel, which is being built to put the 950 mm gauge Ferrovia Circumetnea underground in the city of Catania. The contract covers 2·4 km of track, which WEGH Group will ...
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NewsPleven takes delivery of battery trolleybuses
BULGARIA: The city of Pleven has taken delivery of 14 low-floor trolleybuses from Škoda Electric, ordered earlier this year. The vehicles are equipped with batteries for off-wire operation and have a kneeling function for easier boarding. The northern Bulgarian city already has 40 Škoda Electric trolleybuses which have been in ...
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NewsHydrogen multiple-units enter service
GERMANY: The two prototype Coradia iLint fuel-cell powered multiple-units began operating in revenue service on September 17, following a formal launch the previous day with a ceremony at Bremervörde attended by representatives from the federal and Land governments, regional transport authority LNVG and operator Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser. ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
RZD Logistics has begun delivering Volvo cars from the factory in Chengdu to the Vorsino freight terminal outside Moscow. It expects to deliver 60 cars per month this year, and 1 000 cars next year. The iPort Rail freight terminal at Doncaster in northern England was officially opened by Princess ...
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NewsErmewa to install Amsted telematics
EUROPE: International wagon and tank container leasing group Ermewa has started installing the Amsted Digital Solutions telematics platform across much of its fleet, the two companies announced ahead of the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair in Berlin. With more than 40 000 assets, Ermewa was looking for comprehensive, end-to-end ...
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NewsIntegrated defect alert system deployed in Slovenia
SLOVENIA: An Incident-Response Management system which Iskratel has implemented for Slovenian Railways detected four cases of overheated wheels resulting from locked brakes in its first month of operation. Developed from a proof-of-concept exhibited at InnoTrans 2016 and due to be on show as a commercial product at InnoTrans 2018, the ...
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NewsUnderfloor lathe commissioned
CZECH REPUBLIC: A Hegenscheidt underfloor wheel lathe has been installed by Strabag at national operator ČD’s main coach and multiple-unit maintenance depot in Praha. Semi-permanently coupled trainsets can be worked on out without uncoupling the vehicles, which will simplify maintenance of Alstom Pendolino, Siemens Railjet and Škoda Transportation InterPanter, ...