All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 349
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NewsVossloh's vision for smarter tracks
VOSSLOH: A vision for intelligent railway infrastructure will be presented by Vossloh at InnoTrans 2018 under the slogan ‘The Smart Rail Track’. Innovations and smart technologies will be grouped into five ‘themed worlds’, focusing on key topics such as track availability, noise and carbon emissions and life-cycle costs. Novel materials ...
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NewsRussian passenger fleet renewal continues
RUSSIA: National railway RZD has updated the details of its passenger rolling stock procurement for 2018. Pavel Burtsev, Head of Passenger Transport at RZD, told Railway Gazette in July that a total of 686 vehicles would be acquired for long-distance traffic. These would comprise 611 single-deck hauled coaches (589 couchette ...
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NewsSunRail heads south
USA: Orlando commuter rail operator SunRail began revenue operations on its 27·4 km southern extension from Sand Lake to Poinciana on July 30. Serving central Florida’s Orange and Osceola counties, the extension adds a further four stations to the 51·5 km route with 12 stations which opened in May ...
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NewsWabtec invests in communications technology company Rajant
USA: Wabtec Corp has made a minority equity investment in mobile wireless communications technology company Rajant, and will jointly develop and market Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networking products in the rail market. ‘Rajant understands the underlying communications challenges rail systems are confronted with, and we continue to customise our radio technology ...
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NewsTrenitalia signs Umbria operating contract
ITALY: Umbria’s regional government has agreed a contract for Trenitalia to continue to operate local passenger services until 2032. The deal signed in Perugia on July 27 includes investment of more than €236m in improvements to service quality and the replacement of around 80% of the rolling stock used in ...
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NewsCoastal Pacific service to restart in December
NEW ZEALAND: KiwiRail’s tourist-focused Coastal Pacific service from Christchurch to Picton is to restart on December 1, two years after being suspended as a result of damage to the line caused by the 7·8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake of November 14 2016. Infrastructure repairs allowed the Main North Line to be ...
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NewsCable protection products to be launched at InnoTrans 2018
FEDERAL-MOGUL: Two wire and cable protection products developed for the rail industry using technologies proven in the aerospace industry will be launched by New Federal-Mogul Powertrain at InnoTrans 2018. Roundit 2000 FR Grip provides abrasion protection fir wire harnesses at operating temperatures from -50°C to +85°C, and can be applied ...
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NewsItalo-NTV orders more high speed trainsets
ITALY: A €330m firm order for Alstom to supply a further five Pendolino Evo high speed trainsets and maintain them for 30 years was signed by Italo-NTV on July 31. The open access operator has previously ordered a total of 17 Pendolino Evo trainsets under a framework agreement reached in ...
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NewsFS Group board replaced
ITALY: Recently-appointed Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Danilo Toninelli announced the removal of the board of national railway FS Group on July 25. ‘We are the government of change’ said Toninelli, a member of the right-wing Five Star Movement party. A new board for 2018-20 was named on July 30, ...
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NewsVancouver – Seattle – Portland high speed rail study
NORTH AMERICA: Washington State Department of Transportation has appointed WSP to prepare a business case analysis for an ‘ultra-high speed ground transportation system’ connecting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. WSP will be assisted by Steer, EnviroIssues, Paladin Partners and Transportation Solutions. The proposed high speed railway would be between 435 and ...
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NewsTrenitalia awards €1·6bn regional DMU framework contract
ITALY: Trenitalia has awarded Hitachi Rail Italy a framework contract for the supply of up to 135 regional diesel multiple-units. The agreement signed on July 27 includes a firm order for 70 units, and there are options for 65 more which would take the total value to €1·6bn. Trenitalia ...
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NewsWorld rail market - July 2018
Germany: IVU Traffic Technologies is to supply fleet management and ticketing software to central Sachsen transport association VMS. India: Nippon Signal is to supply an automatic fare collection system for the Ahmedabad metro project. Poland: On Track Innovations has been awarded a US$155 000 multi-year contract to provide ...
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NewsAlstom focuses on sustainability and digitalisation at InnoTrans 2018
ALSTOM: Innovations to help drive the global transition to more sustainable transport and support digitalisation will be highlighted by Alstom at InnoTrans 2018. SBB Prima H4 On show on the outdoor tracks will be one of the Prima H4 four-axle electro-diesel locomotives which Swiss Federal Railways has ordered ...
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NewsMorocco’s Al Boraq high speed service to launch by year end
MOROCCO: Africa’s first high speed railway is now expected to open for traffic by the end of the year as commissioning trials continue. LGV Maroc comprises a 183 km high speed line between Tanger and Kénitra which is being built for operation at up to 320 km/h, as well as ...
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NewsBombardier to supply more Francilien EMUs
FRANCE: Bombardier Transportation is to supply further 36 Francilien high-capacity suburban electric multiple-units to SNCF, which has placed the €261m order announced on July 30 on behalf of Greater Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités. The firm order has been placed within a 2006 framework agreement covering up to 372 EMUs, ...
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NewsSNCF orders 36 EMUs
FRANCE: Bombardier Transportation is to supply further 36 Francilien high-capacity suburban electric multiple-units to SNCF, which has placed the €261m order announced on July 30 on behalf of Greater Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités. The firm order has been placed within a 2006 framework agreement covering up to 372 EMUs, ...
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NewsIrizar signs Aix-en-Provence electric bus contract
FRANCE: Irizar announced on July 27 that it had signed a contract with transport authority RDT 13 to supply 15 electric buses for use on the planned L’Aixpress route in Aix-en-Provence. The Spanish manufacturer will supply a 12 m version of its Irizar ie tram model, along with charging ...
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NewsNext phase of Luxembourg tramway inaugurated
LUXEMBOURG: The next phase of Luxembourg City’s tramway was inaugurated on July 27, becoming the first part of the route with no overhead wires. The western extension from Pafendall-Rout Bréck to Place de l’Etoile has intermediate stops at Theater and Faïencerie. To enable catenary-free operation, the trams are equipped ...
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NewsRolling motorway service targets transit freight
ROMANIA: CFR Marfă launched a rolling motorway service on July 26, having received financial support for the project from the national environment fund. The service is aimed at transit traffic, running from Dorneşti near the border with Ukraine to Giurgiu on the border with Bulgaria and Ruse across the River ...
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NewsIstanbul’s third airport to gain metro link in November 2019
TURKEY: The first metro line serving Istanbul’s third airport is scheduled to open on November 24 2019, the Ministry for Transportation, Maritime & Communications has told Metro Report International. The 37·5 km route with nine stations is being build by a consortium of Kolin and Şenbay under a €999·8m ...