All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 41

  • Portuguese national train impression
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    Prototype Portuguese national train under development

    2024-02-14T13:00:00Z

    PORTUGAL: A prototype national train is being developed under the Producing Railway Rolling Stock in Portugal initiative. Three inter-city coaches are to be manufactured by 2025, formed as a push-pull set including a first class car with driving cab and two standard class cars, one with ...

  • Parcel (Pixabay)
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    Indian Railways targets parcels market

    2024-02-14T09:00:00Z

    INDIA: Indian Railways is developing a Rail Post Gati Shakti parcel service in partnership with India Post, which will provide first and last mile connectivity. About 750 of IR’s more than 7 000 stations currently provide a parcels facility, and in the future customers will be ...

  • Delhi-Metro-peter-chirkov-3QKV7osOiVw-unsplash
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    India: Digital modelling supports Delhi metro extension

    2024-02-14T06:10:00Z

    Delhi Metro Rail Corp has used Bentley Systems software to model the design of a complex section of underground alignment being built under the network’s Phase IV expansion.

  • Turkemenistan to Kyrgyzstan gas train
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    Turkmenistan sends LPG to Kyrgyzstan by rail

    2024-02-14T05:00:00Z

    KYRGYZSTAN: Turkmenistan has sent 2 000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas by rail to Kyrgyzstan as humanitarian aid, as Bıshkek struggles to cope with gas and power shortages. The LPG was supplied by Turkmenistan’s state gas company Turkmengaz and transported by state railway Demirýollary via Uzbekistan ...

  • Portugal high speed line meeting
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    Procurement of Portugal’s broad gauge high speed line begins

    2024-02-13T14:00:00Z

    PORTUGAL: Tenders have been called for the starter section of the proposed high speed corridor between Lisboa and Porto. The first tenders covers Stage 1 between Porto and Oiã near Aveiro. Infrastructure manager Infraestruturas de Portugal held a ceremony at its headquarters at Almada on January ...

  • The European Investment Bank and the government have signed a €900m loan agreement to support a €2·6bn programme to modernise around 500 km of regional railway lines and acquire rolling stock.
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    EIB backs €2·6bn Croatian rail enhancement programme

    2024-02-13T13:00:00Z

    CROATIA: The European Investment Bank and the government have signed a €900m loan agreement to support a €2·6bn programme to modernise around 500 km of regional railway lines and acquire rolling stock. ‘This loan will enable us to make further investments in railway infrastructure, for the ...

  • Alstom Coradia EMU for Norway (Image Wabtec)
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    Oslo EMU door and HVAC systems ordered

    2024-02-13T12:00:00Z

    NORWAY: Wabtec is to deliver the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units and door systems for up to 200 Coradia Stream electric multiple-units which Alstom is to supply to national rolling stock company Norske Tog. The first of the Class 77 EMUs ordered under the 2021 framework ...

  • IE Mk4 DVT 4002 tails 1500 Heuston to Cork (Tony MIles)
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    Iarnród Éireann awards GSM-R support contract

    2024-02-13T11:00:00Z

    IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann has awarded Kontron Transportation a long-term contract to support its existing GSM-R systems until a new generation of radio mobile communication system is deployed and approved for use. ‘As a driving force in the definition of future communication standards, we offer ...

  • Wojewodztwo_lubelskie_05
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    Polish new line planning contracts awarded

    2024-02-13T09:00:00Z

    POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Infra Centrum Doradztwa contracts to produce documentation for the construction of a proposed Lublin – Łęczna – Bogdanka line and modernisation of the Chełm – Włodawa route. The proposed 25 km single track electrified would run from the regional ...

  • PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia orders CRRC EMUs
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    Indonesian suburban operator orders CRRC EMUs

    2024-02-13T05:00:00Z

    INDONESIA: Suburban operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia has signed a Rp783bn contract with CRRC for the supply of three 12-car electric-multiple units, the manufacturer announced on February 5. The trainsets would replace the some of the oldest EMUs used on the 1 067 mm gauge commuter ...

  • Pakistan Railways Board Chairman Syed Mazhar Ali Shah
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    Four-pronged strategy to develop Pakistan Railways

    2024-02-12T13:28:00Z

    PAKISTAN: A four-pronged strategy for financial autonomy, governance and growth, private sector participation and leveraging technology at Pakistan Railways has been set out by Railways Board Chairman Syed Mazhar Ali Shah. Financial Autonomy Shah said Pakistan Railways’ statutory position as a government ...

  • Turkey's National Train
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    Turkish rail sector receives another bumper budget

    2024-02-12T12:20:00Z

    TURKEY: The government has announced a 2024 rail programme which includes continued high levels of investment in both infrastructure and operations, and in the domestic design and manufacture of rail vehicles. State railway infrastructure manager TCDD has been allocated TL49·4bn towards its portfolio of agreed capital expenditure ...

  • Picture_CargoBeamer expands network by connecting Bari to Domodossola and Kaldenkirchen
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    World rail freight news round-up

    2024-02-12T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

  • Trainline superbowl ad 2
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    Trainline targets airport users during Super Bowl

    2024-02-11T05:00:00Z

    USA: Ticket retailer Trainline is to show an advertisement for European rail travel on TV screens at US international airport terminals during Super Bowl LVIII commercial breaks, while on-screen adverts will appear during the game. ‘The Super Bowl has a near-mythical status in US culture and ...

  • CRRC electro-diesel trainsets enter service with EFE (4)
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    CRRC electro-diesel multiple-units enter service in Chile

    2024-02-10T05:00:00Z

    CHILE: The six four-car electro-diesel multiple-units that CRRC Sifang supplied for regional operator EFE Central have entered revenue services on the Santiago Estación Central – Curicó route. A ceremony on January 19 has been attended by Minister Secretary General of the Government, Camila Vallejo, Minister of ...

  • MTR Express train (Photo VR)
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    Finland’s VR to acquire Swedish open access operator

    2024-02-09T15:34:00Z

    SWEDEN: Finnish national train operator VR Group has agreed to acquire MTR Nordic’s Swedish open access passenger business MTR Express. MTRX launched open access services between Stockholm and Göteborg in 2015. It now runs 18 services a day using six Stadler Flirt X74 EMUs and with ...

  • Juliane Storm-Ohm
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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2024-02-09T05:00:00Z

    This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.

  • Pesa DMU for Ghana (3)
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    DMU for Ghana unveiled in Poland

    2024-02-08T15:26:00Z

    GHANA: Pesa’s first diesel multiple-unit for Ghana Railway Development Authority has been unveiled in a ceremony at the Polish manufacturer’s local Bydgoszcz Główna station. A framework agreement for 12 DMUs was signed at the InnoTrans 2022 trade fair, with a firm order for two units. The ...

  • CRRC Sirius EMU carries passengers with RegioJet photo RegioJet (1)
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    CRRC’s Sirius EMU carries passengers with RegioJet

    2024-02-08T11:16:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: RegioJet has started passenger-carrying trial operations of one of the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Class 665 Sirius electric multiple-units which was ordered but not accepted by Leo Express. Since February 5, one trainset is being used on two return trips a day on the R23 ...

  • India's Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo PIB)
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    Indian government boosts rail spending again ahead of elections

    2024-02-08T09:00:00Z

    INDIA: Presenting the Indian government’s Interim Budget on February 1 for 2024-25 ahead of elections due in April and May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that a further increase in capital expenditure of 11·1% to reach Rs111tr or 3·4% of GDP. This in turn will boost ...