All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 42

  • ISR Siemens Mobility Desiro HS electric multiple-units
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    Israel Railways places rolling stock orders

    2024-02-08T05:00:00Z

    Source: CLOUDVIEW/Shabtai Tal/Israel Railways ISRAEL: Two orders for the supply of additional rolling stock totalling €1·7bn have been signed by Israel Railways. The first of the two agreements signed on January 22 is a €260m order for Alstom to supply a further 96 double-deck coaches, adding ...

  • Metronom double-deck train
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    Metronom to hand back operating contract

    2024-02-07T13:00:00Z

    Source: Metronom/Jan Sieg GERMANY: Metronom is negotiating with Niedersachsen transport authority LNVG to terminate its contract to operate Hansenetz regional passenger services in June 2026 rather than in December 2033. In recent months Metronom has faced a series of problems including rising costs and a shortage ...

  • Copper arriving by train in Lobito (Photo Trafigura )
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    Lobito Atlantic Railway freight capacity contracts signed

    2024-02-07T12:03:00Z

    ANGOLA: Trafigura and Kamoa-Kakula have signed long-term commitments to use the Lobito Atlantic Railway between the Copperbelt region of DR Congo and Zambia and the Angolan deep-water port of Lobito. In 2022 the Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium of Trafigura, Mota-Engil and Belgian rail operator Vecturis was ...

  • Ourense
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    Ourense station remodelling contract awarded

    2024-02-07T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: High speed infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad announced on February 1 that it had awarded Copasa, Constructora San José and Syneox Rail a €112m contract to remodel Ourense station as a hub for rail and bus transport in northwestern Spain. The ...

  • Östergötland transport authority Östgötatrafiken has selected Transdev for the next contract to operate Östgötapendeln passenger services.
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    Transdev awarded Swedish train operating contract

    2024-02-06T12:00:00Z

    SWEDEN: Östergötland transport authority Östgötatrafiken has selected Transdev for the next contract to operate Östgötapendeln passenger services. The regional services between Norrköping, Motala and Tranås are currently operated by Finland’s VR, which acquired Arriva’s Swedish activities. They use 18 Alstom Coradia Nordic X61 electric multiple-units, and carry ...

  • Impression of Stadler inter-city train for Saudi Arabia Railways (Image Stadler)
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    Saudi Arabia Railways orders its next generation of inter-city trains

    2024-02-06T10:27:00Z

    SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia Railways has signed contracts for Stadler to supply its next generation of passenger trains. The Swiss manufacturer said these would ‘elevate train travel in the kingdom to the next level in terms of passenger comfort, travel experience and reliability’. The contracts signed ...

  • Pakistan Dubai agreement
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    Dubai backs Karachi dedicated freight corridor plan

    2024-02-06T10:00:00Z

    PAKISTAN: Plans to establish a dedicated rail freight corridor and economic zone near Karachi are included in two inter-governmental framework agreements signed by the governments of Pakistan and Dubai on January 17. The agreements cover plans for US$3bn+ of investment in railways, economic zones and infrastructure. ...

  • Madrid Atocha through platforms impression
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    Madrid Atocha through platforms contract awarded

    2024-02-06T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Dragados, Tecsa, San José and Puentes y Calzadas an 83-month contract worth €451·6 m to build low-level platforms at Madrid Atocha station The two island platforms on the 1 435 mm gauge cross-city route from ...

  • GE C30ACi locomotive for Mozambique.
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    Investment aims to make Mozambique – South Africa railway more competitive

    2024-02-05T16:26:00Z

    MOZAMBIQUE: The African Development Bank has agreed financing for state-owned rail and port authority Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique to purchase locomotives, wagons and tank containers. This aims to improve the competitiveness of the 88 km Ressano Garcia rail corridor between the port of ...

  • Køge Nord station
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    Danish railway ready for 200 km/h operation

    2024-02-05T10:00:00Z

    DENMARK: The railway between København and Ringsted via Køge Nord is now ready for 200 km/h running, infrastructure manager Banedanmark has announced.

  • Frachtbahn
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    World rail freight news round-up

    2024-02-05T05:00:00Z

     News from the world rail freight market.

  • Canadian Pacific hydrogen locomotive impression
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    Ballard fuel cells to power CPKC shunting locomotives

    2024-02-04T05:00:00Z

    CANADA: Canadian Pacific Kansas City has ordered a further 12 hydrogen fuel cell power packs from Ballard for delivery during 2024. The 200 kW FCwave fuel cells are intended to power a batch of locomotives to undertake shunting and local freight services in Alberta; they are ...

  • Ermewa_Shimmns_MITMA
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    Grant supports wagon orders

    2024-02-03T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport, Mobility & the Urban Agenda has awarded leasing company Ermewa Ibérica a €17·3m grant to boost Spanish manufacturing as part of two wagon orders. The orders are for 150 Shimmns coil wagons which will be produced at the Inveho plant at ...

  • Amtrak train (Photo: Simon/Pixabay)
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    Amtrak sets out 2024 plans as it aims to double ridership by 2040

    2024-02-02T13:00:00Z

    USA: Amtrak has announced the steps it will take this year in support of its ‘ambitious’ plans to double annual ridership to 66 million passengers in 2040. On February 1, the national passenger operator’s President Roger Harris said Amtrak has two overarching objectives for 2024: ‘improving ...

  • Construction of Seoul GTX Line C starts photos President Yoon Seok-yeol (3)
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    Construction of Seoul express Line C starts as part of the ‘first year of the GTX era’

    2024-02-02T12:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Construction of Line C of the Great Train Express commuter rail network in Seoul started on January 25 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Uijeongbu attended by President Yoon Seok-yeol. The 86·5 km Line C will link Suwon in the south with Uijeongbu and Deokjeong ...

  • Somarail (Photo Somarail)
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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2024-02-02T05:00:00Z

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

  • Go-Ahead Bayern train (Photo The Go-Ahead Group)
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    Austrian Federal Railways completes purchase of Go-Ahead’s German rail operations

    2024-02-01T15:17:00Z

    GERMANY: Austrian Federal Railways’ purchase of The Go-Ahead Group’s rail activities in Germany was completed on February 1. This follows the European Commission’s approval of the deal announced in October. ÖBB told Railway Gazette International that ‘with this acquisition, ÖBB is pursuing its long-term goal of ...

  • TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (Photo Jeremie Anne)
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    French regions warn track access charge increase would hurt rail growth

    2024-02-01T12:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Transport authorities from seven régions and the Greater Paris area’s Ile-de-France-Mobilités have asked the Conseil d’Etat, the supreme court for administrative matters, to reduce a planned increase in track access charges. Infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau’s access charges are calculated on a three-year cycle. Its proposal ...

  • Toronto GO Expansion impression
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    Toronto passenger train Operations & Maintenance contract finalised

    2024-02-01T11:00:00Z

    CANADA: Transport agency Metrolinx has finalised the Operations & Maintenance contract for GO Transit passenger rail services in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area. The contract has been agreed with the ONxpress Operations Inc partnership of Deutsche Bahn International Operations (72%) and Aecon Group (28%), which ...

  • Torino Ceres first section opening photo Regione Piemonte
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    Torino – Ceres line reconnected to national network

    2024-02-01T10:00:00Z

    ITALY: Services restarted on the Torino – Ceres regional line between central Torino, Caselle airport and Cirié on January 20 following the completion of the first phase of remodelling and reconstruction works. An opening ceremony on the previous day was attended by Minister of Infrastructure and ...