All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 43

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    Construction of Western Attica suburban line begins

    2024-02-01T09:00:00Z

    GREECE: Work has begin the build the Western Attica suburban line to the west of Athens. The route will run 34·6 km from Ano Liosia to Megara on the alignment of an abandoned metre gauge line. There will be seven stations serving communities and industries which ...

  • InterRail Reefer Container
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    Chocolate and soup cross Eurasia on temperature-controlled trains

    2024-02-01T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Swiss rail logistics company InterRail Group now offers the regular transport of temperature-controlled containers by rail between Asia and Europe. The diesel-powered 45 ft pallet wide reefer containers are monitored around the clock, with customers receiving at least one detailed report per day. Last year ...

  • Coradia iLint in the Netherlands (Photo Alstom)
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    No bids to supply hydrogen trains

    2024-01-31T14:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: No bids were received in response to a call for tenders to supply hydrogen trains for use by Arriva on regional lines in the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. An Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell multiple-unit was tested on the Groningen – Leeuwarden route ...

  • Metra bike on train
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    Chicago commuter operator allows bikes on all trains

    2024-01-31T13:00:00Z

    USA: Chicago commuter operator Metra is making permanent a Covid-era policy allowing bicycles on all trains from February 1, and has begun manufacturing and installing bike racks on its coaches.

  • NS train on bridge
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    Concerns over PSO contracts directly awarded before tendering rule change

    2024-01-31T12:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Concerns have been raised over the signing of directly awarded train operating contracts in several countries, shortly before the expiry of a provision in the Fourth Railway Package regulation on competitive tendering.

  • CPK station impression
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    CPK seeks input into rolling stock specifications

    2024-01-31T11:13:00Z

    POLAND: The CPK project has invited passenger train operators to provide feedback on future rolling stock requirements. The consultation process aims to specify the functional and technical features for the future high speed trains. CPK plans to establish a rolling stock company which would purchase a ...

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    Violeta Bulc named European Rail Champion as concerns over skills and diversity grow

    2024-01-31T10:02:00Z

    EUROPE: Former European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and Danish national operator DSB were the winners of the two annual awards handed out by trade associations CER and UNIFE at the European Railway Award in Brussels on January 29.

  • Port Harcourt - Abi line track (Photo John Zhao CCECC)
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    Port Harcourt – Aba tracklaying completed

    2024-01-31T09:00:00Z

    NIGERIA: China Civil Engineering Construction Corp has announced the completion of tracklaying for the modernisation of the 1 067 mm gauge line running 63 km from Port Harcourt to Aba. Nigeria Railway Corp Managing Director Fidet Okhiria said services would commence in a few months once ...

  • ACRI meeting with Qatar Chamber of Commerce
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    Czech suppliers target Middle East rail opportunities

    2024-01-31T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Rail and urban transport manufacturers sought to identify opportunities in Middle Eastern markets during a trade mission organised by national rail industry association ACRI as part of Czech President Petr Pavel’s state visit to Qatar and Israel. ACRI Chief Executive Marie Vopálenská said there the ...

  • Tanks on flat wagons (Photo Giedrės Maksimovicz, Lithuanian Minstry of Defence)
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    Rail projects awarded EU military mobility funding

    2024-01-30T12:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Rail freight facility development and capacity enhancement projects are included in 38 schemes to upgrade transport infrastructure for dual civilian and defence purposes which have been selected to receive €807m of Connecting Europe Facility funding.

  • kr Daejeon suburban rail marked black photo KNR
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    Daejeon suburban railway construction starts

    2024-01-30T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Construction has started on the 35·4 km first phase of the Chungcheong Province suburban railway serving Daejeon.

  • Shaking hands with a computer digital image
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    AI Mobility Lab at InnoTrans 2024

    2024-01-30T04:30:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Companies involved in artificial intelligence, robotics, cybersecurity and data protection in the transport sector will be displaying their services in a dedicated AI Mobility Lab at the InnoTrans 2024 trade fair. Exhibitors in Hall 7.1a will include Konux, which offers AI for predictive maintenance, network ...

  • Firma Ineco y CAF
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    Co-operation to promote sustainable transport in Europe and Latin America

    2024-01-29T15:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Spanish government-owned engineering consultancy Ineco and Latin America and Caribbean development bank CAF have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of establishing a framework to share knowledge and promote the competitiveness of the transport sector. This includes an emphasis on the railway sector ...

  • 2807 & 2808 Limerick 300419
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    Limerick commuter rail station and upgrading studies commissioned

    2024-01-29T10:00:00Z

    IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann has appointed AtkinsRéalis to support the development of plans for three stations in Limerick and Dublin and an expansion of capacity on the line to Ennis. The Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy includes a proposal for the development of a ...

  • Intermodal train with trailers_© TX Logistik
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    World rail freight news round-up

    2024-01-29T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

  • au-students at Australia careers fair
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    Australian rail sector promotes non-university career paths

    2024-01-28T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The Australasian Railway Association says that thousands of jobs are on offer across Australia in more than 80 careers in rail, and has launched an initiative aimed at school leavers seeking a path into work that does not require a university-level qualification. According to ARA ...

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    Lyon – Torino tunnel boring machine handed over

    2024-01-27T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The fourth of seven tunnel boring machines being used to excavate the Mont Cenis base tunnel has been formally presented to the Lyon – Torino project promoter TELT at Herrenknecht’s Schwanau factory in Germany, at a ceremony attended by Piemonte Region’s Transport Councillor, Marco Gabusi.

  • Railway track
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    Hitachi Rail to sell signalling businesses to MerMec

    2024-01-26T12:29:00Z

    EUROPE: Hitachi Rail and MerMec have signed a put option agreement for the sale of Hitachi Rail’s main line signalling business in France and its signalling business units in Germany and the UK. A put option gives the seller the right, but not an obligation, to ...

  • RHEDA-2000 track in Hanau-Nantenbach (Photo Railone)
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    Ballastless track selected for Koper – Divača project

    2024-01-26T11:00:00Z

    SLOVENIA: Project promoter 2TDK has selected RailOne’s Rheda 2000 slab track system for use on the second line being built on a new alignment to increase capacity between the port of Koper and the main line at Divača. The Institute of Civil Engineering of Slovenia, building ...

  • Indian Railways Siemens 9000 hp locomotive
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    Indian electric locomotive brake contract awarded

    2024-01-26T09:00:00Z

    INDIA: Siemens Mobility has awarded Wabtec Corp a Rs13bn contract to supply braking systems for 1 200 electric freight locomotives to be produced for Indian Railways. In January 2023 IR awarded Siemens a Rs260bn contract to supply and maintain 9 000 hp locos able to haul ...