All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 453
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NewsOperators from five countries interested in California high speed rail contract
USA: California High-Speed Rail Authority has received five responses to its request for qualifications for the contract to provide early train operator services to assist with the development and management of the initial phase of the high speed line. By the April 4 deadline, statements of qualifications had been submitted ...
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NewsBritish Steel opens Italian logistics centre
ITALY: British Steel has opened a logistics centre in Lecco to support the delivery of rail to customers including infrastructure manager RFI. 'This operation will enable us to enhance our ability to serve rail networks in Italy by providing a full range of high quality long-length rail with just-in-time and ...
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NewsTehran orders 70 metro cars from CRRC
IRAN: The Tehran Wagon Manufacturing Co joint venture of CRRC, Norinco and Tehran Metro has won a €93m contract to supply 70 metro cars for the capital’s expanding network. The order is the latest of several that CRRC has won in Iran. Last year CRRC Changchun started ...
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NewsJakarta – Bandung construction contract signed
INDONESIA: The engineering, procurement and construction contract for the 142 km Chinese-backed high speed railway between Jakarta and Bandung was signed in the capital on April 4.The contracts was signed between a consortium of Chinese and local companies at a ceremony held at the headquarters of state-owned engineering group Wijaya ...
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NewsNorthern Latitudinal Railway agreement signed
RUSSIA: An agreement for joint investment in the completion of the long-planned Northern Latitudinal Railway was signed by Russian Railways and Gazprom on March 30. The construction of a link between the current railheads at Labytnangi and Nadym and upgrades to increase capacity on the connecting lines at each end ...
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NewsUK railway news round-up
Network Rail has selected disused sidings at Bescot in the West Midlands as its preferred location for a new plant which would produce up to 600 000 concrete sleepers per year, meeting 60% of its needs. Its existing factory in Doncaster would provide the remaining 40%. NR plans to award ...
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News$1bn wagon agreement signed
USA: A multi-year wagon supply and management agreement worth more than $1bn was announced by The Greenbrier Companies and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co on April 5 MUL President & CEO Tadashi Shiraishi said the leasing company had set an ‘ambitious’ target to grow its market share to become ...
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NewsMobility Cleaning Circle highlights new ways to keep trains clean
GERMANY: InnoTrans organiser Messe Berlin is to hold a railway cleaning networking event in Berlin on September 21 as part of its Cleaning, Management, Services 2017 trade fair. The Mobility Cleaning Circle event will include a business lunch providing an opportunity for representatives from the rail industry to make initial ...
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NewsTram-trains on test in Sheffield
UK: Non-passenger-carrying tests of the Class 399 tram-train vehicles have started on the Supertram network in Sheffield. Driver training is due to begin shortly, with passenger services on the existing tram network now expected to begin in mid-2017. Testing on the national rail network is currently expected to start next ...
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NewsNew initiatives in extended Auckland Transport operating contract
NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Transport has extended Transdev’s contract to operate suburban rail services to January 2020. The extension includes initiatives to improve passenger experience and increase security. Ticket offices and customer service centres at five stations are to be combined by the end of July. This will be followed ...
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NewsRail regulator publishes principles for driver-controlled operation
UK: On April 5 the Office of Rail & Road published the six high-level safety principles that it expects train operators to follow when rolling out and managing driver-controlled operation. DCO is defined as a method of working where the train driver is responsible for door operation and determining that ...
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NewsCRRC rolls out Wenzhou commuter EMU
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang rolled out its first electric multiple-unit for Wenzhou Line S1 on March 31. The four-car EMU is the first of 32 being built under a contract awarded in 2014. Based on a Type A metro train design, the EMU features a level of comfort more ...
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NewsPrima H3 shunting loco approved for 100 km/h
GERMANY: Federal railway office EBA has certified Alstom’s Prima H3 battery-diesel shunting locomotive for operation at up to 100 km/h, paving the way for main line operation. Announcing the certification on April 5, Alstom said the Prima H3 was the only three-axle shunting locomotive certified to operate at this speed ...
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NewsShift2Rail funding call oversubscribed
EUROPE: Proposals for research projects valued at almost €200m have been submitted in response to this year’s Shift2Rail Call for Proposals, which closed at the end of March. The 60 applications from groups representing 412 organisations have a total value of €192·8m, with requests for funding totalling €136·5m, equivalent to ...
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NewsZSSK orders DMUs and coaches
SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has awarded its traditional supplier ŽOS Vrútky two contracts to supply locomotive-hauled coaches and diesel multiple-units. The 21 Class 861 DMUs are to be delivered from 2018 for use on the Zvolen – Vrútky and Zvolen – Fiľakovo lines. They will have air-conditioning, wi-fi and ...
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NewsDrug and alcohol compliance software for short lines
USA: Browz has launched a software-as-a-service package to assist short line railways and their contractors in complying with Federal Railroad Administration drug and alcohol testing requirements coming into force in June. Browz ShortLine will enable operators to check the compliance of their contractors and employees, and to source new contractors ...
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NewsEglė Radvilė
Lithuanian national railway LG has appointed Eglė Radvilė to head up its IT Centre, while Linas Baužys becomes Deputy General Director.
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NewsRhein-Ruhr-Express EMU car rolled out
GERMANY: Siemens unveiled the first Desiro HC car for the future Rhein-Ruhr-Express network at its Krefeld factory on March 31. ‘The RRX will lift regional transport in NRW to a higher level’, said NRW Transport Minister Michael Groschek on his visit to Krefeld, adding that ‘the new trains combine ...
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NewsRhein-Ruhr-Express EMU car rolled out
GERMANY: Siemens unveiled the first Desiro HC car for the future Rhein-Ruhr-Express network at its Krefeld factory on March 31. ‘The RRX will lift regional transport in NRW to a higher level’, said NRW Transport Minister Michael Groschek on his visit to Krefeld, adding that ‘the new trains combine ...