All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 495
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NewsOperator aims to benefit from Finland – Russia freight liberalisation
EUROPE: Ahead of the expected imminent ratification of a bilateral agreement liberalising the market for cross-border rail freight between Finland and Russia, Finland’s Nurminen Logistics Group and Russia’s Rustranscom have announced the formation of NR Rail as a jointly-owned company to handle international traffic. Nurminen said the end of ...
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NewsKazan takes delivery of UKVZ trams
RUSSIA: Kazan transport authority Metroelektrotrans has taken delivery of 10 partly low-floor KTM-23 trams from UKVZ, with two more due to arrive by the end of the year. The 270m rouble order for 12 trams follows delivery of 10 KTM-23 trams in April-May. A previous call for tenders issued ...
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NewsSt Petersburg ticketing modernisation contract signed
RUSSIA: Sole bidder GUP Informatsionno-Analytichesky Tsentr signed a 16·2m rouble contract on September 27 covering the modernisation of ticket validators in St Petersburg. The scope covers validators on the metro, trams, trolleybuses and buses. The current fare structure is based on a flat fare of 35 roubles for the ...
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NewsADB approves largest ever railway financing package
BANGLADESH: The Asian Development Bank approved its largest ever railway investment and its biggest investment in Bangladesh on September 28, a US$1·5bn loan package to finance the construction of a 102 km line which will link the tourist town of Cox’s Bazar with the existing network at Dohazari. Construction of ...
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NewsKyiv tram-train study to start soon
UKRAINE: A feasibility study for tram-train routes serving Kyiv is to be undertaken following an agreement with urban transport planners from Germany which was finalised during InnoTrans 2016. According to city council Deputy Head Ilya Sahaydak, services could start in three to four years, and would run at up ...
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NewsPenn Station expansion proceeds under $1·6bn contract
USA: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed on September 27 that contracts had been let for the expansion of Penn Station in New York, including redevelopment of the adjacent James Farley Post Office building under the Moynihan Station project.The award of a $1·6bn contract to a consortium of Related ...
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NewsBosnian Talgo finally enters service
BOSNIA: Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina launched revenue services with a Talgo trainset between Sarajevo and Doboj on September 26, five years after the nine trainsets were delivered from Spain. ŽFBH and Talgo signed a contract for the nine-car trainsets in July 2005, backed by a €67·7m ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways signs agreements with Pesa and Siemens
UKRAINE: Ukrainian Railways President Wojciech Balczun signed two memoranda of co-operation at InnoTrans 2016 on September 20. The main aims are to create a legislative basis for Pesa and Siemens to participate in tenders called by UZ for the supply and maintenance of rolling stock and equipment, as well ...
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NewsWork starts on T13 Express
FRANCE: Preliminary work including vegetation clearance is due to start this autumn for T13 Express, which will see tram-train services introduced between Saint-Cyr-L’Ecole and Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris. Formerly known as Tangentielle Ouest, the project has been renamed to reflect the use of vehicles capable of running ...
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NewsDB to integrate coach business with long-distance rail
GERMANY: Using its established IC Bus branding, Deutsche Bahn is to integrate its two long-distance coach operations with its inter-city rail services. Announcing this on September 19, DB said that the IC Bus brand would continue as the identity of its future long-distance bus services, but that the BLB brand, ...
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NewsLEO Express orders Chinese EMUs
CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech open access passenger operator LEO Express signed an order on September 26 for CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive to supply three electric multiple-units in mid-2018, with a framework agreement for up to 30 more which would be delivered in 2019-21. The price was not disclosed. LEO Express CEO for ...
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NewsTalgo to refurbish LA Metro rolling stock
USA: Meeting on September 22, the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to award Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo a contract to refurbish up to 74 rail vehicles for $73m. Awarded to the company’s US subsidiary Patentes Talgo Inc, the contract contains a firm order ...
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NewsNokia to supply communications for Buenos Aires metro extension
ARGENTINA: Nokia announced on September 20 that it had been selected to supply communications for the extension of Buenos Aires metro Line H. Nokia is to supply wired and wireless communications to support data transmission, operational telephony, TETRA radio, passenger information systems, public announcement systems and CCTV. The ...
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NewsDoha metro tunnelling completed
QATAR: Qatar Rail celebrated the completion of tunnelling for the Doha metro on September 25, when tunnel boring machine Msheireb broke through at the site of the future Hamad International Airport station. In total, 111 km of tunnels have been bored for the first phase of the metro since ...
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NewsWarszawa metro extension funding agreement signed
POLAND: Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the signing ceremony on September 23 for a 1·83bn złoty tranche of funding from the EU’s Infrastructure & Environment programme towards the extension of Warszawa metro Line 2. The EU is to provide around 60% of the funding for the 3·16bn złoty project. ...
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NewsIVU wins contracts in Turkey and Mexico
IVU: IVU Traffic Technologies has entered the Turkish and Mexican markets with the award of two contracts in recent weeks. The Germany firm is to supply IVU.plan and IVU.crew planning and dispatch software to Kayseri Ulaşım. These will initially be used on the city’s 34 km, 55-stop tram network, ...
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NewsThales awarded North–South Railway ETCS maintenance contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Railway Co has awarded Thales a renewable one-year contract for predictive and corrective maintenance of onboard and lineside ETCS Level 2 equipment on the 2 400 km North–South Railway network. Thales said the contract builds on the relationship formed during the installation and commissioning of the ...
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NewsSiemens to supply 122 LRVs to Sound Transit
USA: Seattle area transport authority Sound Transit announced on September 22 that it had selected Siemens to supply 122 light rail vehicles under a contract worth $554m. To be built at Siemens’ Sacramento plant, the first vehicles are due to arrive in Seattle in 2019, in time for the ...
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NewsMoscow orders 300 trams
RUSSIA: Moscow tram operator Mosgortrans opened bids on September 23 for a contract to supply 300 three-section trams. The best offer was submitted by a consortium of Metrowagonmash and PK Transportnye Systemy. Its offer of 28·5bn roubles for Vityaz-M trams and 27·7bn roubles for 30 years of maintenance beat ...
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NewsStadler to supply more Flirts for Łódź
POLAND: Stadler has been selected as preferred bidder to supply 14 three-car electric multiple-units to suburban operator Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, beating bids from Newag and Pesa. Stadler will supply its Flirt3 EMUs for 260·9m złoty, and will provide 12 years of maintenance priced at 2·214 złoty/km. The first four ...