All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 505
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NewsFrontRunner vision commissioned
USA: Utah Transit Authority has commissioned LTK Engineering to develop a strategic vision for the FrontRunner commuter service in Salt Lake City, supported by Fehr & Peers and Jacobs Engineering. UTA aims to reduce travel times on the 140 km route, and improve reliability and increase ridership. LTK will use ...
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NewsSt Petersburg light rail feeder line approved
RUSSIA: St Petersburg Investment Committee Head Irina Babyuk announced on August 22 the official preliminary approval of a light rail project to link the city with the town of Kolpino to the southeast. Preliminary studies and design have been carried out by LSR Group, and an invitation for tenders ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
What is described as the first train from China to Afghanistan left Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on August 25, carrying 84 containers. It is scheduled to take 15 days to complete the journey to Hairatan via the Alataw Pass, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Two trains are scheduled to run ...
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NewsTest a quick-assembly rail heating system
ELTHERM: Visitors will be able to test their skills installing different rail and point heating systems on length of track which will form part of Eltherm’s stand at InnoTrans 2016. This is intended to demonstrate the flexibility and ease of handling of EL-Rail and EL-Point, and thus how much time ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2016
Australia: Pacific National has awarded UGL contracts worth A$594m for the supply of three 1 067 mm gauge PH37 PowerHaul diesel locos and three more Class 93 C44ACi locos, the continued maintenance of Siemens Class 71, UGL/GE Class 92/93 and Goninan Class NR locos until June 30 2026, and the ...
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NewsAnother Klang Valley SSP Line contract awarded
MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp has awarded the contract for trackwork and maintenance vehicles on the Klang Valley MRT Line 2 project, also known as the SSP Line. The 1bn ringgit contract has been awarded to a joint venture of China Communication Construction Co (51%) and George Kent (49%). ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market August 2016
Africa: Vale has awarded Mota-Engil two five-year contracts totalling US$1282m to maintain the 920 km Nacala Corridor in Malawi and Mozambique, assisted by EMEF. Australia: Western Australia PTA has appointed Jacobs Engineering as technical adviser for the Forrestfield Airport Rail Link, supported by B,G&E and Golder & Associates. ...
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NewsAmtrak awards Northeast Corridor high speed train contract
USA: A fleet of 28 new high speed trains will enter service on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in 2021-22, the national passenger operator announced on August 25. To be built by Alstom at its plants in Hornell and Rochester, New York, the new trains will offer around 30% more capacity than ...
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NewsDSB to order electric locomotives
DENMARK: Meeting on August 23, DSB’s Board of Directors approved proposals to purchase 26 electric locomotives for regional passenger services on Sjaelland. The locomotives are intended to replace the Class ME diesels that currently power the double-deck push-pull trainsets on services from København to Ringsted and Helsingør, as well as ...
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NewsNext phase of London Night Tube to begin in October
UK: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on August 26 that weekend all-night service on London Underground’s Jubilee Line would begin on October 7. The announcement comes a week after the launch of Night Tube services on the Central and Victoria lines. Transport for London recorded 50 000 passenger-journeys ...
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NewsCRRC launches Indian joint venture
INDIA: Chinese rolling stock and components conglomerate CRRC Corp has opened its first joint venture manufacturing plant in India, the group announced on August 20. Representing a total investment of US$63·4m, the CRRC Pioneer (India) Electric Co plant located in Haryana’s Bavo Industrial District will manufacture electrical equipment such as ...
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NewsBeijing welcomes first Line 16 train
CHINA: A ceremony in Beijing on August 22 unveiled the first Line 16 metro train. According to the State Council, the eight-car trainset has the largest capacity of any rolling stock on the metro. Test running on the northern section of Line 16, between Beianhe and Xiyuan, is to ...
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NewsTalgo 250 reaches Bukhara
UZBEKISTAN: A Talgo 250 Afrosiyob trainset ran to Bukhara for the first time on August 25, marking the completion of a project to modernise and electrify the 256 km route from Samarkand to permit higher speeds. The US$400m project was authorised in March 2015 and work began the following month. ...
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NewsBombardier awarded long-term fleet maintenance deal
GERMANY: Niedersachsen transport agency LNVG has appointed Bombardier Transportation as registered keeper and entity in charge of maintenance of its fleet of 220 Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches, 29 Traxx Class 146 electric locomotives and eight Traxx DE Class 246 diesel locomotives under a contract running until 2035. The long duration ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Bombardier Transportation has appointed Huber+Suhner as preferred supplier for the majority of its rolling stock cables under a five-year agreement. Container and wagon leasing company Aves One signed an agreement on August 22 to acquire 100% of ERR Rail Rent Vermietungs and 33·3% of ERR European Rail Rent. The €33·5m ...
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NewsSmartphone brake testing app
PROSE: InnoTrans 2016 will see the unveiling of Prose’s BrakePASS system for the automation of brake tests and the storage of associated documentation. BrakePASS comprises a test head which is fitted on the coupling of the brake pipe at the rear of a train, and a smartphone app which displays ...
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NewsBombardier opens South African factory
SOUTH AFRICA: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a new production site and future South African headquarters at Isando in Johannesburg on August 25, in a ceremony attended by Transnet Group CEO Siyabonga Gama. The 6 000 m2 facility will produce Mitrac traction equipment for the Traxx Africa electric locomotives ordered by Transnet ...
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NewsMontréal light metro agreement
CANADA: CDPQ Infra announced on August 24 that it had reached agreement with CN over the acquisition of land and structures for the proposed Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated metro project. CDPQ Infra is a subsidiary of public pension and insurance investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec that ...
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NewsTEX Rail breaks ground
USA: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the TEX Rail commuter route in Fort Worth were held on August 24 at several locations along the future route. Due to open in 2018, the 43 km route being developed by the Fort Worth Transportation Authority would link central Fort Worth with Dallas-Fort Worth ...
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NewsRegional link inaugurated
INDIA: South Central Railway’s 123 km broad-gauge line between Nandyal and Yerraguntla in Andhra Pradesh has opened for revenue operation, following a formal inauguration by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on August 23. The first train was ‘flagged off’ by video link from the Railway Institute in Vijayawada during a ceremony ...