All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 51

  • Lithuania’s LTG Cargo and Ukraine’s Ukrzaliznytsia have operated a trial service transporting lorry semi-trailers by rail from Kaunas to Kyiv via Poland.
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    Semi-trailers transported from Lithuania to Kyiv by rail

    2023-11-20T10:27:00Z

    EUROPE: Lithuania’s LTG Cargo and Ukraine’s Ukrzaliznytsia have operated a trial service transporting lorry semi-trailers by rail from Kaunas to Kyiv via Poland. The test train ran within two months of LTG Cargo and Ukrzaliznytsia meeting to develop mutually beneficial approaches to international transport. ...

  • Pesa hydrogen loco (Photo Pesa)
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    World rail freight news round-up

    2023-11-20T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market. 

  • Retiro terminus Mitre Lines photos Trenes Argentinos (4)
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    Track and signalling renewals completed at Buenos Aires hub

    2023-11-19T05:00:00Z

    ARGENTINA: The complex rebuilding of the Mitre suburban railway’s Retiro terminus in Buenos Aires was completed on November 6. This was marked by the restoration of services on the Bartolomé Mitre branch from the station. The station has seen the platform tracks and approaches renovated ...

  • Alstom logo on Saint Ouen building France (Alstom A Pavone)
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    Alstom signs Ontario education MoU

    2023-11-18T05:00:00Z

    CANADA: The Earth District consortium of Ontario colleges and universities and Alstom have signed a memorandum of understanding covering learning, research and work opportunities in the transport sector. This aims to help develop the talent needed to for sustainable transport projects such as ...

  • Newag is to supply locos to Akiem (Image: Newag)
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    Newag signs its highest value locomotive order

    2023-11-17T15:09:00Z

    POLAND: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Newag a contract to supply and maintain 30 Dragon 2 six-axle electric freight locomotives with options for 50 more. Chair of the Newag management board Zbigniew Konieczek said the order signed on November 16 is the largest ...

  • Newag Griffin 200 kmh Trako photo BZ
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    One bidder for PKP Intercity locomotive contract

    2023-11-17T12:00:00Z

    POLAND: PKP Intercity has announced that Newag was the sole bidder for a contract to supply and maintain 63 multi-system electric locomotives with an option for 32 more. Requirements include operation under 3 kV DC, 15 kV 16·7 Hz and 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, ...

  • Inland Rail project
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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2023-11-17T05:00:00Z

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

  • A badger (Photo: Pexels/Leo Sam)
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    Set back as badgers undermine 11 km of railway

    2023-11-16T12:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn reports that burrowing badgers have undermined about 11 km of embankment on the Fröndenberg – Unna railway, and repairs are likely to be very expensive and take a long time as the damage is more extensive than expected. In some places the repairs ...

  • Bratislava (Photo Vladimír Ješko, Pixabay)
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    Siemens Mobility acquires central European train protection system supplier HMH

    2023-11-16T09:02:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Siemens Mobility has completed the acquisition of HMH, which supplies the MIREL legacy national train protection system used in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Siemens Mobility said it is now able to offer a complete train protection portfolio covering Eastern European rail corridors. ...

  • Braunwaldbahn rail replacement helicopter
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    Rail-replacement helicopter service takes off

    2023-11-15T15:17:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: A rail-replacement helicopter service is being offered while a funicular serving a mountain village is closed for maintenance.

  • OmniTRAX battery loco
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    Battery shunter enters service in Ohio

    2023-11-15T13:20:00Z

    USA: OmniTRAX’s Newburgh & South Shore Railroad has put an AMPS Traction G9 battery shunting locomotive into service in the Cleveland area. The railway has been supported by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Mitigation Trust Fund, which provides grants for projects to improve air quality. The ...

  • Amsterdam Centraal
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    Start-up announces Amsterdam to London and Paris high speed train ambitions

    2023-11-15T12:36:00Z

    Source: Nikolay/Pixabay EUROPE: A proposal to launch high speed train services from Amsterdam to London and from Groningen to Paris has been announced by Dutch start-up Heuro, while Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is also reported to be looking at competing with Eurostar on cross-Channel routes. ...

  • Paris RER NG EMU (Photo: JP Masse)
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    RER NG enters service in Paris

    2023-11-15T11:05:00Z

    FRANCE: Transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités and operator Transilien SNCF Voyageurs have put the first Alstom RER NG electric multiple-units into passenger service.

  • Centre-Val-de-Loire Alstom Omnio Premium EMU (Photo: Jérémie Anne)
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    Centre-Val-de-Loire fleet modernisation supports increase in train services

    2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: The Centre-Val-de-Loire région has funded a €145m firm order for a further seven Alstom Omneo Premium double-deck electric multiple-units.

  • Toronto GO Expansion impression
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    ONxpress to deploy IVU.rail software in GO expansion

    2023-11-14T15:00:00Z

    CANADA: The ONxpress consortium which has a concession to design, build, operate and maintain the expanded GO rail network around Toronto is to use IVU Traffic Technologies’ IVU.rail software to schedule, dispatch and optimise its future services. ‘We made the decision to go with IVU.rail following ...

  • TFR Class 43 loco
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    Infrastructure manager established ahead of South African rail network opening

    2023-11-13T11:00:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: National railway and logistics group Transnet has established an interim rail infrastructure manager as part of plans to open the network to third party train operators in 2024. Vertical separation forms part of the government’s National Rail Policy which aims to facilitate private sector ...

  • stadler is preparing locomotives for etcs
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    Tackling an ETCS retrofitting bottleneck

    2023-11-13T09:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Stadler says it is now set up to help accelerate the roll-out of ETCS, after its AngelStar joint venture with MerMec completed the first retrofit of its Guardia equipment to another manufacturer’s locomotive without the involvement of the original supplier. Two of DB Cargo’s Bombardier ...

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    Light rail: Multifunctional sensors support tram expansion

    2023-11-13T07:24:00Z

    Component supplier Lenord+Bauer has worked with Siemens and operator BSAG to develop a compact sensor to support the launch of tram operations over a freight railway in Bremen.

  • Chiasso_02
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    World rail freight news round-up

    2023-11-13T05:00:00Z

     News from the world rail freight market. 

  • FEG service RB82 from Freiberg to Holzhau (Photo VMS, Brumm)
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    Freiberg – Holzhau operating contract awarded

    2023-11-12T05:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS has awarded incumbent Freiberger Eisenbahn a new contact to continue to operate passenger services RB82 from Freiberg to Holzhau. The contract with Transdev subsidiary FEG runs from June 2024 to December 2036 and will include efforts to increase tourist traffic ...