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NewsTianjin Line 6 opens
CHINA: August 6 saw the opening of the first new metro line in Tianjin since 2012, with the entry into revenue service of Line 6. The initial north-south section serves eight stations between Changhong Gonyuan and Nancuiping. Interchange is provided with Line 2 at Changhong Gonyuan and with Line ...
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NewsBangkok Purple Line enters service
THAILAND: Princess Sirindhorn opened Bangkok’s Purple Line on August 6. Built by Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand with the support of Japanese yen loans, the line is expected to carry 200 000 passengers a day initially, rising to 400 000 in 2019. The 23 km elevated alignment from ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
On August 3 Pershing Square Capital Management announced the commencement of a public offering for its 9 840 890 Canadian Pacific common shares. JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are acting as underwriters. On the closing of the sale, funds managed by Pershing Square would not ...
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NewsIndian delegation inspects Great Western electrification project
INDIA: As part of a visit to the UK, a delegation from India’s Ministry of Railways asked to see infrastructure manager Network Rail’s Electrification Training Centre in Swindon to investigate how the techniques being used on the Great Western Electrification Project could be implemented on railway and metro programmes in ...
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NewsWhither the train crew?
How many people does it take to run a train? The answer, of course, depends on the type of train, the location, and whether you include staff on and off the vehicles. But the question is constantly being asked by both freight and passenger operators. A heated debate is underway ...
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NewsCarbon fibre reinforced plastic bogies on test
JAPAN: A Series 7200 two-car electric multiple-unit has been fitted with four of Kawasaki’s Environmentally Friendly Weight-saving Innovative New Generation bogies for trials on JR Shikoku’s Yosan and Dosan lines. The efWING bogie design replaces some of the steel parts with high-strength lightweight carbon fibre reinforced plastic, and incorporates bow ...
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NewsFeature articles in the August 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Whither the train crew? News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations Pointers Analysis ...
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NewsGold Coast light rail Stage 2 work starts
AUSTRALIA: Main work on Stage 2 of the Gold Coast light rail line begun on August 5 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Queensland Minister for Transport & the Commonwealth Games Stirling Hinchliffe, federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. The northern extension ...
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NewsMarubeni to supply ATS for Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: On August 4 Minister of Transport Guillermo Dietrich signed a contract with Marubeni Corp of Japan covering the supply of Automatic Train Stop technology for the Buenos Aires commuter network. Worth US$63m, the contract forms part of what the government says is the largest railway safety investment programme undertaken ...
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NewsRevised Abidjan – Ouagadougou concession signed
AFRICA: Sitarail is to begin a programme to modernise 852 track-km of the Abidjan – Ouagadougou – Kaya railway in September, following the signing of a revised concession agreement with the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso on July 29. The agreement was signed during the two countries’ 5th ...
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NewsKiwiRail orders more CRRC Dalian locomotives
NEW ZEALAND: An agreement for CRRC Dalian to supply a further 15 DL Class diesel locomotives was signed by KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy in Dalian on August 2. The 1 067 mm gauge locomotives are scheduled for delivery in 2018. They will have improved braking systems compared with ...
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NewsBombardier certifies four LTE suppliers
COMMUNCATIONS: Bombardier Transportation announced on August 4 that it has certified four telecoms companies that can supply 4G LTE technology to be used with its main line and metro train control systems. A series of laboratory tests was carried out with Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and ZTE at simulated speeds ...
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NewsCRRC ships Izmir metro trains
TURKEY: The first two of 19 five-car metro trainsets that CRRC is supplying to Izmir have left the factory in Tangshan and are due to arrive in the Turkish city at the end of August. Ordered in March 2015 under a TL192m contract, the first of the new trains ...
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NewsParis metro live LTE test completed
FRANCE: Paris metro operator RATP announced on July 29 that it had completed a live test of 4G LTE communications on the driverless Line 14. The aim of the research project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using a single radio communication technology to deliver both safety-critical and non-safety-critical ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
GATX Corp declared a quarterly dividend of $0·40 per common share on July 29, unchanged from the previous quarter. Deutsche Bahn has certified Polish passenger rolling stock manufacturer Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych as a potential supplier, enabling it to bid for future contracts. On August 1 The Greenbrier Companies announced that ...
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NewsBombardier-Hitachi joint venture to bid for New Tube for London
UK: Bombardier Transportation and Hitachi Rail Europe have formed a joint venture to bid to supply rolling stock under London Underground’s New Tube for London programme. Bids are due to be submitted on September 26. Both companies prequalified for the contract, along with Alstom, CAF and Siemens. The basic requirement ...
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NewsBelmond Grand Hibernian refurbishment completed
IRELAND: Luxury hotel and cruise operator Belmond is to launch its seventh train on August 30, having taken delivery of 10 former Iarnród Éireann MkIII coaches which have been refurbished to form a ‘country house on wheels’ which will offer two, four and six-night tours. The refurbishment was undertaken in ...
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NewsHKX and DB end ticketing co-operation
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn and open access operator Hamburg-Köln-Express have announced the end of their ticket acceptance agreement with effect from August 31, although DB tickets bought up that date will be valid on HKX services until November 30. Negotiations are still ongoing with regard to Interrail and Eurail tickets. ...
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NewsVorarlberg passenger agreement signed
AUSTRIA: A unified agreement for the funding of passenger rail services from 2019 has been signed by the Ministry for Transport, Innovation & Technology and the Land of Vorarlberg. This will replace the current model whereby railway undertakings in the Land have a variety of separate agreements with federal and ...
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NewsWabtec acquires Gerken Group
GERKEN: Wabtec Corp has acquired Gerken Group, which manufactures components for the rail sector including carbon brushes, pantograph carbon strips, earth return units and diagnostic equipment, as well as carbon components for the power generation and industrial sectors. Gerken has its main manufacturing facilities in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France ...