All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 513
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NewsSecond metro line opens in Incheon
SOUTH KOREA: Revenue services on the second metro line in Incheon started at 05.30 on July 30. The 29·1 km Line 2 links Geomdan Oryu in the north with Unyeon in the south. Construction started on June 26 2009. Of the 27 stations, five are above ground. The combined ...
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NewsRail freight news in brief
CSX has launched the Queen City Express service between the Port of Wilmington and CSX’s intermodal terminal in Charlotte, North Carolina. Far East Land Bridge is to open an office in Milano to support the development of freight trains between Italy and China. A weekly eastbound intermodal service with ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market July 2016
Australia: Western Australia’s Public Transport Authority has awarded the EDI Rail Bombardier Transportation JV a contract to supply an additional 10 B-Series three-car EMUs in a deal which includes maintenance of the A and B series fleets until 2026. Brazil: Scomi Engineering has won a 504·6m ringgit contract for ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2016
China: China Railway Construction Corp has been awarded a 23·2bn yuan contract to build a railway between Shizuishan and Guyuan. China Railway Construction Corp and its China Railway Siyuan Group Investment subsidiary are to build Kunming metro Line 5 for 21·4bn yuan. Chile: EFE has awarded Indra a ...
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NewsAkiem orders 44 locomotives
FRANCE: Vossloh Locomotives announced the signing of a €140m contract to supply leasing company Akiem with 44 Type DE18 diesel-electric locomotives on July 29. The 1·8 MW locomotives will have MTU Stage IIIB compliant engines giving a maximum speed of 120 km/h. They are to be manufactured at Vossloh’s new ...
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NewsCRRC wins Hong Kong light rail vehicle order
CHINA: MTR Corp has awarded a HK$745m contract to CRRC Nanjing Puzhen for the supply of 40 light rail vehicles. These are intended to augment the fleet and replace the 30 Phase 2 LRVs in service since 1992. The first of the new LRVs are due to enter passenger ...
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NewsCrossrail Elizabeth Line trainset unveiled
UK: The first of 66 electric multiple-units for the Crossrail project was unveiled by Transport for London at Bombardier’s Derby factory on July 29. Following dynamic testing at the Derby plant, the first train is to undergo trials at the Old Dalby test centre during August. This ...
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NewsDnipro metro extension contract signed
UKRAINE: Mayor of Dnipro Borys Filatov signed a €224m contract on July 28 with Turkish construction company Limak for the construction of a 4 km extension of the city’s metro line. To be built in bored tunnels, the extension would run southeast from the current terminus of Vokzalna into ...
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NewsBangkok projects approved
THAILAND: The government approved the construction of two lines in Bangkok on July 26, to be built under the management of State Railways of Thailand. The Budget Bureau and Finance Ministry are to provide loans towards the 44·2bn baht project cost. The 25·9 km elevated Light Red Line would ...
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NewsClass 88 UKDual electro-diesel locomotive unveiled
UK: Direct Rail Services has officially unveiled one of the 10 Class 88 UKDual electro-diesel locomotives which it ordered from Vossloh España (subsequently acquired by Stadler) in September 2013, financed by Beacon Rail Leasing. DRS said combining 25 kV 50 Hz electric and diesel-electric operation in one locomotive would ‘result ...
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NewsLoram buys RVEL as a basis for European expansion
UK: Rail head treatment and rolling stock engineering services company Loram Maintenance of Way Inc announced on July 28 that it had acquired full ownership of Derby-based rolling stock engineering and operating company RVEL. This builds on the US firm’s acquisition of an initial 51% stake in September 2014. ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Announcing its Q2 2016 results on July 26, Progress Rail and EMD parent company Caterpillar said ‘weakness continued in the rail industry across all regions' and was the most significant reason for a decline in its Transportation sector sales in the Europe, Africa, Middle East and CIS region and in ...
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NewsInfrastructure and track maintenance at InnoTrans 2016
Railway Gazette looks at some of the infrastructure technology and track maintenance equipment to be displayed in Berlin on September 20-23.
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NewsMore Alstom Metropolis cars ordered for Lima
PERU: Lima metro concessionaire Graña y Montero Ferrovias has awarded Alstom a €200m contract for the supply of 139 metro cars to operate on Line 1. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by 2019 and will include 20 six-car Metropolis trainsets, in addition to 19 cars to lengthen from ...
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NewsGreece makes another attempt to privatise rolling stock business
GREECE: Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has re-launched the process to privatise Hellenic Company for Rolling Stock Maintenance (EESSTY). Also known as ROSCO, the state-owned business was spun-off from national railway OSE in 2013. It is currently the sole provider of rolling stock maintenance and repair services in Greece, holding ...
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NewsCanada brings forward oil wagon deadline
CANADA: The date for ending the use of DOT-111 tank wagons to carry crude oil has been brought forward to November 1, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced on July 25. Protective Direction 38 means unjacketed legacy DOT-111 wagons must be phased out six months earlier than previously scheduled, ...
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NewsVossloh focuses on whole-life infrastructure savings
VOSSLOH: With Vossloh’s portfolio more weighted towards infrastructure following the sale of its Valencia-based rolling stock business to Stadler Rail, the company will be showcasing a range of technologies at InnoTrans aimed at addressing multiple macro-level challenges including urbanisation, capacity constraints and environmental impact.Various tools, services and concepts will be ...
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NewsBelgrano upgrade in detail
ARGENTINA: By means of a decree published on July 20, the federal government has ratified a series of amendments to the contract signed by the previous administration with China Machinery Engineering Corp. The amendments set out the rolling stock and infrastructure materials to be acquired for upgrading projects, principally to ...
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NewsContiTech buys Australian spring manufacturer
AUSTRALIA: Continental subsidiary ContiTech announced its acquisition of Sydney-based rubber and steel moulded composite air spring maker Vulcanite on July 27. Claus-Peter Spille, head of ContiTech’s Air Spring Systems business unit, said the acquisition ‘fits perfectly’ with the company’s strategy of strengthening its business outside the automotive sector. It ...
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NewsRoad-rail fire vehicle on show
ZWEIWEG: Road-rail vehicle specialist Zweiweg will be showing one of its modified fire and rescue vehicles at InnoTrans 2016. These have been designed to ensure rapid response in the event of an incident in a long rail tunnel.