All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 519
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NewsConcerns raised over Santiago de Compostela crash investigation
SPAIN: Questions have been raised by the European Commission about the conduct and findings of the Spanish investigation into the high speed derailment at Santiago de Compostela on July 24 2013, which killed 81 people and injured another 150. Last October, the Commission asked the European Union Agency for Railways ...
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NewsPacific National orders PowerHaul locos
AUSTRALIA: Pacific National has awarded UGL contracts with a totalling A$594m for the supply and maintenance of locomotives, including the first order for the 1067 mm gauge version of GE’s PowerHaul family. UGL is to supply PN with three 1 067 mm gauge PH37 PowerHaul freight locomotives, along with ...
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NewsAlstom to repaint Pendolino fleet
UK: Angel Trains has awarded Alstom a €28m contract to repaint the fleet of 56 Class 390 Pendolino trainsets operated by Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. This will be the first project to be completed at the technology centre which Alstom is developing in Widnes for opening ...
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NewsSan Francisco – San Jose electrification and EMU contracts approved
USA: Electrification and rolling stock contracts worth $1·25bn for the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project were approved by the Caltrain board on July 7. The $697m contract for design and construction of 25 kV 60 Hz AC electrification infrastructure on the 82 km route between San Francisco and San Jose was ...
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NewsSBB’s first Giruno cars take shape
SWITZERLAND: The first cars for Swiss Federal Railways’ future EC250 trainsets are nearing completion in the Stadler factory in Bussnang. SBB ordered 29 of the 11-car articulated trainsets in 2014 for use on international services via the Gotthard Base Tunnel, with an option for 92 more. Stadler plans to show ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Standard & Poor’s has raised its creditworthiness rating for Knorr-Bremse from A-/Outlook positive to A/Outlook stable. ‘This decision only goes to reaffirm our conviction that, alongside technical and operational excellence, it invariably takes a stable financial basis to ensure sustained success in the various markets,’ said Knorr-Bremse CFO Lorenz Zwingmann ...
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NewsWheel surface crack measurement device could offer 25% cost savings
MRX TECHNOLOGIES: Developer MRX Technologies says the hand-held Surface Crack Measurement device which it will be displaying at InnoTrans 2016 has the potential to significantly extend the life of wheelsets and thus bring cost savings of up to 25%. Using a magnetic flux technique which is well established for detecting ...
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NewsCTrail to serve Hartford from 2018
USA: Enhanced commuter rail services will start running between New Haven, Hartford and Springfield in January 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy confirmed on July 6, following a visit to see station construction works at Wallingford. The state and federal governments are investing $640m to develop the CTrail commuter service along ...
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NewsKeolis and Abellio selected for Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn contracts
GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR named Keolis and Abellio as preferred bidders for two contracts to operate local passenger services on July 7. Formal award of the contracts is subject to a 10-day standstill period, and the new operators are expected to take over from incumbent DB Regio in December ...
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NewsHS2 Ltd proposes South Yorkshire route revision
UK: A significant revision of the planned route of the second phase of Britain’s national high speed network is proposed by HS2 Ltd Chairman Sir David Higgins in a report issued on July 7.Reflecting a heated debate among local politicians, business leaders, planners and transport officials, the report has sought ...
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NewsGreek railway privatisation attracts one bid
GREECE: Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane submitted the only binding offer for a 100% stake in Greece’s national passenger and freight train operator Trainose, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund announced on July 6. The privatisation agency said the assessment of the bid would commence immediately. Russian ...
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NewsRail Week a ‘resounding success’
UK: The inaugural pan-industry Rail Week which set out to inform students, parents and careers advisers about opportunities in the railway industry was a ‘resounding success’ according to networking organisation Young Rail Professionals. Held from June 27 to July 3, Rail Week aimed to highlight the diverse and rewarding opportunities ...
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NewsKeren Terner
Keren Terner has succeeded Uzi Yitzhaki as General Manager of Israel’s Transport Ministry.
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NewsLong Island Rail Road resignalling contract awarded
USA: Ansaldo STS has won a $42m contract to resignal 29 km of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road between Ronkonkoma and Farmingdale. This includes 9 route-km of existing double track and 20 route-km which is being doubled, with seven stations as well as level crossings and ...
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NewsJohns Hopkins develops IRiS remote control inspection system
USA: Harsco Corp’s Protran Technology business unit is to market an unmanned Instrumented Rail Inspection System developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. ‘Rail safety depends on regular access, evaluation and protection along the railroad right-of-way,’ explained Jim Resio of Protran Technology. ‘With the new Instrumented Rail Inspection ...
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NewsSan Miguel buys metro concessionaire
PHILIPPINES: Brewing, infrastructure and energy conglomerate San Miguel Corp has bought-out Universal LRT Corp and Salvador B Zamora II’s 49% stake in Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 concessionaire Universal LRT Corp (BVI) Ltd and 100% interest in designated future operator ULCOM for US$100m. San Miguel’s acquisition of 100% of ...
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NewsMobile ticketing comes to New York commuter rail
USA: New York MTA has introduced m-ticketing on its Long Island Rail Road and Metro North commuter rail networks using technology provided by mobile fare collection specialist Masabi.Using Masabi’s JustRide mobile ticketing platform, passengers are able to purchase tickets using their smart phones as an alternative to a vending machine. ...
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NewsNew fleet and CBTC on Buenos Aires Line H
ARGENTINA: Line H of the Buenos Aires metro reopened to traffic on July 4, having been closed for a week as final testing and training was undertaken with the new fleet of Alstom trainsets. According to metro authority SBASE, Line H is the first on the Buenos Aires network to ...
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NewsBerlin orders Stadler U-Bahn trains
GERMANY: Stadler announced on July 7 that Berlin transport operator BVG had exercised a €140m option for the supply of a further 27 four-car Type IK metro trainsets, branded Icke by the operator. BVG placed an initial order for two prototype Type IK trainsets in July 2012, with options for ...
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NewsNetz Prignitz operating contract awarded
GERMANY: Following a European tender, on July 1 Berlin-Brandenburg transport authority VBB named incumbent Hanseatische Eisenbahn as the winner of the next contract to operate Netz Prignitz passenger services. The contract runs for two years from December 2016, and covers the operation of local-authority funded train services totalling 222 000 ...