All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 521
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Newsİsa Apaydin
Ahead of vertical separation in Turkey, İsa Apaydin has been appointed Chairman & Director General of state railway TCDD.
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NewsPutra Heights gains metro connections
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Najib Razak officially opened two extensions of the Kuala Lumpur metro network on June 30, both terminating at a new station in Putra Heights. The Kelana Jaya Line has been extended southwest from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights on a 17·4 km elevated alignment. All 13 ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
European Locomotive Leasing has closed a €228m senior secured asset-based debt facility to refinance existing debt and to expand its fleet. DVB Bank SE led the club of six banks, acted as facility and security agent as well as the hedging bank. The lenders were advised by Allen & Overy ...
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NewsNokia communicates about its communications
NOKIA: Fixed, mobile, transmission and broadband telecommunications for the rail sector will be highlighted by Nokia at InnoTrans 2016, with live demonstrations and the chance to meet experts to discuss the future direction of technology. There will be presentations and demonstrations of Nokia’s LTE for urban and main line operators, ...
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NewsGWR unveils Hitachi IEP trainset
UK: The first of the Class 800 trainsets which Hitachi is building for operation by Great Western Railway under the Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme was officially unveiled on June 30, when it carried guests from Reading to London Paddington on the 175th anniversary of the first train running ...
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NewsRhätische Bahn orders 27 Stadler EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Rhätische Bahn has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 27 electric multiple-units, with an option for up to 20 more. The 1 000 mm gauge EMUs are to be built at Stadler’s Altenrhein plant, with the first scheduled to enter service in summer 2019. The four-car air-conditioned EMUs with ...
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NewsNew Caledonian Sleeper fleet interiors revealed
UK: A mock-up of the interior design for the coaches which CAF is building for Caledonian Sleeper overnight services between London and Scotland has been built in a warehouse near Edinburgh to gather feedback from stakeholders. Interior designer Ian Smith is responsible for the look and feel of the ...
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NewsSiemens to unveil Mireo modular EMU concept
SIEMENS: Proposals for a new family of modular articulated electric multiple-units for commuter and regional services will be unveiled by Siemens at InnoTrans 2016. The Mireo is intended as a successor to the Desiro Main Line family which has been supplied to SNCB (305 trainsets), Austrian Federal Railways (101), GySEV ...
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NewsTransdev to leave Thello joint venture
EUROPE: Transdev is to relinquish its 33% holding in the Thello joint venture with Trenitalia, which operates overnight trains between Paris and Venezia as well as open access services between Marseille and Milano. Transdev Director, France, Laurence Broseta told French business newspaper Les Echos that the company had informed Trenitalia ...
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NewsTrain running information evolves with Darwin
UK: Passengers should now be able to obtain train running information which is consistent across different sources including station screens, online, app or from staff, following the completion of a project to replace 66 separate customer information systems which had been operated by train operators and Network Rail with the ...
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NewsChengdu metro traction contract
CHINA: Chengdu Metro Corp has awarded Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co a €40m contract to supply traction equipment for 48 six-car trainsets for phases 2 and 3 of metro Line 3. SATEE previously supplied Optonix traction equipment for the 24 trainsets that CRRC Changchun supplied for the first ...
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NewsResignalling to cut Extremadura journey times
SPAIN: A €47⋅6m contract to resignal the 229⋅6 km Humanes — Monfragüe section of the 1 668 mm gauge route between Madrid, Cáceres and the Portuguese border at Valencia de Alcántara has been awarded by ADIF to a joint venture of Siemens Rail Automation (55%) and Thales España (45%). Work ...
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NewsDemonstrations on Nomad Digital’s InnoTrans stand
NOMAD DIGITAL: Wireless connectivity specialist Nomad Digital will host a range of demonstrations on Stand 215 in Hall 4.1, where it will be highlighting how the integration of new applications and systems can deliver enhanced passenger services and drive down operators’ costs. Regular on-stand demonstrations will showcase onboard ...
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NewsAlstom and Hitachi selected for Trenitalia regional train order
ITALY: Trenitalia announced on June 28 that it had selected Alstom and Hitachi Rail Italy for two framework agreements for the supply of regional trainsets, while Stadler had submitted the highest-ranked bid for a third framework contract. Alstom has been selected for Lot 1, covering the supply of up ...
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NewsShenzhen metro reaches airport
CHINA: A metro connection to Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport was opened on June 28 with the partial entry into service of Line 11. Four stations are open, with the remaining 14 due to open by the end of the year. Each train has two cars designed for airport passengers, with ...
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NewsNanning metro opens
CHINA: Revenue services on the Nanning metro started on June 28 with the inauguration of the eastern section of Line 1. Passenger-carrying tests had been underway since January. Running on a 10·4 km east-west alignment between Nanning East Railway Station and Nanhu, the first phase of the line has ...
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NewsExpolink wins Dubai metro Expo extension contract
UAE: Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the selection of the Expolink consortium for a 10·6bn dirham contract to build the Route 2020 branch of the metro Red Line to serve the Expo 2020 site. The Expolink consortium is led by Alstom, and includes ...
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NewsChangsha opens second metro line
CHINA: Passenger services started on the second metro line in Changsha on June 28. Regular test runs on Line 1 had started in March. Linking Kaifu District Government to Shangshuangtang on the right bank of the Xiang River, the 23·6 km line includes 19 underground and one elevated station. ...
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NewsMidland Metro Alliance to manage tramway expansion projects
UK: The Midland Metro Alliance is to be launched on July 4 to bring together a team of planning, design and construction specialists which will build four light rail extensions in the West Midlands over the next decade. The alliance comprises the West Midlands Combined Authority which owns the Midland ...
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NewsAlstom to reveal fuel-cell trainset at InnoTrans 2016
ALSTOM: The highlight of Alstom’s presence at InnoTrans 2016 will be the unveiling of a zero-emission train it had developed under an accord which was signed at InnoTrans 2014. Under the letters of intent signed between Alstom, the Länder of Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Baden-Württemberg and the Hesse transport authority, ...