All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 525
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NewsPortable ERTMS test equipment
UK: Building on its experience supplying test equipment for the the Thameslink Programme, Comtest Wireless has announced that it is to extend its NetProbe range with portable unattended equipment for testing ETCS and GSM-R voice and data communications. The battery-powered equipment is to be available as carry-on trolleys and ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Rail maintenance equipment and overhead crane manufacturer Whiting Corp has acquired LB Foster Rail Technologies' wagon maintenance equipment design and supply activities. 'This acquisition further strengthens Whiting's capabilities in servicing Class I, short line and passenger railroads', said Whiting Corp President Jeff Kahn. 'Through a single phone call the expanded ...
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NewsGetting to InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: A range of services are available to help InnoTrans 2016 exhibitors and trade visitors with travel arrangements and accommodation, including special rates offered by Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa. Shuttle buses will connect the showgrounds with Berlin’s Tegel and Schönefeld airports, and there will be a free transfer service to ...
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NewsRZD signs Indonesian co-operation accord
INDONESIA: Meeting in Moscow on June 7, Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov and the President of Indonesian Railways Ed Sukimoro signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen co-operation between the two railways. As well as the construction of the new lines, the framework agreement covers joint participation in infrastructure and ...
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NewsJack air skates developed for Hitachi plant
UK: Lloyds Somers and Hitachi have developed air skates which a single operator can use to accurately position high-capacity lifting jacks at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe rolling stock factory. A ‘side shift’ facility enables the position of the elevated vehicle to be adjusted whilst each jack is loaded. Lloyds Somers says ...
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NewsStation retail sale agreed
ITALY: Meeting on June 15, the board of FS Group and the Eurostazioni consortium formally approved the sale of their respective stakes in the Grandi Stazioni Retail business to Antin Infrastructures, Icamap and Borletti Group. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of July. The retail business ...
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NewsMTR joins FirstGroup’s bid for South Western rail franchise
UK: Shortlisted bidder FirstGroup announced on June 16 that MTR Corp (UK) is to join it in a joint venture to bid for the next South Western rail franchise. The Department for Transport has appoved the agreement, which will see the UK subsidiary of Hong Kong-based transport group MTR take ...
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NewsBayern minister backs Brenner Base Tunnel link
AUSTRIA: Visiting the construction face for the Brenner Base Tunnel near Innsbruck at the start of June, Transport Minister for the Land of Bayern Joachim Herrmann announced that he would commit to the improvement of approach routes through southern Germany. Herrmann was accompanied by a number of senior figures from ...
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NewsCzech Republic’s longest tunnel broken through
CZECH REPUBLIC: The breakthrough of the Czech Republic's longest railway tunnel was celebrated on June 11, when the 115 m long Herrenknecht Type S-799 tunnel boring machine Viktorie broke through the southern bore of the 4·15 km twin-bore tunnel under the Chlum and Homolka hills east of Plzeň after 16 ...
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NewsŠkoda wins Chemnitz tram contract
GERMANY: Chemnitzer Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft signed a €35m contract with Škoda Transportation on June 14 for the supply of 14 low-floor trams. This marks Škoda’s first tram order for Germany. Škoda is to supply the stainless steel bodied bidirectional ForCity Classic trams between mid-2018 and mid-2019. Each five-section tram with three ...
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NewsNagpur metro general consultant chosen
INDIA: Nagpur Metro Rail Corp has selected a consortium led by Systra and including Aecom, Egis Rail and Rites to act as general consultant for the first phase of the Nagpur metro. Two lines are being built at a cost of Rs86·8bn under a public-private partnership. The ...
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NewsEuregiobahn ring completed
GERMANY: The 6 km Eschweiler-St Jöris – Stolberg line east of Aachen was ceremonially reopened on June 10, followed on June 12 by a day of free travel to highlight the start of the new passenger service. The line had closed to passenger services in 1984 and reactivation required ...
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NewsArriva starts Železnice Desná electric services
CZECH REPUBLIC: Arriva Morava launched regular electric services on the 19 km Železnice Desná regional line between Šumperk and Kouty nad Desnou on June 13. This follows a 3 kV DC electrification project which was completed in November 2015 at a cost of KC377m, co-funded by the European Union. There ...
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NewsDieselnetz Nürnberg contract signed
GERMANY: Bayern railway authority BEG and preferred bidder DB Regio Franken formally signed the Dieselnetz Nürnberg operating contract on June 14. The 12-year contract awarded after an open tender runs from June 9 2019 until June 14 2031 and covers the operation of regional services totalling 3·3 million train-km/year: ...
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NewsTransport for London typeface updated with # and @
UK: Transport for London is to begin rolling out an updated version of its distinctive 100-year old typeface, which is designed to be ‘fit for purpose in environment where digital is as strong as print’ and includes the # and @ symbols for the first time. The original ...
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NewsBerazategui is latest Roca milestone
ARGENTINA: Electric services began carrying passengers between Quilmes and Berazategui on June 13, completing the latest phase of the programme to electrify the Roca commuter route between Buenos Aires and La Plata at 25 kV 50 Hz. Passengers from Berazategui can now reach Buenos Aires in 34 min. Completion of ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation establishes US subsidiary
USA: Škoda Transportation has established a US subsidiary, the Czech manufacturer announced on June 13. Škoda Transportation USA LLC will be headed by Scott Ellis, who was previously at Kinkisharyo. ‘The establishment of a subsidiary in the USA is the logical result of our strategy towards Western markets’, said ...
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NewsCars delivered from Europe to China by rail
INTERNATIONAL: Luxury and high-end car dealer China Greenland Rundong Auto Group Ltd has taken delivery of its first batch of 82 cars delivered from Europe by rail. A train carrying the cars in containers had left Duisburg in Germany at 22.30 on May 20. A ceremony marked their arrival at ...
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NewsCharles Page
Charles Page has been appointed as President of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers for 2016-17. Business Development Director at Siemens Rail Automation Australia, he succeeds Andrew Simmons of Network Rail.
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News‘Frankenschock’ hits Stadler results
STADLER: The after-effects of the Swiss central bank’s January 2015 decision to remove the exchange rate cap with the euro have hit Stadler, owner and CEO Peter Spuhler said when reviewing the past year on June 13. The ‘Frankenschock’ had brought a ‘massive collapse’ in margins, which Stadler estimates has ...