All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 533
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Iranian opportunities targeted by suppliers from east and west
IRAN: International players are targeting emerging opportunities as the Iranian market opens up to greater international participation. Kazakh national railway KTZ has a number of industrial subsidiaries involved in a range of supply activities, including the production of rolling stock derived from international designs. Through its Tulpar-Talgo joint venture with ...
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NewsLusail light rail project management contract awarded
QATAR: Qatar Rail has awarded a four-year, 151·6m riyal project management contract for the Lusail light rail network to a joint venture of Hill International, Italferr and ASTAD Project Management. Hill has a 50% stake in the joint venture. The 38·5 km network of four lines will have 32 ...
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NewsEuropean Commission investigates Wabtec's planned acquisition of Faiveley
EUROPE: Having been formally notified of the proposed transaction on April 4, the European Commission confirmed on May 12 that it would undertake an in-depth investigation into whether the planned US$1·8bn acquisition of Faiveley Transport by Wabtec of the USA is in line with the EU Merger Regulation. The ...
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NewsLight rail extension opens in Stuttgart
GERMANY: A new section of the Stuttgart light rail network was inaugurated on May 13 by Lord Mayor Fritz Kuhn, when Line U12 was extended from Wallgraben to Dürrlewang in the southwest of the city. Construction of the 1·1 km branch started in April 2013. There is an intermediate ...
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NewsFirst refurbished Budapest metro train delivered
HUNGARY: Budapest transport authority BKV took delivery of the first six-car metro trainset to be refurbished by Metrowagonmash on May 11. The Transmashholding subsidiary was selected in July 2015 to refurbish 185 Type 81-717/714 cars, 10 Type 81-717/714-2M cars and 27 Type Ev3 cars. Work is due to be ...
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NewsSécheron Hasler Group acquires majority stake in Saira Electronics
EUROPE: Swiss-based Sécheron Hasler Group has extended its product portfolio into the train control, monitoring & communication and energy metering sectors with the acquisition of a 60% stake in Saira Electronics. Announcing the acquisition on May 9, Sécheron Hasler Group said it will gain access to products for passenger information ...
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NewsMaps for all installed at stations
UK: All 11 stations managed by Virgin Trains East Coast are being equipped with ‘maps for all’ which were developed with the Royal National Institute of Blind People and can be be read by touch or sight. The maps provide information such as the location of platforms, toilets, shops and ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market May 2016
Australia: Alstom has awarded Faiveley contracts worth more than €10m to supply doors and braking systems for the 22 six-car Metropolis trainsets on order for the Sydney metro. Austria: Stadler has delivered a second 15 km/h 18 tonne diesel locomotive to increase capacity on the metre-gauge SchafbergBahn rack railway. ...
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NewsKlang Valley rolling stock and signalling contracts awarded
MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp announced the award of four contracts for the Klang Valley MRT Line 2 project on May 12. The 52·2 km line, also known as the SSP Line, will link Sungai Buloh, Serdang and Putrajaya. The 1·62bn ringgit package SY203 covering the supply of 58 four-car ...
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NewsMTA Metro-North orders Ensco track geometry vehicle
USA: New York commuter operator MTA Metro-North is to order ‘one of the most advanced track inspection vehicles in the world’ from Ensco for entry into service in early 2018. The diesel-powered vehicle would combine laser, optical and inertial sensors to measure track gauge, alignment and rail surfaces at 300 ...
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NewsBeacon Rail Leasing to acquire Ascendos
EUROPE: Beacon Rail Leasing announced on May 13 that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Ascendos Rail Leasing from Everest Babcock & Brown Opportunities Fund, BOSSAF Rail and the BBSFF EU Rail Lessor subsidiary of Singapore-listed Global Investments. Completion of the deal is subject to customary ...
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NewsCrossrail Aventra commissioning facility inaugurated
UK: A new four-track test and commissioning shed at Bombardier Transportation's Derby plant was officially opened by Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin on May 13. He described the opening of the 'cutting-edge facility' as a 'huge event for the UK rail industry', which was 'so important for the ...
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NewsCoradia Lint approved for Poland and the Czech Republic
EUROPE: Alstom announced on May 13 that it had obtained approval for the operation of Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units on the Polish rail network. This follows certification for the Czech Republic, and past approval for operation in Germany, Denmark, France, Canada and the Netherlands. In 2013 Alstom was ...
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NewsTransnet names CEO
The South African Cabinet has approved the appointment of Siyabonga Gama as Chief Executive of Transnet, a post he has held in an acting capacity for a year since predecessor Brian Molefe was transferred to the electricity supply company Eskom. Gama was previously CEO of Transnet Freight Rail and has ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube has told Wirtschafts Woche that DB is planning to set up a fund to invest in start-ups. This would aim to circumvent the bureaucracy of the national railway, while being able to retain added value from new developments and mitigate the risk that a third ...
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NewsDenver starts Southeast light rail extension
USA: Construction of Denver’s Southeast Rail Extension is to start on May 16, following a groundbreaking ceremony on May 10. Held at the site of the future Sky Ridge station, the ceremony was attended by RTD General Manager & CEO Dave Genova, local mayors and the Federal Transit Administration’s Regional ...
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NewsNJ Transit to open Wesmont station
USA: Located between Rutherford and Garfield stations in the Wood Ridge district of New Jersey, Wesmont commuter rail station is to open on May 15, commuter rail operator NJ Transit says.The station will be served by NJ Transit’s Bergen County Line which has through trains to Secaucus Junction and Hoboken ...
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NewsHaramain High Speed Rail opening delayed
SAUDI ARABIA: The completion date for the Haramain High Speed Rail line has been put back by a further 14 months from January 2017 to the first quarter of 2018, Spain’s Development Minister Ana Pastor said on May 10. Pastor also said Saudi Arabia had agreed to bring its payments ...
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NewsGangway fire doors
INNOTRANS: Finnish company PMC Polarteknik will be featuring the gangway fire doors that it has supplied for DB’s ICx trainsets being built by Siemens. As a specialist in hydraulic and pneumatic systems, PMC Polarteknik has designed and supplied fire barrier gangway door systems for most European high speed and inter-city ...
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NewsBelgrano Norte upgrade announced
ARGENTINA: On May 11 the Ministry of Transport announced a 1⋅64bn pesos investment package for the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano Norte commuter route in Buenos Aires, where operations have recently been hampered by rolling stock shortages. In order to improve journey times, service frequencies and the travelling environment for ...