All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 534
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NewsVTEC and FirstGroup granted East Coast Main Line access
UK: The Office of Rail & Road announced on May 12 that it had approved applications from Virgin Trains East Coast and FirstGroup for the operation of new passenger services on the East Coast Main Line, but had not approved those from Alliance Rail’s Great North Eastern Railway Company Ltd. ...
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NewsOrange and SNCF sign optic fibre deal
FRANCE: SNCF Réseau has announced the signature of a 10-year agreement with Orange that will see the company market spare capacity on the railway optic fibre network to telecommunications operators. Under the deal announced on May 3, Orange will also be able to make use of this capacity to complement ...
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NewsAlstom announces ‘sound results’ for 2015-16
ALSTOM: ‘Successes across all regions and product lines’ made 2015-16 ‘the second record commercial year in a row for Alstom’, Chairman & CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said on May 11 when presenting the company’s results for the year to March 31 2016. Orders worth €10·64bn were booked, up 6% on the ...
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NewsOttensmeyer to lead KCS
Patrick J Ottensmeyer is to become Chief Executive Officer of Kansas City Southern with effect from July 1, succeeding David L Starling who will become Senior Advisor until his retirement at the end of this year. Ottensmeyer joined KCS in 2006 as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, ...
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NewsRocky Mountaineer orders luxury dome cars from Stadler
CANADA: Luxury tourist train operator Rocky Mountaineer has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 10 new double-deck dome cars from 2018. ‘We are constantly looking for ways to improve our guest experience which is the core of our business’, said Rocky Mountaineer President Steve Sammut on May 11. ‘The ...
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NewsHeliopolis tramway revival memorandum signed
EGYPT: The Ministry of International Co-operation and the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development have signed a memorandum of understanding which could lead to EBRD contributing US$250m to a planned US$500m rehabilitation of the out-of-use Heliopolis tramway between Ramses station and the Almaza district of Cairo. The memorandum is an ...
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NewsStrukton awarded Stockholm track maintenance contracts
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has awarded Strukton Rail contracts to undertake track maintenance on the existing and future routes through central Stockholm. The contracts cover preventive and corrective maintenance of the track, electrical systems and signalling, as well as round-the-clock fault repairs. The five-year contract covering the new Citybanan tunnel link starts ...
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NewsAbellio DMU financing in place
GERMANY: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and KfW IPEX-Bank announced on May 11 that they had concluded the financing of 52 Alstom Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units which Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland has ordered for use on Dieselnetz Sachsen-Anhalt services. When it announced the €170m rolling stock contract on April 1, ...
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NewsGo-Ahead orders Flirt EMU fleet
GERMANY: The German subsidiary of UK-based rail and bus group Go-Ahead has awarded Stadler Pankow a contract to supply 45 Flirt3 electric multiple-units for use on services which it is to operate under contract to the Land of Baden-Württemberg from June 2019. Stadler is to supply 11 three-car and ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation sales up 11%
ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION: Consolidated sales reached a record KC18·3bn last year, Škoda Transportation has reported, up 11% on 2015. The net profit of KC588m was down from the KC2·27bn reported for 2014 as a result of factors including a one-off depreciation of goodwill in 2015, significant investment in equipment, and ...
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NewsAppeal blocks award of Göteborg tram contract
SWEDEN: Škoda Transportation has launched a legal challenge to the decision by Göteborg tram operator Göteborgs Spårvägar to select a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 40 trams, with options for up to 60 more. Alstom, CAF, Pesa, and ...
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NewsLucknow metro train design revealed
INDIA: Lucknow Metro Rail Corp and Alstom unveiled the appearance of the Metropolis trainsets for the city’s future metro line on May 10, in the presence of Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. LMRC ordered 20 four-car Metropolis trainsets in September 2015 as part of a €150m contract which ...
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NewsRome2rio uses SilverRail to sell rail tickets
UK: Multimodal transport search engine Rome2rio has begun offering rail ticket bookings using SilverRail’s technology platform. Users can search for transport options, and then book the rail segments. The initial launch covers Great Britain, with the USA, Canada and Sweden to be added soon. Australian company Rome2rio said its ...
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NewsChinese LRVs enter traffic in Manila
PHILIPPINES: The first Chinese-built light rail vehicles for MRT Line 3 in Manila entered service on May 7 after several months of testing and final fit-out.The Department of Transport & Communications placed an order for 48 twin-section LRVs worth 3·8bn pesos with CRRC, and the first pre-series trainset arrived in ...
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NewsWabtec acquires Unitrac Railroad Materials and Pride Bodies
NORTH AMERICA: Wabtec Corp has completed the acquisitions of Unitrac Railroad Materials and Pride Bodies, which have combined annual sales of about US$45m. Tennessee-based Unitrac designs and manufactures track products including turnouts and crossings for Class I, short line and urban rail operators throughout North America. Pride Bodies is based ...
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NewsRBS orders EMUs to ‘crowd-sourced’ design
SWITZERLAND: Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn has awarded Stadler Rail a contract to supply 14 electric multiple-units to a custom design, which the inter-urban operator has developed by 'crowd-sourcing' ideas from passengers on route S7 from Bern to Worb where they will operate. The order is worth SFr134, including spare parts. The 1·25 ...
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NewsHull Paragon station to get £1·4m investment for City of Culture
UK: TransPennine Express has applied for listed building consent for works which it plans to undertake as part of a £1·4m modernisation of Hull Paragon station. The FirstGroup subsidiary said the changes would ‘transform’ the passenger experience, providing ‘modern and comfortable’ waiting facilities and toilets, a ‘more open and ...
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NewsAurizon opens Enfield intermodal terminal
AUSTRALIA: Aurizon began operations at the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre in western Sydney on May 9. The operator said the transfer of its intermodal business from Yennora would allow it to expand its interstate services and pave the way for the introduction of shuttle services to and from Port Botany. ...
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NewsKansas City Streetcar opens
USA: Kansas City Mayor Sly James launched services on the KC Streetcar on May 6, kicking off a weekend of celebrations which saw more than 32 000 journeys made. The 3·1 route-km north-south line connects Union Station with the River Market district. It has 10 stops, including three on a ...
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NewsPKP board appointed
Polish national rail operator PKP appointed a new Management Board on April 7, headed by CEO Mirosław Pawłowski (photo). He is joined on the board by Cecylia Lachor, Michał Beim, Marek Michalski and Jarosław Kołodziejczyk. A new Management Board has also been appointed for infrastructure manager PKP PLK, with Ireneusz ...