All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 535
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NewsWorld rail market May 2016
Australia: Queensland Rail has chosen GIRO’s Hastus-Rail software suite to optimise staff scheduling and operations-management. Austria: ÖBB has terminated the on-train catering contract held by Do & Co, which was to have run to 2017. A new contract is to be tendered. UK: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market May 2016
Bangladesh: Tokyu Construction has signed a ¥8bn contract to build the future Dhaka metro's Uttara depot. Canada: Metrolinx has awarded Aecom a seven-year contract worth up to C$100m to provide advisory services for the Hurontario and Hamilton light rail projects in the Greater Toronto area. Egypt: In April ...
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NewsAltaivagon develops high-capacity van
RUSSIA: The latest wagon design from Altaivagon is the Type 11-2138 covered van which was developed in conjunction with TTK-Trans. The Type 11-2138 has a capacity of 161 m3 by volume or 72 tonnes by weight, and features roof hatches and wide doors. The 25 tonne axleload 18-194-1 bogies are ...
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NewsPremiers inspect IEP depot
UK: In the course of an official visit to the UK, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe joined his host David Cameron to visit the depot at North Pole in west London that will maintain the fleet of trainsets being supplied by Hitachi under the government’s Intercity Express Programme that ...
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NewsMallorca electrification to be completed
SPAIN: On May 5 the regional government of the Balearic Islands announced that it had begun to prepare tender documentation for the electrification of the remaining diesel-worked sections of the 1 000 mm gauge SFM network on Mallorca. Electrification of the routes from Enllaç to Manacor and Sa Pobla at ...
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NewsAstra develops Autentic low-floor tram
ROMANIA: Astra Vagoane Arad has started testing a prototype low-floor tram, which is currently being trialled at night on the Timișoara network. The standard gauge two-section Autentic tram is aimed at operators in Romania and neighbouring countries. The 100% low-floor tram is 18·6 m long, 2 400 mm wide ...
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NewsNeutral shunting for Madrid terminals
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded its first contract to provide neutral shunting services within its freight terminals. Awarded to a joint venture of Logitrén and Slisa, the four-year contract started on May 1 and covers the intermodal terminal at Madrid Abroñigal and the neighbouring Santa Catalina facility, as well ...
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NewsFinal Downtown Line train completed
SINGAPORE: The final driverless trainset for the Downtown Line has been completed at Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co’s factory in Changchun in China. Deliveries of all 92 three-car sets are expected to be completed by the middle of the year. Land Transport Authority placed an initial order for 73 ...
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NewsDB plans part-privatisation of Arriva and Schenker businesses
GERMANY: Following an extraordinary meeting held in Berlin on May 4, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG has instructed the Management Board to develop to an implementation plan that would allow third parties to take a minority shareholding in the DB Arriva and DB Schenker businesses. ‘A final decision ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more X’Trapolis EMUs to Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has ordered five more six-car X’Trapolis electric multiple-units from Alstom, to be used on Melbourne’s 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. The extra units will follow a batch of another five six-car X’Trapolis EMUs that PTV ordered in 2015; these are due to be delivered ...
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NewsIran signs MoU with Hyundai Rotem
IRAN: National railway RAI signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Rotem on May 3 for the supply of 150 diesel multiple-unit cars worth US$260m. The contract is expected to be signed in late July, and the DMUs are to be used on routes covering 960 km. In 2004 ...
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NewsDual mode track geometry car
FRANCE: RATP has ordered an electro-diesel track geometry car from MerMec for use on the Paris metro network, the supplier announced on May 2. The car will be equipped with a conventional diesel power pack but it will also be able to draw traction power from the third rail ...
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NewsBuenos Aires RER consultation starts
ARGENTINA: The Ministry of Transport has launched public consultation on a project to build a new underground station at Plaza Constitución, the first phase of a major programme to create an RER network for Buenos Aires that would see 16 km of new tunnels built under the city. Costing US$200m, ...
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NewsKiruna builds Hermes wagon
SPAIN: Kiruna Wagon of Sweden is building a demonstrator wagon and side dumper unloading station for trial movements of dry bulk materials produced by ICL Iberia, whose plants at Súria and Sallent are connected to the Port of Barcelona by the 1 000 mm gauge FGC network. Kiruna is supplying ...
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NewsWarszawa suburban line voltage to change
POLAND: Following a successful test in the early hours of May 1, the power supply of the WKD suburban line in Warszawa is to be permanently converted from 600 V to 3 kV DC. The switchover is due to take place overnight on May 27-28, and would align the voltage ...
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NewsKeolis joint venture to operate Shanghai peoplemover
CHINA: Shentong Metro Group has selected the Shenkai joint venture of its subsidiary Shanghai Shentong Consulting (51%) and Keolis (49%) for the operation of the automated peoplemover that will form the southern section of Shanghai metro Line 8. The contract signed on April 27 includes two years of pre-operational work ...
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NewsDOTC mulls splitting main line rebuilding project
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transport & Communications has reportedly recommended to the government’s most senior planning body that the planned US$3·4bn PPP project to rebuild the main line between Manila and Legazpi be split into two phases.According to local newspaper BusinessMirror, DOTC believes that the commuter element of the programme ...
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NewsSeibu Railway's four seasons EMU
JAPAN: Seibu Railway has put into service a Class 4000 electric multiple-unit which has been refurbished with just 52 seats for luxury dining excursions. Each of the four cars is themed on a season, with moss and cherry blossom décor for spring, and a dining car representing a cave ...
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NewsAlstom to supply metro trains to Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires metro authority Sbase has awarded Alstom a €60m contract to supply 10 six-car Metropolis trainsets for use on Line D. The trains will be produced at Alstom’s Lapa plant in Brazil and are due to be delivered in 2017. Alstom will be responsible for maintenance during ...
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NewsAlstom preferred bidder for NS inter-city fleet
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS announced on May 2 that it had selected Alstom as preferred bidder for the supply of 80 next-generation inter-city trainsets. Following a European tender, NS shortlisted four bidders earlier this year to submit best and final offers. According to the operator, Alstom achieved the best ...