All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 536
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NewsERS 2016: more collaboration and faster innovation needed
EUROPE: Reaching an audience in excess of 350 people, the second European Rail Summit organised by the Railway Gazette Group took place in Brussels on April 27-28 against a backdrop of legislative progress on various elements of European rail policy.Featuring keynote addresses by European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and the ...
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NewsCentral section of Bangalore’s Purple Line inaugurated
INDIA: The central section of the Namma Metro Purple Line in Bangalore was inaugurated on April 29, ahead of the start of revenue services the following day. With the completion of its first phase, the standard gauge route now has 17 stations. The 5·1 km central section links MG ...
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NewsRATP Dev forms UAE joint venture
UAE: RATP Dev and Lakhraim Business Group company Zain Capital have formed a joint venture to bid for public transport projects in UAE. Announcing the formation of RATP Dev Transportation LLC on April 26, RATP Dev said that its aim is to ‘serve the growing needs of the UAE for ...
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NewsSlovenian route upgrade nears completion
SLOVENIA: SŽ Infrastruktura has begun test running between Pragersko and Ormož as it nears completion of the first phase of a project to modernise the 110 km line from Pragersko on the Ljubljana – Maribor route to Hodoš on the Hungarian border. The upgrade will increase the axleload to ...
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NewsThe long road to Turkish market opening
Retaining ambitions one day to accede to the European Union and playing a potentially significant role in pan-European transit freight, Turkey has for many years been seeking to liberalise its railway market broadly in line with EU policy. Some progress has been made, but much more legislation has still to ...
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NewsShizuoka Railway fleet replacement begins
JAPAN: Shizuoka Railway has taken delivery of the first of 12 Class 3000 electric multiple-units ordered from J-TREC at cost of ¥4bn. The 11 km local railway carries 11 million passengers/year between its 15 stations. The new EMUs will replace the current fleet of 12 Tokyu Sharyo Class 1000 units ...
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NewsFeature articles in the May 2016 issue of Railway Gazette International
Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today. Comment Fourth Railway Package: new beginning or missed opportunity? News Main Line Urban Rail Market ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market April 2016
Austria: Nacco has supplied Rail Cargo with 26 Tadns wagons with stainless steel bodies and light bogies. Brazil: Rumo ALL has awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to modernise and maintain for 15 years the braking systems on 8 500 sugar cane wagons. Czech Republic: XTR Logistic has purchased 11 ...
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NewsBLS Cargo takes delivery of Vectron locomotives
SWITZERLAND: BLS Cargo took delivery of the first two of 15 Siemens Vectron MS locomotives in Spiez on April 29. Designated Class Re475, they will be subject to ‘intensive’ testing over the coming weeks to obtain certification for use in Switzerland, Germany and Austria ahead of the formal handover to ...
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NewsSJ awarded Mälardalen operating contract
SWEDEN: The Mälardalstrafik joint venture of local authorities has awarded incumbent SJ a contract to operate subsidised passenger services for four years from December 2016. The contract announced on April 28 covers four routes west and southwest of the capital: Svealandsbanan: Örebro – Eskilstuna – Stockholm (– Uppsala);Nyköpingsbanan: Norrköping – ...
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NewsCroatian double-tracking contract signed
CROATIA: A contract for the modernisation and double-tracking of the 38·2 km Dugo Selo – Križevci section of the route from Zagreb to the border with Hungary was signed by HŽ Infrastruktura and a consortium of DIV, Dalekovod and Zagreb Montaža on April 29. The EU is to ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn awards ICE wi-fi contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded Icomera a contract to provide internet access on its fleet of around 260 ICE high speed trainsets by the end of the year, plus more than 100 new ICE 4 trainsets which are on order. Icomera is to supply its X-Series open application and connectivity ...
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NewsThe Fourth Railway Package explained
EUROPE: Tabled by the European Commission in January 2013, the Fourth Railway Package includes six legislative measures aimed at 'completing the Single European Railway Area to foster European competitiveness and growth’. This includes the opening up of domestic passenger services to on-rail competition in all member states, and the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Ticketing technology company Parkeon has appointed Kuwait-based IT firm Coaxial as its fare collection systems partner for the Gulf region. ‘Parkeon has already been involved in numerous public transport automatic fare collection projects in the region, but we see even greater opportunities opening up through the Coaxial partnership as Gulf ...
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NewsEuropean Parliament approves Fourth Railway Package technical pillar
EUROPE: The technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package which is designed to simplify certification procedures across the EU was approved by a plenary session of the European Parliament on April 28. The technical pillar has been less controversial than the political pillar covering market opening, and the wording ...
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NewsAKN direct award contract
GERMANY: The Länder of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein have announced their intention to directly award incumbent AKN a contract to continue to operate three local passenger routes for a further 10 years from May 1 2017. The contract coverts three routes to the north of Hamburg: A1 Hamburg-Eidelstedt – Neumünster ...
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NewsPerth airport rail link contract signed
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Authority of Western Australia announced on April 28 the finalisation of the A$1·176bn contract to build the Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth. A joint venture of Salini Impregilo and NRW was selected as preferred bidder in February. It will build 8 km of twin bore tunnels and ...
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NewsRiga orders more Škoda trams
LATVIA: Rīgas Satiksme has signed a €62·6m contract with Škoda Transportation for the supply of 20 low-floor trams, the operator announced on April 27. Deliveries are to take place in 2017, and the trams are to be used on Route 4 of the 1 524 mm gauge network. Škoda ...
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NewsDisney comes to the Shanghai metro
CHINA: A metro station serving Shanghai’s new Disney Resort opened on April 26. The underground station becomes the eastern terminus of Line 11 and is connected to the theme park’s northern entrance. With a concourse of 40 000 m2, the station is about four times the size of a ...
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NewsMore rolling stock planned as ÖBB traffic grows
AUSTRIA: Announcing Austrian Federal Railway’s financial results for 2015 on April 22, Chief Executive Officer Christian Kern reported that this was the sixth consecutive year when financial performance had improved. Total revenue of €6 345m was slightly lower than 2014, with EBT of €192·8m, up from €171·7m the previous ...