All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 548
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NewsBelfast Transport Hub planning underway
UK: Northern Ireland public transport agency Translink is developing plans for an extensive redevelopment of Belfast Great Victoria Street station and the adjacent bus station to form an integrated Belfast Transport Hub with rail, bus, cycle, taxi and car facilities. The current rail and bus stations handle seven million passengers/year, ...
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NewsVenezia airport rail link agreement
ITALY: Timescales for the construction of a rail link to Venezia’s Marco Polo airport were set out in a memorandum of understanding signed by RFI and airport management company SAVE on March 9 The project would require 12 km of new alignment. This would diverge from the existing Venezia – ...
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NewsYellow front ends become optional
UK: A new Railway Group Standard covering audibility and visibility came into force on March 5, removing the requirement for trains on the national network to have yellow front ends. Industry safety body RSSB said headlamp technology had improved since the requirement for a yellow panel was introduced the 1950s, ...
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NewsIsabel Dedring
Currently London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport, Isabel Dedring is to join Arup on March 21 as its Global Transport Leader.
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NewsTransdev orders Coradia Lint DMUs for Augsburg
GERMANY: Transdev has placed a €115m order for 28 Alstom Coradia Lint diesel multiple-units which its Bayerische Regiobahn subsidiary is to use from December 2018 on Dieselnetz Augsburg I services from Augsburg to Landsberg and Füssen and from München to Füssen. The order announced by Alstom on March 11 ...
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NewsLausanne – Renens tram route approved
SWITZERLAND: Lausanne public transport operator TL announced on March 10 that the Federal Office of Transport had granted approval for the construction of the first phase of tram route T1 from Lausanne-Flon to Renens-Gare. A public inquiry had been launched in June 2012 to consider plans for the new ...
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NewsMyanma Railways orders Indian locomotives
MYANMAR: Indian Railways subsidiary Rites is to supply 18 metre-gauge locomotives to Myanma Railways. The 1 350 hp diesel-electrics for use on passenger and freight services are to be manufactured by the Diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi, and will have microprocessor controls, fuel-efficient engines and an ergonomic cab design. ...
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NewsStrukton Rail wins northern Sweden track renewals contract
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has awarded Strukton a contract to use high-output plant to renew 40 route-km of double track on the route between Boden and Bastuträsk in northern Sweden. There is an option for a further eight route-km. The project is to be undertaken in three stages starting with the ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Powerlines Group has established a German subsidiary, Powerlines Energy Germany GmbH, with its headquarters at Ehingen in Baden-Württemberg. In the medium term the subsidiary will be responsible for expanding the group into the Benelux countries and Denmark. Alstom’s Belfort locomotive maintenance activities have been awarded Entity in ...
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NewsSix-month trial of standing on both sides of escalators
UK: Following research which has suggested it could provide a 30% increase in capacity on long escalators, on March 10 London Underground announced that passengers at Holborn station will be asked to stand on both sides of two up escalators for a six month trial period starting from April 18. ...
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NewsLyon - Torino ‘a priority’, say France and Italy
EUROPE: Construction of the new railway between Lyon and Torino via a base tunnel under Mont Cenis is ‘a priority’ for France and Italy, the two governments stressed on March 8 as they held a summit in Venezia. During the summit, Italian Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Graziano Delrio and ...
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NewsCarlo Borghini
Carlo Borghini has been nominated as the first Executive Director of the Shift2Rail joint undertaking. A former Deputy Executive Director of the aviation research programme Sesar, Borghini would serve an initial five-year term subject to final ratification of his appointment.
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NewsChicago orders CSR Sifang America metro cars
USA: The Chicago Transit Board awarded lowest bidder CSR Sifang America JV a contract on March 9 to supply its next generation of metro cars. The base order is for 400 of the 7000 Series cars, with options which could take the total build to 846 vehicles worth US$1·309bn. Chicago ...
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NewsČD wins legal battle over Railjet option
CZECH REPUBLIC: A KC25m fine which competion authority ÚOHS had imposed on national operator ČD over the procurement of Siemens Viaggio Comfort push-pull trainsets has been repealed, after the supreme administrative court ruled in favour of ČD on February 26, upholding the verdict of the Brno district court. In September ...
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NewsEighth year without train accident fatalities
UK: No passenger or workforce fatalities in train accidents have been reported in Great Britain for the eighth year in a row, according to figures for 2015 released by RSSB on March 9. There was an overall decrease in the number of fatalities, while the sustained increase in ridership continued, ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2016 provides global showcase for the US railroad supply industry
INNOTRANS: Four of the most important US rail industry associations will be exhibiting at InnoTrans 2016. The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association will be organising a combined USA Pavilion in Hall 22, along with the Railway Supply Institute, Railway Systems Suppliers Inc and American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-Way Association. There ...
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NewsDB Regio awarded Donau-Ostalb operating contract
GERMANY: The Land of Baden-Württemberg has awarded incumbent and sole bidder DB ZugBusRegionalverkehr Alb Bodensee the Netz 5 Donau-Ostalb passenger operating contract which runs for 10 years from the December 2016 timetable change. The current subsidy of €11·69 per train-km will decrease to €10·20 in the first year and then ...
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NewsColmar wins its biggest road-rail lifter order
ITALY: Colmar has announced its biggest-ever order, a €45m contract to supply 141 Type T11000FS road-rail loaders to infrastructure manager RFI over four years. These will join 400 vehicles which it has previously supplied. The 29 tonne T11000FS has a maximum lifting capacity in rail mode of 12 tonnes. The ...
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NewsTehran – Mashhad capacity increased
IRAN: National railway RAI has completed a €31m project to increase capacity on its 926 km main line between Tehran and Mashhad, with the commissioning of the second phase of its resignalling programme. Building on the introduction of automatic train protection in January 2015, RAI has installed intermediate signals to ...
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NewsDBK-Leasing completes Ijara wagon deal
KAZAKHSTAN: Development Bank of Kazakhstan’s DBK-Leasing subsidiary has completed its first rolling stock transaction meeting Islamic Ijara leasing requirements. The 1·1bn tenge deal covers the provision of 113 LPG tank wagons for use by Eastcomtrans for 10 years, with defined payments and the lessor responsible for insurance and maintenance. ...