All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 556

  • CZ Loko Class 741.7 diesel-electric locomotive for ArcelorMittal's Ostrava steelworks.
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    Steelworks locomotive handed over

    2016-02-06T07:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 20 Class 741.7 diesel-electric locomotives which CZ Loko is to supply to the Czech Republic’s largest steelworks this year under a 10-year leasing and servicing deal was handed over on January 28. The ArcelorMittal Ostrava plant has 190 km of internal railway carrying 1·7 ...

  • Impressions of the light rail route were issued by the city authority on February 6. The network would be operated by Keolis under the Twisto brand.
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    Guided bus to tram plan confirmed

    2016-02-05T15:13:00Z

    FRANCE: The municipality of Caen has confirmed its intention to develop a three-line light rail network for opening by the end of 2019. The majority of the tramway would be converted from the existing TVR guided bus network under plans first announced in December 2011, but a feasibility study has ...

  • Trains would share the 8·3 km tunnel with high voltage transmission cables.
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    Cantons back Grimsel Tunnel to link metre gauge networks

    2016-02-05T13:59:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: The cantons of Bern and Valais and electricity distribution company Swissgrid unveiled a SFr580m plan for the construction of a railway linking the Zentralbahn and Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn metre-gauge networks on February 4. Swissgrid’s high voltage link over the Grimsel Pass is due to be replaced, and the ...

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    InnoTrans 2016 booking requests exceed capacity

    2016-02-05T13:18:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Requests to exhibit at InnoTrans 2016 had exceeded the space available at the exhibition centre by the time the booking deadline closed. ‘The encouragingly high level of demand far exceeds the capacity of our exhibition grounds’, said Exhibition Director Kerstin Schulz. ‘We are making every effort to ensure ...

  • Dual Inventive’s ML3000 RC shows which tracks are safe to work on.
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    Strukton Rail takes stake in Dual Inventive

    2016-02-05T10:42:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Strukton Rail signed an agreement to take a 50% stake in track worker safety technology company Dual Inventive Holding on February 4. Dual Inventive develops products intended to increase safety, productivity and asset utilisation, including possession management, automated warning, and condition monitoring systems. It has 21 employees and ...

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    Bombardier to overhaul Maryland commuter coaches

    2016-02-05T10:27:00Z

    USA: Maryland Transit Administration announced a $36·8m contract for Bombardier Transportation to overhaul 63 MARC III coaches on February 4. The double-deck commuter cars have been in service for coming up to 17 years. ‘Overhauling our MARC III cars is a cost-effective way to improve the safety and reliability of ...

  • Tracklaying where the the A1 Fast Link joins the Tel-Aviv - Modi'in line at Anava Junction (Photo: Boaz Levy).
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    Record budget for Israel Railways

    2016-02-05T09:19:00Z

    ISRAEL: A record budget of 28·3bn shekels for development of the rail network by 2020 was approved by Transport Minister Israel Katz on February 3. Katz said the projects would help to improve links to peripheral areas in particular. Israel Railways said the spending would significantly improve services, with electrification ...

  • What is described as the first container train service between China and Iran was launched on January 28.
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    China - Iran container train

    2016-02-05T08:14:00Z

    ASIA: What is described as the first container train service between China and Iran was launched on January 28, when a train carrying ‘small commodities’ departed from Yiwu for Tehran. The 10 399 km journey via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan with two breaks of gauge is scheduled to take 14 days, ...

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    Railway supply industry news in brief

    2016-02-05T07:00:00Z

    Presenting its 2015 financial results on January 28, EMD parent company Caterpillar said ‘continuing weakness in economic conditions in much of the world is expected to be negative for sales of power generation equipment, industrial engines, marine and rail’ in 2016. French company Certifer has established an Australian subsidiary in ...

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    Norway starts passenger service tendering process

    2016-02-04T15:29:00Z

    NORWAY: The Ministry of Transport & Communications announced on February 4 that it had called competitive tenders for an initial two contracts for the operation of passenger services from December 2018. Tender 1 covers the Sørlandet, Jær and Arendal lines in the south of Norway. Tender 2 covers Trondheim – ...

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    Moscow Small Ring agreement

    2016-02-04T12:07:00Z

    RUSSIA: Following consultation with the Moscow city government, Central Suburban Passenger Co and Moscow Metro have agreed to transfer to Russian Railways the rights and obligations under the contract to provide services on the Small Ring route. Small Ring passenger services are scheduled to launch on September 2, following ...

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    Stagecoach and FirstGroup shortlisted for South Western franchise

    2016-02-04T10:19:00Z

    UK: Incumbent Stagecoach South West Ltd and FirstGroup’s First South Western Trains Ltd have been shortlisted to bid for the next South Western passenger franchise, the Department for Transport announced on February 4. Around 14% of all UK rail journeys are made on the current South Western network, with ...

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    Incheon Airport maglev starts passenger services

    2016-02-04T09:34:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Passenger services on the first urban maglev line with domestically-developed technology began on February 3. Services on the 6·1 km line between Incheon International Airport and Yongyu with six stations run every 15 min between 09.00 and 18.00, although the operating hours are set to expand in ...

  • he UK’s University of Birmingham and Thailand’s Suranaree University of Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise a partnership to provide railway and transport research and education.
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    UK and Thai universities form railway partnership

    2016-02-04T07:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The UK’s University of Birmingham and Thailand’s Suranaree University of Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise a partnership to provide railway and transport research, education and training. The MOU is intended as the basis for international collaboration between the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education ...

  • Leipizg (Photo: ZVNL).
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    Transdev wins Sachsen operating contract

    2016-02-03T16:13:00Z

    GERMANY: The Leipzig and Mittelsachsen transport authorities have selected Transdev Regio Ost for the Dieselnetzes Nordwestsachsen Lot B contract to operate passenger service R6 between Leipzig, Grimma and Döbeln from June 12 2016 to December 2025. The contract covers the operation of almost 1 million train-km/year using a fleet of ...

  • Bayern railway authority BEG plans to tender the operation of München S-Bahn services (Photo: DB).
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    Bayern announces München S-Bahn tendering plan

    2016-02-03T12:44:00Z

    GERMANY: Bayern railway authority BEG set out details of a three-phase plan to tender the operation of München S-Bahn services on February 3. The strategy is designed to reflect the need to manage major investment projects over the next decade, as well as the scale and complexity of the ...

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    European approval for CDPQ’s Bombardier deal

    2016-02-03T10:36:00Z

    BOMBARDIER: The European Commission announced on February 1 that had approved the agreement announced on November 19 which will see Canadian pension and insurance investor Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec invest US$1·5bn to acquire a 30% stake in Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK Ltd, a new UK-registered holding company ...

  • ustrian Federal Railways and Slovenia’s SŽ are ‘discussing options to enter into an intensified co-operation for their rail freight business’ (Photo: ÖBB).
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    ÖBB and SŽ plan rail freight co-operation

    2016-02-03T09:30:00Z

    EUROPE: Austrian Federal Railways and Slovenia’s SŽ have announced that they are ‘discussing options to enter into an intensified co-operation for their rail freight business’. A letter of intent has been signed, and joint utilisation of assets and the formation of a joint enterprise is planned ‘from 2017 onwards’. The ...

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    Mobile ticketing technology partnership

    2016-02-03T09:15:00Z

    TICKETS: Mobile payment specialist Penrillian and smart ticketing software developer Ecebs announced an agreement to combine complementary mobile ticketing technologies during the Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2016 conference and exhibition in London on January 26. Ecebs is now Penrillian’s preferred Part 11 provider for the white-label Voyager app, ...

  • Arriva Vlaky is to launch an unsubsidised suburban passenger service on the 49 km line between Praha Hlavní and Benešov u Prahy.
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    Arriva to launch Praha suburban service

    2016-02-03T07:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: DB subsidiary Arriva Vlaky is to launch an unsubsidised suburban passenger service on the 49 km line between Praha Hlavní and Benešov u Prahy on February 29. The semi-fast trains will run every two hours on weekdays, calling at Vršovice, Strašnice zastávka, Hostivař, Mnichovice, Senohraby and Čerčany. ...