All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 560
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NewsTrack renewals tendering launched
URUGUAY: State railway AFE has announced that tender documentation is to be made available from January 22 for a PPP contract to undertake track renewals on the 141 km between Algorta and Fray Bentos. Tendering and execution of the work, which will enable freight trains to operate at up to ...
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NewsSiemens to electrify more Lima metro lines
PERU: Ansaldo STS has awarded Siemens a contract to electrify Lima metro Line 2 and the first phase of Line 4. Siemens is to install six 60 kV/20 kV feeder stations, two 20 kV cable distribution rings, 37 station supplies and 21 1·5 kV DC rectifier substations, as well ...
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NewsQuito metro breaks ground
ECUADOR: Mayor Mauricio Rodas launched the construction of the first metro line in Quito on January 19 with a ceremony at the future southern terminus at Quitumbe. The 22 km north-south Line 1 will connect El Labrador and Quitumbe with 15 stations. The end-to-end journey time is expected to ...
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NewsFour to submit best offers to supply Dutch inter-city fleet
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS announced on January 19 that it had invited Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens and Stadler to submit best and final offers for the Inter-city New Generation contract to supply its next fleet of long-distance trains. It expects to award the contract this summer, with the trains ...
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NewsRussian wagon certified for 120 km/h operation
RUSSIA: Wagon manufacturer Altaivagon has obtained type approval for its Type 13-2114-11 container flat wagon design with 18-2145 bogies, which it says will be the first Russian wagons able to operate at 120 km/h, loaded or empty.Certification enables production to begin, with the first batch of the wagons to be ...
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NewsTRB and Seisenbacher announce train interiors partnership
EUROPE: Train interior product suppliers TRB Lightweight Structures of the UK and Seisenbacher of Austria have announced that they are to co-locate staff and machinery to offer their design and manufacturing services closer to their customers. The companies supply products including floors, partitions, ceilings, storage units, galleys and doors. ‘Working ...
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NewsLyon – Torino TBM completed
EUROPE: Tunnelling is expected to get underway towards the end of this summer at Saint-Martin-la-Porte in France on the test bore for the base tunnel planned to carry a high speed line between Lyon and Torino. This will use a 12 m diameter TBM built by NFM Technologies at Le ...
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NewsStockholm Citybanan test running begins
SWEDEN: The start of test running on the Citybanan deep-level link across central Stockholm was marked when guests including Minister of Infrastructure Anna Johansson rode on a special train from Stockholms Södra to Tomteboda in the north through the immersed tunnel on January 14. Testing is being undertaken ...
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NewsGTWs delivered for La Pobla de Segur route
SPAIN: This spring Catalan regional operator FGC is due to place into service two Stadler Rail GTW 2/6 diesel multiple-units on the 1 668 mm gauge Lleida — La Pobla de Segur route. Ordered at a cost of €9⋅4m and designated Class 331 by FGC, the new DMUs should ...
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NewsFirst tram simulator in Latin America
BRAZIL: The Technical University of Madrid’s Railway Technology Research Centre CITEF has installed what it says is the first light rail driving simulator in Latin America.The simulator is being used to support driver training on the VLT Carioca light rail network in Rio de Janeiro; it consists of two student ...
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NewsMoscow metro expands further
RUSSIA: Moscow metro’s Line 1 was extended further south with the opening of a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo on January 18. Tunnelling on the one-station extension began in July 2013. Like Troparyevo, Rumyantsevo station is 12 m underground, and will remain as the southern terminus of ...
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NewsTrójmiasto EMUs nearing completion
POLAND: The two electric multiple-units that Newag is supplying to Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot suburban operator SKM w Trójmieście are nearing completion at the manufacturer’s factory in Nowy Sącz. The first is expected to arrive in the Trójmiasto conurbation around February 20, with the second due around 10 days later, and both are ...
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NewsPakistan Railways orders 800 coal hoppers
PAKISTAN: China Railway Rolling Stock Corp signed a Rs3·92bn agreement for its Jinan Railway Vehicles subsidiary to supply 800 hopper wagons to Pakistan Railways on January 14. Deliveries are scheduled for six to 10 months, with 205 of the wagons to be supplied from China and 595 produced at ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co delivers first high-capacity tank wagons
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co recently delivered the first wagons manufactured by TikhvinChemMash. The subsidiary was established at UWC's Tikhvin factory to produce tank cars to modern designs developed by its Centre for Transportation Technologies. The chemical tanks were delivered to Ural Mining & Metallurgical Co’s Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter and Yekaterinburg ...
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NewsNew Tube for London invitations to tender issued
UK: Transport for London invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens to tender for a contract to supply 250 new trainsets for the London Underground on January 18. The procurement forms part of the New Tube for London programme to modernise rolling stock, infrastructure and signalling on the small-profile Piccadilly, ...
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NewsHockey-inspired light rail vehicle unveiled
CANADA: Calgary Transit unveiled the first of 63 Siemens S200 high-floor light rail vehicles at its Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility on January 14. According to Calgary Transit, the design is inspired by a hockey goalkeeper mask, and was chosen by city residents ahead of designs inspired by the Bow River ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement signed
PANAMA: Deputy Foreign Minister Luis Miguel Hincapié and the Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Hitoshi Kikawada signed a technical and financial co-operation agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on January 14. Details of the agreement are due to be finalised during the ...
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NewsBydgoszcz tram extension opens
POLAND: A 9·5 km extension of the metre gauge tram network in Bydgoszcz opened on January 16, linking Wyścigowa with Łoskoń in the Fordon district in the east of the city. Routes 3, 5, 7 and 10 serve the new line. The first tram departed the new eastern terminus ...
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NewsBuda tram connections completed
HUNGARY: The completion of a project to connect tram routes in the Buda district of Budapest was marked with the start of passenger services on January 16. The ‘fonódó villamoshálózat’ (interweaving tram network) project has enabled the creation of two long north-south corridors on the right bank of the River ...
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NewsETCS rollout re-evaluated
NETHERLANDS: The national roll-out of the European Rail Traffic Management System is to be delayed pending a re-evaluation of the priorities, State Secretary for Infrastructure & Environment Sharon Dijksma confirmed on January 14. A budget of €2·57bn had been announced in 2014 for a programme running until 2028. This would ...