All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 573
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NewsMitsubishi Electric opens Indian traction equipment factory
INDIA: Mitsubishi Electric Corp subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India has opened a US$8m factory at Bidadi near Bangalore which will manufacture and maintain traction inverters, motors and other electrical equipment for metro rolling stock. Mitsubishi Electric is aiming for annual revenue of US$170m in the Indian transport equipment sector by 2020. ...
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NewsVIA Rail acquires Brockville Subdivision
CANADA: VIA Rail Canada has acquired the Brockville Subdivision from Canadian Pacific. This comprises 45 km of single track between Smiths Falls and Brockville on the Ottawa – Toronto route in Ontario. ‘This acquisition will strengthen our rail network dedicated to passenger trains in the Ottawa region, where VIA Rail ...
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NewsFeature articles in the December 2015 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the December 2015 issue of Metro Report International. Comment FGC's General Director Pere Calvet considers the role that suburban railways need to play and the challenges that lie ahead News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news City digest European trams delivered, Dublin Metro revived, ...
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NewsAntwerpen Noorderlijn tram contracts signed
BELGIUM: Under the co-ordination of project promoter Beheersmaatschappij Antwerpen Mobiel, the City of Antwerp, the Flemish Roads & Traffic Agency and operator De Lijn signed PPP contracts for the construction of the Noorderlijn tram project in Antwerpen with the TramContractors consortium on November 19. The consortium comprises BAM-PGGM, which ...
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NewsIndian Railways signs 12 000 wagon deal
INDIA: Indian Railways has signed agreements worth Rs25bn for the SAIL-RITES Bengal Wagon Industry joint venture to supply 1 200 stainless steel wagons and refurbish 300 existing wagons every year for the next 10 years. The two agreements will enable production to start shortly at a Rs1·2bn factory at ...
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NewsHangzhou extends metro Line 1
CHINA: A 5·7 km extension of Hangzhou metro’s Line 1 opened on November 24, exactly three years since the inauguration of the city’s first metro line. The new section runs from the former eastern terminus of Wenze Road to Xiasha District with two intermediate stations. It underwent a period ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur about to receive Innovia trainset
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 driverless Innovia metro trainsets ordered as part of the project to extend Kuala Lumpur’s Kelana Jaya Line is due to arrive at Port Klang in the first week of December. Prasarana placed the order with a consortium of Bombardier and Hartasuma. The first set ...
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NewsRailway supply industry news in brief
Export-Import Bank of China agreed on November 19 to provide a 500bn yuan line of credit and to provide policy and international experience to support China Railway Corp with planned expansion in the global rail infrastructure project market. Nomad Digital announced on November 23 that it had completed a £4m ...
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NewsEdmonton selects Valley Line contractor
CANADA: The city of Edmonton has selected the TransEd Partners consortium to design, build, operate, maintain and finance the first stage of the Valley Line light rail project. The consortium comprises Fengate Capital Management, Bechtel, Ellis-Don, Bombardier, Transdev, Arup and IBI Group. TransEd Partners beat two other bidders. The ...
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NewsAlstom buys stake in South African rolling stock business
SOUTH AFRICA: Alstom announced on November 26 that it had signed an agreement to buy a 51% stake in rolling stock refurbishment company Commuter Transport & Locomotive Engineering from Commuter Transport Engineering and Industrial Development Corp, which will remain as minority shareholders. An employee benefit scheme will also be created. ...
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NewsRio tram starts test running
BRAZIL: Test running with passengers started on the central section of the VLT Carioca tram route in Rio de Janeiro on November 21. Mayor Eduardo Paes was among those on the inaugural tram. The first phase from Santos Dumont Airport to Rodoviária Novo Rio is due to open in ...
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NewsBoard quits as cabinet approves FS privatisation
ITALY: The entire Administrative Board of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane has resigned, the national railway announced on November 26. A meeting to elect a new board is to be held as soon as possible. The move follows a decision by the Council of Ministers on November 23 to approve initial ...
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NewsRZD International signs Iranian electrification contract
IRAN: Russian Railways subsidiary RZD International signed a contract to electrify the 495 km route from Garmsar on the Tehran – Mashhad line to Incheh Borun on the border with Turkmenistan during a visit by Russian’s President Putin to Tehran on November 23. The 36-month contract is worth an estimated ...
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NewsHendy revises Network Rail project timescales as costs rise
UK: The cost of Network Rail’s infrastructure enhancement programme for 2014-19 has increased from £12·8bn to £15·3bn, according to a review by new Chairman Sir Peter Hendy which was published on November 25. He insisted that all of the planned works would still be completed, although some schemes will be ...
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NewsEversholt awards ETCS First in Class contract
UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded Alstom’s signalling business SSL a contract for the trial installation of ETCS equipment on a Class 365 electric multiple-unit operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. The contract includes an option for the conversion of the remaining Class 365 EMUs ahead of full ETCS Level ...
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NewsČD loses Škoda Transportation locomotive battle
CZECH REPUBLIC: An arbitration court issued its ruling on a protracted dispute between national railway ČD and Škoda Transportation over the late delivery of 20 Type 109E Class 380 multi-voltage electric locomotives on November 16. The court ruled in favour of Škoda Transportation, rejecting ČD’s claim for compensation and saying ...
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NewsDublin orders nine-section trams
IRELAND: Transport Infrastructure Ireland placed a €36·5m order for seven Alstom Citadis trams on November 25. To be built at Alstom’s La Rochelle factory, the trams are to be delivered in time for the opening of the Luas Cross City extension of the Green Line at the end of ...
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NewsThree Rail Baltica funding agreements signed
EUROPE: Three grant agreements for the Rail Baltica project with a total value of €734m were signed by the EU's Innovation & Networks Executive Agency in Tallinn on November 24. The grants have been awarded under the 2014 call for Connecting Europe Facility funding, and cover planning and construction works ...
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NewsNorthern Line extension breaks ground
UK: Mayor of London Boris Johnson officially launched construction of an extension of London Underground’s Northern Line on November 23. The 3·3 km extension from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea is due to be completed in 2020. Boring of twin tunnels is due to begin in early 2017 ...
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NewsGold Coast tram option exercised
AUSTRALIA: Bombardier Transportation is to supply four additional Flexity trams to the Gold Coast under a A$25m contract announced on November 25. The order forms an option that was part of the original contract signed in 2011 between the Queensland government and the GoldlinQ consortium of KDR Gold Coast, ...