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    Trinity Industries and Element Financial extend wagon alliance

    2015-10-15T06:00:00Z

    USA: On October 14 the TrinityRail Asset Management Co subsidiary of Trinity Industries announced an extension of its alliance agreement with Element Financial Corp, which expects to acquire additional wagons leased to third parties worth up to $1bn in 2016-19. As with purchases made under the existing alliance agreed in ...

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    New York MTA agrees capital funding

    2015-10-14T14:23:00Z

    USA: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast announced on October 10 that they had reached agreement on the remaining funding for the MTA Capital Program. The $26·1bn five-year capital expenditure plan forms the largest ever investment in MTA ...

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    ÖBB calls tenders for 200-locomotive framework contract

    2015-10-14T13:48:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways has invited expressions of interest in a framework contract for the supply of up to 200 electric and electro-diesel locomotives equipped to operate in various combinations of European countries. The tender is divided into three lots. Lot 1 covers a ‘Standard Locomotive’, which would be a ...

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    Station beacons on test in Boston

    2015-10-14T11:05:00Z

    USA: Digital media company Intersection is using Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority stations in Boston to test secure closed networks of Gimbal Bluetooth Smart beacons which can trigger location-specific content on apps installed on passengers’ mobile devices. The aim is to test how passengers use wayfinding and other information, whether ...

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    PRASA’s Gauteng Nerve Centre completed

    2015-10-14T10:49:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: The Gauteng integrated control centre in Kaalfontein near Johannesburg was handed over to passenger operator PRASA on October 13, and is due to take control of an initial section of the province’s 1 067 mm gauge 3 kV DC electrified main line network from January. The Gauteng Nerve ...

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    Init acquires Webus

    2015-10-14T06:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Init has acquired LC Consultant, which supplies Webus rostering and dispatching software to a mainly French customer base, including the tram operator in Marseille. The LC Consultant team will remain in Saint-Cloud near Paris and will report to Initi’s Initperdis subsidiary based in Hamburg.

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    Casablanca orders 50 more Citadis trams

    2015-10-13T14:02:00Z

    MOROCCO: Casa Transports has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to supply 50 Citadis trams, power supplies and signalling for Line 2 of the Casablanca tramway. Alstom supplied the initial fleet of 74 Citadis trams for the 31 km Line 1 which opened in 2012. Construction of the 22 km ...

  • Plans for a registration scheme which would allow large musical instruments to be carried on the Hong Kong metro network have been announced by MTR Corp.
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    MTR plans musical instrument registration scheme

    2015-10-13T14:01:00Z

    CHINA: Plans for a registration scheme which would allow large musical instruments to be carried on the Hong Kong metro network have been announced by MTR Corp. Current rules say that items of luggage must not exceed 1 300 mm along any one side, a limit which was brought in ...

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    Modernised Bydgoszcz Główna station opens

    2015-10-13T13:23:00Z

    POLAND: The modernised Bydgoszcz Główna station was officially opened to passengers at 10.10 on October 10. A new station building with a 3 500 m2 glass façade has been erected, while the historic island platform building has been modernised along with the platforms and subways. The work used 6 ...

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    Siemens supplies locomotives from stock for rapid delivery

    2015-10-13T12:22:00Z

    EUROPE: Mitsui Rail Capital Europe has ordered a further 21 electric locomotives, Siemens announced on October 13, which will take the leasing company’s Vectron fleet to 56 locomotives. The latest order includes 10 locomotives equipped for 15 kV 16·7 Hz operation in Germany and Austria, and 11 multi-system locomotives also ...

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    Hessische Landesbahn wins operating contract

    2015-10-13T08:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Following a European tender, on October 12 the Rhein-Main, Rheinland-Pfalz Süd and Bayern transport authorities jointly announced that Hessische Landesbahn had been selected to operate Netz Südhessen-Untermain passenger services from December 2018. The contract covers two routes: RB75: Wiesbaden – Mainz – Darmstadt – Aschaffenburg;RB55: Frankfurt – Maintal – ...

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    Kanchrapara EMU factory prequalification begins

    2015-10-13T06:00:00Z

    INDIA: The Ministry of Railways has issued a request for qualifications for a contract to set to establish on a joint venture basis an electric multiple-unit and metro car factory at Kanchrapara, north of Kolkata in West Bengal. Around 150 acres of railway land has been allocated for the project. ...

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    Denver orders Siemens LRVs

    2015-10-12T14:08:00Z

    USA: Denver Regional Transportation District has awarded Siemens a $110m contract to supply 29 SD 160 light rail vehicles. The LRVs are to be built at Siemens’ factory in Sacramento and are due to be delivered in early 2018. The latest order would bring RTD’s fleet of LRVs to ...

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    Mumbai starts work on two metro lines

    2015-10-12T13:44:00Z

    INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones for two metro lines in Mumbai on October 11. The northern section of Line 2 would run 18·5 km south from Dahisar to DN Nagar with 17 stations. The estimated cost is Rs49·9bn and ridership is expected to be 407 ...

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    Wabtec acquires lineside sensor supplier Track IQ

    2015-10-12T13:37:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Wabtec Corp announced its acquisition of lineside sensor manufacturer Track IQ on October 12. Track IQ products use acoustic sensors to monitor the condition of bearings and wheels on passing rolling stock. They are installed at more than 150 locations in countries including Australia, New Zealand, ...

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    Izmit orders Durmazlar trams

    2015-10-12T12:56:00Z

    TURKEY: Kocaeli municipality signed a €19·7m contract with Durmazlar on October 5 for the supply of 12 trams for the Akçaray line in Izmit. The trams will be 32 m long, 2 650 mm wide and 3·3 m high, with capacity for 300 passengers. They will have a maximum ...

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    Nice selects Alstom trams for Line 2

    2015-10-12T11:16:00Z

    FRANCE: Métropole Nice Côte D’Azur has selected Alstom Transport to supply 19 trams for the second tram route in Nice. The €91m contract announced on October 12 includes 12 years of maintenance and options for up to 18 more trams. As the surface sections of the route will have ...

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    Gold Coast light rail Stage 2 secures federal funding

    2015-10-12T09:22:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on October 11 that the federal government will provide A$95m for the construction of Gold Coast light rail Stage 2. Turnbull’s predecessor Tony Abbott refused to provide federal funding for urban rail projects, but was replaced as Prime Minister on September 15. All ...

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    Appalachian buys FreightCar America repair business

    2015-10-12T06:00:00Z

    USA: Appalachian Railcar Services subsidiary ARS Nebraska bought FreightCar America’s wagon repair and maintenance business on September 30, paying $20·0m in cash and assuming certain liabilities. President & CEO Kurt Higginbotham said the deal was ‘a great moment’ in the history of ARS, which since 2000 has expanded into ...

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    Feature articles in the October 2015 issue of Railway Gazette International

    2015-10-11T06:00:00Z

    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 Time to rise above the hot air News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry Innovations ...