All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 590
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NewsParis Line 18 contract awarded
FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris has awarded the Linéov Group consortium of SNC-Lavalin, Algoé and Transamo a project management assistance contract for Paris metro Line 18. The contract covers both the construction and operation phases. Linéov Group will advise SGP on project management, and oversee all the contractors and ...
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NewsTransNamib orders GE locomotives
NAMIBIA: National railway TransNamib signed a US$22·7m purchase agreement for six GE Transportation C23EMP locomotives on September 11. The 1 067 mm gauge diesel locomotives are scheduled to be delivered to Walvis Bay within the next 18 to 20 months. They will be used to haul sulphuric acid ...
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NewsPortland opens Orange Line
USA: Portland light rail operator TriMet inaugurated the MAX Orange Line between Portland and Milwaukie on September 12. The 11·7 km route is operated as a southern extension of the existing Yellow line. Startling at SE Park Avenue in north Milwaukie, the route runs north to OMSI before crossing ...
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NewsNew York opens Subway Line 7 extension
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority inaugurated an extension of the Subway’s 7-Flushing Line on September 13. The 2·4 km extension runs west from 42 Street/Times Square before turning south to reach a new station at 34 St-Hudson Yards. ‘This station is the centrepiece of an ambitious plan to ...
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NewsMobile Maintenance Train enters service
UK: The first of eight self-propelled Mobile Maintenance Trains which Robel is supplying to infrastructure manager Network Rail has entered service. The key feature of the MMT is the extendable cover over the floodlit working area, which provides staff with protection from the weather and from trains passing on ...
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NewsRailmark forms Transit Services business unit
USA: Railmark Holdings Inc has announced the formation of a Railmark Transit Services business unit, consolidating its lubrication, equipment heating and rolling stock component activities alongside its train operations, rolling stock maintenance, marketing, accessibility modification and other passenger rail support services. Railmark plans to ‘significantly’ expand the range of ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market September 2015
Algeria: EMA has awarded a three-year contract to extend the Constantine tram line to a consortium of Alstom, Corsan, Corviam and Cosider. Austria: ÖBB-Infrastruktur has awarded Hochtief, Implenia and Thyssen Schachtbau a €457m contract for NATM construction of the 7·4 km twin bore eastern section of the Semmering base ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market September 2015
Australia: UGL and Unipart Rail have won an A$131m contract to modernise Sydney Trains’ 446 Tangara EMU cars by July 2018. Mitsubishi Electric will upgrade the traction systems. Interfleet supported the tendering process. Bulgaria: A Siemens-Newag consortium submitted the lowest bid to supply 20 three-car trainsets for the future ...
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NewsCommuter prognosticator avoids delays which haven’t happened yet
SWEDEN: Mathematician Wilhelm Landerholm of Queue AB and Stockholm commuter train operator Stockholmståg have developed an algorithm which can be used to forecast potential delays, helping network control staff to make decisions which will minimise the potential impact and also prevent ripple effects before they would have occurred. Real-time feeds ...
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NewsMetrolinx orders computer-based integrated control system
CANADA: Regional transport agency Metrolinx has awarded Alstom a €113m contract to provide a computer-based integrated train control system covering the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area. Commissioning is scheduled for late 2018. Announcing the contract on September 10, Alstom said its Iconis technology would provide a single control centre ...
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NewsDfT seeks ideas to secure Island Line’s future
UK: The Department for Transport announced on September 11 that it would undertake public consultation on proposals to secure the future of the 13·5 km isolated line on the Isle of Wight by turning it into ‘a separate and self-sustaining business’ during the life of the next South Western franchise, ...
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NewsTurkish GSM-R interoperability testing completed
TURKEY: Italian certification group RINA has successfully completed interoperability testing of the GSM-R base station sub-system access network supplied to national railway TCDD by Huawei, and the GSM-R network switching sub-system core network supplied by Nokia. Huawei said TCDD has typical multi-vendor GSM-R infrastructure, with Nokia, Kapsch and Huawei elements. ...
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NewsThe Digital Future is now arriving
RG:TV: Digital technology is set to play an increasing role in all aspects of the rail sector, according to panellists participating in the Railway Gazette TV interactive debate on The Digital Future. Broadcast from London’s Tower Bridge Studio on September 9, the discussion attracted almost 500 registered viewers from 50 ...
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NewsSan Jose LRVs return to service in Sacramento
USA: The first of 21 light rail vehicles to be refurbished by Siemens for Sacramento Regional Transit District is scheduled to re-enter service during September, operating on the Blue Line extension to Cosumnes River College which opened in August. The high-floor LRVs were originally built by Canada’s Urban Transportation ...
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NewsCrossrail EMU bodyshell on test
UK: A test bodyshell for the Class 345 electric multiple-units ordered for London’s Crossrail project has been assembled at Bombardier Transportation’s Derby plant, where it is being used to refine the design and manufacturing techniques ahead of full production of the 594 cars for 66 nine-car trainsets. 'This assembled body ...
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NewsFinch West light rail RFQ issued
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and regional transport authority Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications seeking interest in the estimated C$1bn contract to design, build, finance and maintain the Finch West Light Rail Transit project in Toronto. The project includes 11 km of segregated light rail line along Finch Avenue West ...
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NewsBertram Kiswaga
Bertram Kiswaga, Deputy Director at the National Institute of Transport of Tanzania, has been appointed Deputy Managing Director of Tazara, succeeding Saidi Sauko.
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NewsMerseyrail EMU fleet to be replaced
UK: Liverpool regional transport authority Merseytravel is to procure a new fleet of electric multiple-units to replace the 59 three-car Class 507 and 508 EMUs used on Merseyrail services which are now approaching 40 years old. The higher availability and improved reliability of modern EMUs is expected to enabling a ...
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NewsVojens – Vamdrup double-tracking completed
DENMARK: Transport Minister Hans Christian Schmidt inaugurated the second track between Vamdrup and Vojens in Jylland on September 7, marking the official completion of a two-year project to remove one of the last sections of single track on the route through Jylland to Germany. The 20 km section has ...
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NewsSun International to revitalise The Blue Train
SOUTH AFRICA: Following an open tender, national freight operator Transnet has selected tourism, leisure and gaming group Sun International to develop and implement a marketing strategy for The Blue Train luxury train service. The agreement with Sun International was signed on September 8 and will run for up to ...