All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 620
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NewsOstrava airport rail link opens
CZECH REPUBLIC: Ostrava became the first city in the country with a rail link to its international airport when a single-track electrified line to Leoš Janáček Airport in Mošnov was inaugurated on April 13. The KC553m project was 85 % funded by the European Union, with the remainder from the ...
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NewsTDSi signs railway security technology agreement in China
CHINA: UK-based security and access control system manufacturer TDSi has signed a five-year strategic co-operation agreement with China Rail Chen Bang Technology Ltd, which will see TDSi's technology used on rail and metro projects throughout China. TDSi produces systems including access control technology, biometric readers, CCTV and associated software. Managing ...
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NewsA new infrastructure company by 2017
VOSSLOH: Vossloh AG will be transformed into a ‘new rail infrastructure company’ by 2017, the company said when presenting its results for 2014. The year’s financial performance was impacted by restructuring and realignment. ‘We took forward-looking, far-reaching decisions in 2014’, said Chairman Hans M Schabert. ‘In 2015, we are ...
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NewsToronto subway extension contract
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has awarded Bechtel Canada Co a contract worth ‘up to C$80m’ for project management of the Spadina subway extension to York, it announced on April 13. The contract runs until March 31 2018 and will see Bechtel staff join an integrated team with TTC. The ...
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NewsGreen metro substation
INDIA: Delhi Metro’s first ever ‘green’ electrical receiving substation has been put into operation at Faridabad, as test running started on the 13·9 km elevated Badarpur – Faridabad section of Line 6 on April 12. Construction started in September 2013 and the substation was completed in February 2015. It ...
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NewsGhana studies light rail and inter-city PPPs
GHANA: The minister responsible for public-private partnerships, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, has appointed New York investment bank Chesterfield Faring to devise a request for proposals for PPP contracts to develop a light rail line in Accra and an inter-city link between the capital and Kumasi. The elevated light rail line would ...
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NewsCutting edge technology
UK: Following two years of development, Terock Ltd has received Network Rail approval for its TRS330 rail shear, purpose-designed for cutting and clearing scrap rail. The road-rail vehicle mounted shear has a 1 000-tonne cutting force for breaking 65 kg/m rail quickly and efficiently, with 360° rotation which enables ...
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NewsInvestors back Mitsui Rail Capital expansion
NORTH AMERICA: A doubling of Mitsui Rail Capital’s wagon leasing business is envisaged under an agreement for Japanese companies JA Mitsui Leasing and Norinchukin Bank to take a 50% stake in the Mitsui subsidiary. The companies are to acquire the stake through a newly-established special purpose company, JAML ...
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NewsCNR delivers locomotives to DR Congo
DR CONGO: A batch of 18 CNR Beijing February 7 Railway Transport Equipment Co Type CKD8C1 diesel-electric locomotives ordered by national railway company SNCC was shipped from the Chinese port of Tianjin on April 8. The new locomotives were procured as part of the Multimodal Transport Project, which was launched ...
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NewsDallas Streetcar opens
USA: The Dallas Streetcar was officially opened at 09.00 on April 13, with a ceremony attended by city council member Scott Griggs and Dallas Area Rapid Transit President Gary Thomas. Passenger service began at 11.30. The 2·6 km standard gauge route links Oak Cliff in the southwest of the ...
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NewsRegiotrans restarts operations
ROMANIA: Private passenger operator Regiotrans hopes to resume all its previous services this month, after regaining an operating certificate on March 30 and repairing enough rolling stock to reinstate one-third of its previous routes on April 1. National safety agency ASFR had withdrawn the company’s operating certificate on March ...
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NewsPlasser & Theurer delivers ballast profilers
POLAND: Plasser & Theurer has supplied infrastructure manager PKP PLK with two USP 2010 SWS-U universal ballast distribution and profiling machines. The P-IC 2.0 Plasser Intelligent Control system offers a clear touch-screen menu with access to all machine functions from one place. The machines have a centre plough, shoulder ploughs ...
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NewsDubai Expo 2020 metro extension approved
UAE: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, approved a 15 km extension of Dubai metro’s Red Line on April 11. The Route 2020 project would build a branch of the Red Line from Nakheel Harbour & ...
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NewsRolling stock maintenance joint venture formed
SINGAPORE: A joint venture agreement for the provision of rolling stock maintenance, repair and overhaul services in Southeast Asia was signed by Faiveley Transport and the Singapore Rail Engineering subsidiary of transport operator SMRT on April 9. Faiveley Rail Engineering Singapore’s activities will include support for braking, door, platform screen ...
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NewsBangkok Sukhumvit Line extension contracts
THAILAND: Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand has signed four contracts for the construction of the northern extension of the BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit Line from Mo Chit to Ku Kot. Italian-Thai Development signed a 15·3bn baht contract for civil works on the 12 km Mo Chit – Saphan Mai ...
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NewsTrams start serving Toulouse airport
FRANCE: Trams started serving Toulouse Blagnac Airport on April 11 with the opening of Route T2. The 2·4 km branch leaves the T1 route at Ancely and has two intermediate stops at Nadot and Daurat. T2 services run to the southern terminus of the original tram route at Palais ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2015
Wi-fi has been rolled out across the whole of the Moscow metro network. Voters in Oberhausen have rejected a proposal to extend tram Route 105 to connect the Essen and Oberhausen networks. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has proposed a regulatory framework to increase the responsibilities of ...
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NewsCustom-built crane wagon for Africa
WAGON: A wagon for carrying a heavy road crane to the sites of infrastructure works or derailments on a line in Africa has been designed by Belgian company DAXI and built by Electroputere VFU Pașcani of Romania. The 1 435 mm gauge wagon is 23·58 m long over the buffers, ...
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NewsEMD delivers Ferromex locomotives
MEXICO: Ferromex has taken delivery of the first 10 of a batch of 19 additional Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe locomotives ordered last year under a contract which includes an 11-year maintenance agreement. They are expected to enter service by June. ‘We are very pleased to receive the first 10 EMD locomotives ...