All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 68
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NewsDeloitte to develop Spanish track access charging regime
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Deloitte a contract to develop a scale of access charges which will apply to RENFE, Iryo and Ouigo in 2024 and 2025. Responsibility for access charges was transferred from the state budget to ADIF in December 2022, and they can ...
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NewsAkiem signs 100-loco framework agreement
EUROPE: Alstom and leasing company Akiem have signed a €500m framework contract for up to 100 Traxx Universal MS3 locomotives, with a firm order for 65. The locomotives will be suitable for freight and inter-city passenger operations at up to 160 km/h in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, ...
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NewsHamburg S-Bahn to trial digital energy saving controls
GERMANY: As part of the Digitale S-Bahn Hamburg programme, the city of Hamburg, Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility are to trial an intelligent operations control system aimed at making operations more energy efficient. Signing a co-operation accord on July 18, the three partners agreed to invest ...
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NewsEurostar check-in biometric verification goes live
The SmartCheck biometric check-in and UK border exit system has gone live at Eurostar’s London St Pancras station; Railway Gazette International tries it out and speaks to the high speed train operator and supplier iProov.
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NewsService enhancements announced as Vy signs Østlandet operating contract
NORWAY: Enhanced services are to be rolled out in eastern Norway following the signing of contracts for state-owned operator Vy to run the Østlandet network for 10 years from December 2023.
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NewsEurobahn contract extended to match battery train delivery
GERMANY: Westfalen-Lippe transport authority NWL has directly awarded Eurobahn a three-year extension to its contract to operate Ostwestfalen-Lippe Nord diesel-worked passenger services. The contract started on December 2013 and was due to run to December 2025. It has been extended so that the next tendered contract ...
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NewsWagon pooling company relocates headquarters
NORTH AMERICA: Wagon pooling company TTX is to move its headquarters from Chicago to Charlotte in North Carolina. TTX is a co-operative owned by BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX Ferromex, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific. It has a fleet of more than 170 000 wagons for traffic ...
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NewsSBB unveils inter-regional double-deck trainsets
SWITZERLAND: The first of 60 Stadler RABe512 double deck electric multiple-units for use on Interregio services was unveiled by Swiss Federal Railways at Zürich’s main station on July 7. SBB awarded Stadler a SFr1·3bn contract to supply the EMUs in 2021, having ordered similar units from ...
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NewsAlstom to open train cab factory in Morocco
MOROCCO: Alstom is to build a second factory in Fez, where will produce driving cabs for regional and metro trains. This 160m dirham investment is expected to create 200 direct jobs by 2025. Alstom produces electrical wiring and Mitrac transformers at its existing plant in the ...
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NewsDB Regio awarded E-Netz Oberelbe operating contract
GERMANY: Oberelbe transport authority VVO has awarded DB Regio a contract to operate E-Netz Oberelbe passenger services from 14 years from December 2026. The contract covers services from Dresden to Leipzig, Cottbus and Hoyerswerda totalling 3·1 million train-km/year. The scope will be expanded in 2035 with ...
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NewsLong-term locomotive service contract signed
EUROPE: Leasing company Alpha Trains and Siemens Mobility have signed their largest servicing contract, covering the maintenance of Vectron locomotives over 15 years. Maintenance work will be undertaken at Siemens Mobility Service facilities in 13 countries, with major overhauls to be done at the Siemens Rail ...
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NewsGateway Programme back on course as Hudson tunnel gets federal grant
USA: The project to build another rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River linking New York City with New Jersey is to be allocated a further $6·9bn of federal funding.
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NewsVale to study ammonia fuel and orders battery locos
BRAZIL: Mining company Vale has ordered three Wabtec FLXdrive battery locomotives to replace diesel traction and is to collaborate with the supplier to investigate the use of ammonia as a potential replacement for diesel fuel. Wabtec will build the FLXdrive battery locomotives at its plant in ...
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NewsIndustry calls for rapid implementation of European Commission proposals to boost rail freight
EUROPE: Industry associations have welcomed the European Commission’s Greening Freight proposals to improve cross-border rail freight services and standardise information on transport emissions, but have expressed concern about permitting the use of larger and heavier lorries. Noting that railways are expensive to build and increasingly congested, ...
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NewsSpanish narrow gauge fares integrated
SPAIN: Fares on the metre gauge routes formerly operated by FEVE will be integrated with the rest of national operator RENFE’s fare structure from July 17. FEVE was merged with RENFE in January 2013, but the separate fare structures were retained, including a lack of through ...
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NewsColombian rail corridor maintenance contract awarded
COLOMBIA: National infrastructure agency ANI has awarded a contract for the maintenance and modernisation of the La Dorada – Chiriguaná line to the San Felipe Férreo consortium of Spanish company Comsa and local partner Castro Tcherassi. The 522 km corridor connects the interior of the country ...
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NewsStadler locomotives unveiled in Taiwan
TAIWAN: The first two of 34 diesel-electric locomotive being supplied by Stadler was unveiled by Taiwan Railways Administration at the Changhua roundhouse on July 10. The €165m order was signed in October 2019 as the Swiss company’s first major procurement in the Pacific region. The locos ...
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NewsPitch for a rail career on InnoTrans digital platform
INNOTRANS: People seeking rail careers will be able to pitch themselves to potential employers at the Eurailpress Career Boost digital event on September 26 2023. The digital event follows a successful premiere during InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin. Five candidates in each of five categories will present ...