All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 706
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NewsLoose bolts to blame for Brétigny derailment
FRANCE: On January 10 land transport accident investigation bureau BEA-TT published its interim report on the derailment which had taken place on July 12 2013 at Brétigny-sur-Orge. The last four cars of an SNCF Paris - Limoges inter-city service had left the track when entering the station from the north, ...
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NewsRail arrives for track renewal projects
ARGENTINA: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo visited the Port of Buenos Aires on January 9 to inspect the first shipment of 10 000 tonnes of rail from ArcelorMittal Poland for track renewals on the routes from the federal capital to Rosario and Mar del Plata. Pointing out ...
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NewsMetro-North access to Penn Station endorsed
USA: Speaking in Albany on January 8, the governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo offered his support for a commuter rail investment project which would see MTA Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains routed over Amtrak’s Hell Gate bridge into New York Penn Station. Provisionally costed at around $1bn, ...
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NewsKeolis wins Massachusetts commuter rail operating contract
USA: Massachusetts Department of Transportation has selected Keolis Commuter Services for a contract to operate the state's commuter trains from July 1. The eight-year operating contract is worth $2·69bn, with options for two two-year options which would take the value to $4·26bn. The network centred on Boston carried 36·4 million ...
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NewsJR East reorganises train building activities
JAPAN: With effect from April 1 East Japan Railway is to transfer its Niitsu Rolling Stock Plant manufacturing business to Japan Transport Engineering Co, the former Tokyu Car business which JR East acquired from Tokyu Corp in April 2012. The transfer to J-TREC is to be undertaken through a company ...
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NewsRescroft moves into train seating
UK: Public transport and specialist automotive seating manufacturer Rescroft Ltd has acquired the designs, tooling and certain stock of Dudley-based seat manufacturer People Seating Ltd. Announcing the deal on January 9, Rescroft said it would continue supplying PSL's existing rail seats and trim, as well as developing a new range ...
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NewsIzmir plans three tram lines
TURKEY: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has announced plans to build three tram lines by 2017. The 12·6 km Konak Line with 19 stops would run from Fahrettin Altay Meydanı to Halkapınar via Konak. The 9·7 km Karsiyaka Line in the north of the city would link Alaybey and Mavişehir via ...
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NewsChannel Tunnel mobile phone coverage agreed
EUROPE: Eurostar and Le Shuttle passengers will be able to access mobile communications networks in both bores of the Channel Tunnel from March, after Eurotunnel signed a 10-year agreement with UK telecoms companies EE and Vodafone on January 9. Under the agreement EE and Vodafone customers will be able to ...
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NewsAlpha Trains acquires RBS rolling stock assets
EUROPE: The Alpha Trains Luxembourg No 2 subsidiary of leasing company Alpha Trains acquired 202 locomotive and passenger rolling stock assets from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc at the end of 2013. The mixed asset and shares transaction was financed by a commercial-secured debt facility provided by a consortium ...
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NewsEgis wins Salvador metro contract
BRAZIL: Build-operate concessionaire CCR has awarded Egis a €12m contract for systems management and integration for the construction of the Salvador metro, as well as interface management between subsystems and civil engineering. Egis will work with Brazilian subcontractor MCA on project management. The project comprises the completion of the ...
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NewsFirst 7000 Series metro cars arrive in Washington
USA: The first 7000 Series trainset for the Washington metro was unveiled at Greenbelt station on January 6. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ordered 428 cars from Kawasaki Rail Car for $886m in May 2010 and a further 100 in May 2013. The initial cars are about to ...
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NewsThales wins East Japan Railway CBTC contract
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has selected Thales as preferred bidder for a contract to design a communications-based train control system for Joban Local Line in the greater Tokyo area. The scope includes 14 stations on the 29·7 km Ayase - Toride route, along with 70 trainsets. Subject to a final ...
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NewsBombardier awarded French regional train order
FRANCE: SNCF has exercised an option for Bombardier Transportation to supply a further 30 Regio 2N double-deck electric multiple-units. Deliveries are scheduled to run from June 2016 to April 2017. The €227m order announced on December 23 is being financed by the regions where the trains will be used: Picardie, ...
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NewsRadim Novak
Radim Novak, formerly Chief Executive of Veolia Transport Central Europe, has been appointed Managing Director of Arriva’s Central & Eastern European region.
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NewsEMD locomotives to be tested in Russia
RUSSIA: Electro-Motive Diesel is to supply demonstration SD42AC-R diesel locomotives to Russia this year for performance testing and certification. The 3 000 hp locomotives powered by 12-710 engines are being built at EMD's plant in Muncie, Indiana. In December EMD and Russian rolling stock supplier UralVagonZavod signed a memorandum of ...
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NewsAlstom wins metro contracts in Chengdu and Xi’an
CHINA: Alstom and its local joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co Ltd have been awarded two contracts to supply Optonix traction equipment for metro cars that are scheduled to enter service in Chengdu and Xi’an from 2015. A €33m order placed in November will see Optonix supplied ...
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NewsHusa Transportation to cease rail operations
NETHERLANDS: Husa Transportation Group has announced that it is to close down its Husa Transportation Railway Service rail freight activities, with the loss of around 75 jobs, disposal of 20 locomotives and planned sale of the HTRS Süd business in Germany. The group's other logistics activities are not affected. HTRS ...
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NewsSkopje calls tenders for tram line
MACEDONIA: The City of Skopje has launched a new tendering process for a public-private partnership concession to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a light rail line in the capital. The planned 12·1 km double-track Line 1 from Novo Lisice to Gjorce Petrov would require a minimum of 22 ...
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NewsL'viv tramway extension funded
UKRAINE: Funding has been agreed for a package of urban transport improvements in L'viv including an extension of tram route 4 south to the Sykhiv district. This would improve links to the city centre for the suburb’s population of almost 150 000 people, and is predicted to increase public transport ...
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NewsZhengzhou metro opens
CHINA: The Zhengzhou metro opened for revenue service on December 28. The first phase of Line 1 runs from Xiliuhu in the west to Sports Centre in the east with 18 intermediate stations. The line serves both Zhengzhou railway station and Zhengzhou East station, where interchange will ...