All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 714
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NewsAustralasian Centre for Rail Innovation launched
AUSTRALIA: The Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation was formally inaugurated at a VIP reception held in Sydney on November 25 to coincide with the opening of the 10th World Congress on Railway Research. To be headquartered in Canberra, ACRI is an independent organisation supported by both the Australasian Railway Association ...
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NewsNews in Brief
National Railways of Zimbabwe has withdrawn commuter trains serving Bulawayo and Harare. These were introduced when fuel shortages severely limited road public transport, but NRZ is short of motive power and locos were tied up working near-empty trains. Pakistan acceded to COTIF on September 1, as the 49th OTIF ...
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NewsState aid for automatic metro research approved
FRANCE: The European Commission has cleared the award of €15·2m of French state aid to support the Metrolab joint venture of Alstom and Paris transport operator RATP. Metrolab is undertaking the Metro of the Future project which aims to develop technology for unattended driverless train operation in large cities. The ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Passenger and freight services have resumed on the metre-gauge line between Dire Dawa in Ethiopia and the port of Djibouti following refurbishment of 100 km of route by Italian contractors. China’s Civil Engineering Construction Corp is also building a replacement line from Addis Abeba to standard gauge ...
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NewsBART orders an additional 365 metro cars
USA: On November 21 San Francisco’s BART ordered an additional 365 metro cars as an option on a contract with Bombardier Transportation signed in 2012 that has seen 410 cars ordered to date. An agreement with Bombardier to increase the rate of deliveries is expected to shorten the fleet ...
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NewsNomad Digital and EMEF create remote monitoring joint venture
EUROPE: UK-based wi-fi technology supplier Nomad Digital has acquired a majority stake in Portuguese national operator CP’s rolling stock maintenance subsidiary EMEF, and formed a joint venture to offer technology for remote condition-based fleet monitoring and energy efficiency management. The Nomad Tech joint venture will combine Nomad’s fleet connectivity technology ...
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NewsWorld rail market November 2013
Europe: Quintiq and Ab Ovo are to supply DB Schenker Rail with software to manage data on driver qualifications. Germany: Bombardier Transportation has appointed Tata Consultancy Services to manage the IT infrastructure for its newly-opened data centres. Hungary: Budapest transport authority BKK has appointed T-Systems Hungary and subcontractor ...
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NewsColas Rail orders 10 GE Transportation PowerHaul locomotives
UK: GE Transportation officially announced an order to supply 10 Class 70 PowerHaul locomotives to freight operator Colas Rail on November 21. The locomotives are to be assembled at GE Transportation's Erie plant for entry into service in 2014. Stephen Haynes, Managing Director of Colas Rail Services, said the order ...
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NewsEuropean Commission takes Germany to court over accounting separation
GERMANY: The European Commission announced on November 20 that it is to take Germany to the Court of Justice of the European Union, accusing it of failing to comply with rules on financial transparency in the rail sector. The Commission claims that Germany’s current arrangements do not exclude the possibility ...
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NewsAll-night services in London Underground vision
UK: A ‘vision for the future’ of the London Underground was set out by Mayor of London Boris Johnson and London Underground Managing Director Mike Brown on November 21. The proposals include running some services throughout the night on weekends and the redeployment of station staff. Transport for London ...
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NewsWatco invests in Michigan short line company
USA: Short line holding company Watco Transportation Services has announced a definitive agreement to make a preferred equity investment in Federated Capital Holdings, the parent company of Great Lakes Central Railroad and Federated Railcars. Class II railway GLCR operates a 640 km network in Michigan running from Ann Arbor north ...
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NewsUS industry doubles presence for InnoTrans 2014
INNOTRANS: The number of US exhibitors at InnoTrans 2012 was more than doubled that of InnoTrans 2008 and will be even larger at the InnoTrans 2014, which is to be held place at Berlin ExpoCenter City on September 23-26. The Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers Association, Railway Supply Institute, Railway Systems ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse opens Indian production plants
INDIA: Knorr-Bremse officially opened a Rail Vehicle Systems production facility in Palwal on November 15, three days after inaugurating a Commercial Vehicles Systems plant in Pune along with a Development Centre shared by the two divisions. Knorr-Bremse said the new production plants offer greater capacity that the facilities they replace, ...
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NewsDouble-deck rail and bus tunnel proposed for Brisbane
AUSTRALIA: The Queensland state government has announced plans for a 5·4 km double-deck tunnel in Brisbane with a twin-track railway on the lower level and a two-lane busway on the upper level. ‘This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform Brisbane into a world city with a public transport system ...
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NewsFresh start for TGV catering
FRANCE: SNCF has embarked upon a progressive renewal of the catering offer on board its TGV services, following the start on November 1 of a new contract awarded to a joint venture of Newrest and Elior. According to Barbara Dalibard, Director General of the long-distance passenger business unit, SNCF ...
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NewsBombardier consortium wins Queensland's New Generation Rollingstock PPP contract
AUSTRALIA: Queensland's Department of Transport & Main Roads has selected the Bombardier NGR Consortium as preferred bidder to supply and maintain 75 six-car electric multiple-units under the New Generation Rollingstock public-private partnership. The EMUs will be used to cater for an increase in passenger services in southeast Queensland and to ...
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NewsUpgraded EARS for better performance
UK: DeltaRail has received Network Rail approval for its Enhanced Automatic Route Setting technology, which automatically routes trains without the need for signaller intervention. EARS builds on DeltaRail's proven ARS to provide a range of performance-enhancing functions including mandatory sequences, standard timing patterns and train priorities. The company ...
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NewsETF orders Euro 4000 locomotives
FRANCE: On November 19 Vossloh España announced an order for two Euro 4000 diesel locomotives from railway infrastructure maintenance and construction contractor ETF. Due to enter service before summer 2014, the locomotives are to be used to haul infrastructure materials for two high speed construction projects, Phase 2 of LGV ...
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NewsFlexible tests of rigid catenary
SPAIN: Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas has supplied a catenary test bench which it says is is unique in Europe for infrastructure manager ADIF's Railway Technology Centre at the Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía near Málaga. It is designed to measure the performance of rigid catenary, with pre-loaded force and acceleration profiles ...
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NewsContract awarded for Nice tram Line 2
FRANCE: Greater Nice authority has awarded the Thaumasia consortium a €270m contract to build the 3⋅2 km underground section of Line 2 of the city’s tram network. Thaumasia is led by Bouygues Travaux Publics and includes Solétanche Bachy, CSM Bessac and Systra, as well as local companies Colas Midi ...