All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 740
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NewsSiemens acquires planning and retarder businesses
SIEMENS: Two acquisitions in Germany were announced by Siemens on June 25. The company has bought Sky Eye Transportation Systems, which has 20 staff in Braunschweig specialising in planning, dispatch, crew and fleet management technology. The business is to be integrated into the Rail IT Segment of the Rail ...
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NewsTaiwan high speed rail extension contract signed
TAIWAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Toshiba, in co-operation with Mitsui & Co, have signed a ¥20bn turnkey contract with Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp to provide trackwork and E&M systems for the Nangang extension, it was announced on June 24. The extension will connect Taipei Main station with Nangang, ...
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NewsBidders for Crossrail concession shortlisted
UK: On June 25 Transport for London announced its shortlist of bidders for the concession to operate Crossrail services. These are Arriva Crossrail Ltd, Keolis/Go Ahead, MTR Corp (Crossrail) Ltd and National Express Group. The concession would be similar to the existing London Overground inner-suburban contract. TfL invited expressions ...
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NewsDeQuendre Bertrand
DeQuendre Bertrand has been named Internal & External Communications Director for US rail safety organisation Operation Lifesaver.
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NewsCharleroi light rail returns to Gosselies
BELGIUM: Trams returned to Gosselies on June 21, with the inauguration of a 7·2 km extension of Charleroi light metro Line M3 to a new terminus at Faubourg de Bruxelles. Operator TEC Charleroi provided a free service across its entire network the following day to mark the start of regular ...
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NewsAlstom announces Ukrainian tram manufacturing agreement
UKRAINE: On June 24 the TramRus joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding announced an agreement with Ukrainian bus manufacturer City Transport Group to produce trams for the Ukrainian market. Under the agreement, City Transport Group would manufacture and maintain Citadis CIS trams under licence from TramRus, to replace current ...
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NewsBergen tram extension opens
NORWAY: The second phase of the Bybanen tram line in Bergen opened on June 21, exactly three years after the first phase. City Mayor Trude Drevland and County Mayor Tom-Christer Nilsen cut the ribbon on the 3·6 km extension from Nettsun to Lagunen. The project was carried out by ...
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NewsMoscow to get 120 Pesa trams
RUSSIA: Polish rolling stock supplier Pesa is to supply 120 trams to Moscow in co-operation with Uraltransmash, with delivery due to take place between March 2014 and March 2015. The value of the order has not been disclosed. The deal replaces an agreement with a consortium of Bombardier and Uralvagonzavod ...
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NewsMaurizio Lupi
Maurizio Lupi has been appointed Italy’s Infrastructure & Transport Minister in the ‘grand coalition’ government. He has been charged with creating a transport authority, which will develop a strategic plan for transport and logistics, and is keen to encourage public-private partnerships to invest in infrastructure.
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NewsQuieter and camel-free railways
RUBBER: Rosehill Rail’s anti-trespass and cattle guard panels are rubber mats with large pyramidal protrusions designed to prevent access to the track from platform ends, level crossings and similar locations. A trial installation in the Middle East is intended to stop camels wandering on to railway tracks, and testing is ...
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NewsWorld rail market June 2013
Australia: Aurizon is to deploy GE’s Movement Planner traffic optimisation package and SolveIT scheduling software tools. India: Thales is to supply passenger information systems for extensions to Delhi metro line 6. Japan: Softbank Telecom Corp is to supply JR East with 7000 Apple iPad mini tablet computers and ...
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NewsArriva selected to operate Den Haag - Brussels inter-city service
EUROPE: A letter of intent to launch a direct inter-city service linking Den Haag and Brussels was signed by the City of Den Haag, Brussels Airport and DB subsidiary Arriva on June 21. The Lage Landenlijn trains would re-instate a through service which was lost when the Benelux trains ...
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NewsBDZ freight privatisation called off
BULGARIA: In agreement with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, on June 20 the Privatisation & Post-Privatisation Control Agency announced it was suspending plans to sell a 100% stake in the national railway's freight division BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi. BDZ's holding company had been unable to tell the privatisation agency when ...
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NewsDr Ulrich Dohle
Dr Ulrich Dohle will succeed Joachim Coers as Chairman & CEO of Tognum on July 1. The Executive Board will then reduce from five to four positions following a redistribution of responsibilities amongst its members, meaning that Dohle will not be replaced in his current role as Chief Technology Officer.
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NewsGrup Feroviar Roman is sole bidder for CFR Marfa
ROMANIA: After two other pre-qualified bidders withdrew, Grup Feroviar Roman was the sole bidder for Romanian national freight operator CFR Marfa by the June 20 deadline. Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu said GFR would pay €202m for a 51% stake, however there were still details to be finalised before the ...
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NewsSoto del Rey to join Madrid suburban network
SPAIN: On June 19 the Ministry of Development announced the start of public consultation on proposals to extend the Madrid suburban network to Soto del Rey. The consultation period runs for 30 days. Extending route C4 from its present northern terminus at Colmenar Viejo to Soto del Rey would involve ...
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NewsFirst Polish Pendolino presented to PKP Intercity
POLAND: The first Pendolino for Poland was presented to PKP Intercity at Alstom’s Savigliano plant on June 17. The Polish and Italian deputy transport ministers attended the event. The train, branded as EIC Premium, is made up of seven cars and is 187·4 m long. It will feature 402 ...
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NewsEuropean Commission seeks changes to Channel Tunnel regulation
EUROPE: On June 20 the European Commission formally requested that France and the UK 'comply with EU rules against excessive track access charges for passenger and freight trains in the Channel Tunnel'. The Commission claims the countries have failed to comply with the requirements of the First Railway Package, ...
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NewsRotherham tram-train contract signed
UK: A firm contract for Vossloh España to supply seven vehicles for the Sheffield - Rotherham train-tram pilot scheme was signed on June 19. The £58m project will provide a tram-train service between Sheffield and Rotherham Parkgate using a new 400 m connection between the existing Supertram network and a ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS awarded Algerian ETCS contract
ALGERIA: A consortium of Italian civil engineering companies Condotte d'Acqua and Rizzani de Eccher has awarded Ansaldo STS a €40m contract to supply ETCS equipment for the 130 km line under construction between Oued Tlélat and Tlemcen. Announcing the deal on June 19, Ansaldo STS said the scope of the ...