All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 741
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NewsFreightliner Group announces acquisition of ERS Railways
EUROPE: Freightliner Group announced that it is to acquire ERS Railways from Maersk Line on June 19. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval. A long-term contract has been agreed for ERS to continue to provide services for the shipping line. Rotterdam-headquartered ERS was ...
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NewsAlstom and J-TREC target the Japanese light rail market
JAPAN: A memorandum of understanding to jointly assess business opportunities in the Japanese light rail and tram markets was signed on June 19 by Alstom and Japan Transport Engineering Co, the former Tokyu Car rolling stock business which is owned by East Japan Railway. The companies are to undertake a ...
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NewsETCS overlay for Tours - Bordeaux high speed line
FRANCE: Ansaldo STS has been awarded a €13m contract to supply an ETCS Level 2 overlay for the signalling on the LGV Sud-Europe Atlantique high speed line. In 2011 Ansaldo STS was awarded a €47m contract to provide TVM430 cab signalling for the line. The latest ETCS contract awarded ...
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NewsUnified team to run Paris RER Line B
FRANCE: SNCF and RATP announced on June 17 that they were putting in place a unified management team to run Paris RER Line B, which is run by the national operator north of Paris Nord and by the city transport agency to the south. Train crews have been operating through ...
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NewsHigh speed line opens to Alacant
SPAIN: The 165 km of high speed infrastructure between Albacete and Alacant entered service on June 18, having been officially opened the day before by the Prince of Asturias, heir to the Spanish throne. Prince Felipe was accompanied by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, as well as Development Minister Ana ...
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NewsAvignon chooses Alstom Citadis Compact trams
FRANCE: Avignon council has selected Alstom to supply 24 Citadis Compact trams for the city’s future two-line network. Alstom announced the order on June 18, saying that the trams are to be delivered in early 2016, for opening later that year. The order is worth €43·7m. Avignon is the ...
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NewsSantos light rail signalling contract signed
BRAZIL: The VLT RMBS consortium has signed a contract for signalling and communications systems for the future SIM light rail network in Santos. Thales will provide signalling equipment including fixed and mobile communication systems, data transmission and the electronic traffic monitoring system. VLT RMBS comprises Construtora Ferreira Guedes, Trans ...
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NewsDB Regio orders Škoda trainsets for fast regional services
GERMANY: Incumbent operator DB Regio has been selected by the Land of Bayern to run regional services between München, Ingolstadt, Augsburg, Treuchtlingen and Nürnberg for 12 years from December 2016. Included in the operating contract are 200 km/h fast regional services which use the Neubaustrecke between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt. The ...
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NewsEU to support Cairo metro safety reform
EGYPT: A group of Spanish public bodies has been selected to provide technical and legal support to the Cairo metro on the reform of safety regulations, procedures and practice. The project is one of a series of twinning initiatives promoted by the EU to promote co-operation between EU member states, ...
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NewsAlstom reveals Dubai's first Al Sufouh tram
UAE: The first of 11 Citadis 402 trams being built for Dubai's Al Sufouh tramway was formally presented to Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Road & Transport Authority, during a visit to Alstom Transport's La Rochelle plant in France on June 14. The 14·7 km tramway equipped with the ...
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NewsDanube Bridge 2 opens between Romania and Bulgaria
EUROPE: The Danube Bridge 2 over the River Danube linking Vidin in Bulgaria with Calafat in Romania was officially opened on June 14. The ceremony was attended by the prime ministers of both countries, as well as the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Han. 'This bridge strengthens Europe', ...
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NewsIstanbul opens metro M1B extension
TURKEY: Istanbul metro opened the M1B branch of Line M1 June 14, and the first passenger train ran at 15.00. The branch connects Esenler, which was until now on a one-station branch from Otogar, to Kirazlı, the southern terminus of Line M3. There are intermediate stations at Menderes, Üçyüzlü ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market June 2013
Argentina: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo unveiled the first 17 of 220 coaches being supplied by CNR Changchun (RG 5.13 p11) on May 17. They are to be deployed on services from Buenos Aires to Rosario, where track renewals are out to tender, and to Mar del ...
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NewsNews in Brief - June 2013
China has announced plans to build a 360 km high speed line between Qingdao and Jinan. UITP launched the three-year New Tools for Design & Operation of Urban Transport Interchanges research project on May 13. Nodes is supported by a consortium of 17 European partners. A freight ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - June 2013
Beograd has received a €57m loan from EBRD for transport improvements, including tramway extensions and modernisation. A study on a light rail extension in the Klang Valley is underway, according to Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission. A study will also be conducted into a new line from Subang or ...
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NewsIGC grants Deutsche Bahn access to Channel Tunnel
EUROPE: The Intergovernmental Commission which oversees access to the Channel Tunnel has granted a ‘Certificate B’ operating licence to Deutsche Bahn, the tunnel’s owner Groupe Eurotunnel announced on June 14. The announcement paves the way for more work to be undertaken to enable the introduction of DB’s long-planned high speed ...
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NewsClare Hollingsworth
Clare Hollingsworth has been appointed Chairman of Eurostar International, following Richard Brown’s decision to step down at the end of his three-year term on June 30.
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NewsNorth Korean cross-border route upgrading progresses
RUSSIA: RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and North Korean Minister of Railways Jon Kil-su have signed a protocol on reconstruction of the Khasan – Rajin line, following talks in Moscow. They reported that the rebuilding work was ‘in its final stages’. The protocol outlines plans to create a single control ...
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NewsSydney plans driverless trains
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced on June 6 that trains on the North West Rail Link in Sydney would be driverless, and all stations would have platform screen doors. ‘Fully-automated train technology has been in use around the world for 30 years, keeping customers safe and ensuring ...
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NewsDfT confirms Thameslink rolling stock order
UK: The Department for Transport confirmed on June 14 that it would award the Cross-London Trains consortium led by Siemens a £1·6bn contract to supply 1 140 EMU cars for the Thameslink route, subject to a formal 10-day standstill period. Cross-London Trains comprises Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, PPP fund ...