All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 797
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NewsSiemens ships Bangkok metro cars
THAILAND: Siemens has begun shipping 35 additional metro cars ordered by Bangkok SkyTrain operator BTS to lengthen its existing trainsets from three to four cars to ease overcrowding. The first batch of four cars is scheduled to arrive at Laem Chabang Port from Germany on August 20. Following testing and ...
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NewsNippon Sharyo opens US rolling stock plant
USA: Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator Karen Hedlund joined state Governor Pat Quinn at the opening of Nippon Sharyo USA's passenger rolling stock manufacturing plant in Rochelle, Illinois, on July 19. The $50m plant has been established by the US subsidiary of Japanese firm Nippon Sharyo to meet the Buy America ...
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NewsThree Shinkansen extensions approved
JAPAN: Three more extensions to the country's expanding high speed rail network have been authorised for construction by the government, under a programme which includes the first commercial application of gauge-changing trainsets which have been under development for the past decade. The biggest of the three schemes announced by Transport ...
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NewsPlovdiv – Svilengrad integrated control centre opens
BULGARIA: A centralised traffic control centre has been opened in Plovdiv, marking the latest stage in the long-running modernisation of the main line to Svilengrad, close to the Turkish border. At an inauguration ceremony on July 10, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said the dispatch facility was the ...
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NewsPresident Ahmadinejad opens diesel locomotive plant
IRAN: President Ahmadinejad officially inaugurated a locomotive assembly plant on July 17, saying the new facility operated by industrial group MAPNA would support national self-sufficiency and produce high-quality locomotives at lower prices than imported equipment. The factory has the capacity to produce up to 150 locomotives a year, in addition ...
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NewsChina to Europe rail freight joint venture established
INTERNATIONAL: Transport Holding of Chongqing, China Railway Company for International Multimodal Transport, RZD Logistics, Schenker China and Kaztransservice have established the YuXinOu (Chongqing) Logistics joint venture to manage rail freight services between China and Europe. Operations will begin with container traffic between Chongqing and Duisburg. The joint venture expects to ...
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Erich Forster
Erich Forster, Chief Commercial Officer of Westbahn, has succeeded the Austrian open access operator’s founder Dr Stefan Wehinger as CEO. Wehinger will sell his stake in the company and resign from the board.
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NewsWabtec completes acquisition of Tec Tran
USA: Wabtec Corp has acquired Tec Tran Corp, a North Carolina based manufacturer of hydraulic braking systems for passenger rolling stock. Tec Tran supplies components including calipers, power units, electronic controls and brake discs for new and aftermarket applications. It has annual sales of around $10m, and Wabtec expects the ...
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NewsHangzhou Metro Line 1 PPP contract signed
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved a public-private partnership contract covering the supply of electrical and mechanical systems and the operation of Hangzhou Metro Line 1. The first of eight planned metro lines in the city is under construction for opening later this year, with 31 stations ...
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NewsMetrolink orders 20 more light rail vehicles to replace original fleet
UK: An order for 20 more Bombardier M5000 high-floor light rail vehicles which will enable the withdrawal of Metrolink's original fleet of Firema T68 cars in 2014 was announced by Transport for Greater Manchester on July 17. Bombardier and electrical equipment partner Vossloh Kiepe are already supplying 74 M5000 LRVs, ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS licenses catenary-free tram technology for Chinese market
CHINA: Ansaldo STS has signed a 'strategic agreement' to license its TramWave catenary-free light rail technology to a joint venture of CNR Dalian and Taiwanese firm General Resources Co. Announcing the agreement on July 16, Ansaldo STS said it was 'proud to have had the opportunity to build excellent relationships' ...
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NewsElectrification programme central to UK government's £9·4bn rail strategy
UK: A rolling programme of electrification is at the centre of the High Level Output Specification which sets out the government's strategic plans for rail investment in 2014-19. The HLOS published on July 16 covers projects planned for Control Period 5, which runs from April 1 2014 to March 31 ...
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NewsCasablanca tram operating contract awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca transport authority Casa Transports has selected a consortium of RATP Dev, Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion du Maroc and Transinvest to operate and maintain the tramway which is scheduled to open on December 12. The five-year contract announced on July 13 is worth €70m, plus a further ...
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NewsProducts & Technology in Brief
An actuator for powered opening of curved doors on wheelchair-accessible train toilet modules has been launched by Norgren, which says it only requires greasing once a year. Maximum opening width is 1100 mm, with the time taken configurable up to 60 sec. HCL Axon has launched iMRO for Rail, an ...
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NewsNews in Brief - July 2012
Salzburg AG has grouped all its rail services under the Salzburger Lokalbahnen brand, including the Salzburger Lokalbahn, Schafbergbahn and the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, which has just taken delivery of a third Gmeinder diesel locomotive. ADB’s technical assistance special fund is to provide US$225000 to support the restructuring of State Railway ...
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NewsSiemens awarded heavy haul electric locomotive contract
AUSTRALIA: The BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 13 electric locomotives for use on heavy-haul coal trains in Queensland. Announcing the order on July 12, Siemens said the 1067 mm gauge locomotives would be 'some of the highest-powered narrow gauge electric locomotives in the world'. ...
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NewsBombardier and Uralvagonzavod sign Russian tram and metro technology agreement
RUSSIA: Bombardier Transportation and Uralvagonzavod signed an agreement to jointly develop metro trains and trams on July 12. Metro trains will be 'specifically designed for the challenging requirements' of Moscow and other cities in the CIS region, while Bombardier will provide UVZ with a licence to manufacture low-floor trams with ...
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NewsEvacuating the Diabolo
BELGIUM: Ahead of the launch of commercial services on June 10, an emergency response rehearsal simulating an onboard train fire in the Diabolo tunnels beneath Brussels Airport took place on May 24. Attended by police, fire and ambulance crews, the rehearsal saw 300 volunteers evacuated from the train via signed ...
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NewsRATP Dev to operate Washington DC Streetcar
USA: District of Columbia Department of Transportation has selected a subsidiary of Paris transport operator RATP to operate and maintain the 3·3 km tramway under construction in Washington DC. The line on H Street and Benning Road with seven stops is scheduled to open by the end of 2013 ...
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NewsKyrgyz Railways orders Evolution locomotives
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ's JSC Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty manufacturing plant has won its second contract to produce TE33A Evolution diesel locomotives for export. The contract for five locomotives was signed on July 3 by Argynbek Malabaev, Chief Executive of Kyrgyzstan's national railway KTJ. LKZ was established in ...