All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 832
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NewsAnsaldo Honolulu signs metro contract
USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro. The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu ...
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NewsIstanbul line upgrading contract
TURKEY: Italian firm Salini Costruttori has won a €146·8m contract to modernise one of the busiest sections of the Ankara - Istanbul route. The contract awarded by the government's Central Finance & Contracts Unit on October 14 covers renewal of the 56 km Köseköy - Gebze section of line on ...
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NewsMetrolinx readies Kitchener extension
CANADA: Toronto commuter operator GO Transit ran its first train to Kitchener on November 26 as part of testing ahead of the launch of regular services on December 19. Regional transit authority Metrolinx is investing C$18m to extend services on its Georgetown Line to serve the Kitchener-Waterloo area under ...
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NewsMiskolc awards tram contract to Ganz-Skoda
HUNGARY: Miskolc muncipality has awarded Hungarian-Czech joint venture Ganz-Skoda Kozlekedesi a contract to supply 31 trams for the city’s tram network.The tender was the fourth to be called for trams as the previous three were cancelled by the Public Procurement Arbitration Board. These included a contract awarded to AnsaldoBreda in ...
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NewsChina backs Ethiopian rail project
ETHIOPIA: The government, its project promoter Ethiopia Railway Corp and China Railway Group signed an agreement on October 25 for the construction of a railway to replace the western section of the out of use Chemin de fer Djibouti-Ethopien line. Starting at Sebeta, 25 km from Addis Abeba, the new ...
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NewsWabtec buys motor component manufacturer
USA: Wabtec Corp announced its acquisition of motor brush holder and spring assembly manufacturer Fulmer Co on November 21. Based in Export, Pennsylvania, Fulmer has 100 staff and annual sales of about $15m in the rail, power, mining and industrial motor markets. 'Fulmer is the ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Metropolis trainset for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS: The first Alstom Series M5 Metropolis trainset for the Amsterdam metro operator GVB was officially unveiled on November 24. Testing is well underway at Alstom’s Valenciennes plant in northern France with the first trainset scheduled to be in service by autumn 2012.A €200m contract signed in February 2010 will ...
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NewsNedTrain's new home
NETHERLANDS: The Mayor of Tilburg officially opened Nedtrain's new component remanufacturing and refurbishment plant on November 17. NedTrain has relocated its activities from a central site near Tilburg station to the new facility in Berkel-Enschot, freeing its previous location for redevelopment. Although the new site is 40% ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market November 2011
Argentina: The government has awarded five contracts totalling 931m pesos for track renewals on 228 km of the Belgrano network between Mariano Boedo and Pozo del Tigre. The joint ventures selected to undertake the work are: Eleprint/Esuco/Rottio, Zonis/BTU, Herso/Ferromel/Emepa, Roggio/CPC and Helport/Chediak/Comsa Argentina/JCR. Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard ...
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NewsPantograph inspection
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail is installing a linside Automatic Pantograph Monitoring System developed by Sensys and Lloyd’s Register. APMS does not require a physical attachment to the catenary; instead it uses radar and laser sensors to assess the speed and location of a pantograph as it passes along the ...
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NewsColton Crossing grade separation gets underway
USA: The Colton Crossing grade separation project to build a fly-over to eliminate a flat crossing between east-west Union Pacific and north-south BNSF lines in the city of Colton, California, was officially launched with a ceremony on November 8. The flat crossing was the scene of a 'frog war' in ...
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NewsABB buys Envitech Energy
CANADA: ABB has agreed to acquire power electronics and energy storage firm Envitech Energy for an undisclosed price. The agreement was announced on November 23 and the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Based at Pointe Claire in Québec, Envitech has 36 employees and ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2011
Bangladesh: Last month BR took delivery of five Hyundai locomotives; an order for 11 more is anticipated. Bosnia: Pragoimex has won a KC6·3m contract to supply electrical equipment for the modernisation of Tatra KT8D5 trams in Sarajevo. Brazil: Vale has taken delivery of two prototype ore cars with ...
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NewsUS$1bn double-tracking programme to modernise Trans-Java Railway
INDONESIA: Tenders are to be called in December for double-tracking the remaining single sections of the Trans-Java Railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, the Transportation Ministry announced on November 23. The US$1·1bn project calls for doubling of approximately 425 km of single line on the 727 route-km, 1 067 mm gauge ...
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NewsArriva wins Stockholm rail and bus operating contracts
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL named DB subsidiary Arriva as the winner of two rail and bus operating contracts on November 22. One contract covers the operation of Saltsjöbanan suburban rail, Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan light rail and local bus services from August 20 2012. A separate contract covers the narrow ...
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NewsFirst RegioPanter multiple-unit rolled out
CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Transportation has rolled out the first of 15 three-car and four two-car Type 7Ev 'RegioPanter' single-deck regional and suburban electric multiple-units which Czech Railways ordered under a KC2·51bn contract signed in February. The partly low-floor air-conditioned vehicles have first and second class seats by Borcad, wheelchair-accessible retention ...
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NewsItalian contract takes Flirt orders to 707
ITALY: South Tirol transport authority STA has exercised a €75m option for Stadler Rail to supply eight six-car Flirt electric multiple-units plus eight intermediate cars to lengthen its four existing four-car units to six cars. Announcing the order on November 22, Stadler said this latest contract takes the total number ...
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NewsTrackSAFE Foundation to address rail safety challenges
AUSTRALIA: A new campaigning organisation to raise public awareness of rail safety issues was officially launched at the AusRail Plus conference in Brisbane on November 22. The TrackSAFE Foundation is the brainchild of UGL Chief Executive Andy Summers, and is being taken forward as a joint initiative by UGL and ...
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NewsModalohr piggyback wagons approved for Channel Tunnel
EUROPE: The Inter-Governmental Commission which regulates safety in the Channel Tunnel has approved the use of Modalohr piggyback wagons, Eurotunnel announced on November 21. The decision would enable planned Autoroute Ferroviaire Atlantique piggyback services to be extended to the UK, 'potentially bringing significant new traffic'. Autoroute Ferroviaire Atlantique ...
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NewsUrban transport energy saving grants awarded
USA: Solar panels, energy storage and technology to reduce locomotive engine idling are included in 46 rail and bus projects which the Federal Transit Administration announced had won funding under the Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas & Energy Reduction programme on November 17. The TIGGER III grants were awarded competitively, ...