All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 902
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NewsKolkata metro station design contract awarded
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp has appointed Mott MacDonald as detailed design consultant for the six stations to be built on the 5·7 km elevated section of the East-West metro corridor between Salt Lake Stadium and Salt Lake Sector V. The capital value of the project, which includes 'landmark' ...
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NewsBarcelona metro network exceeds 100 km
SPAIN: Following the opening of a 0·6 km section of Line 2 from Pep Ventura to Badalona Pompeu Fabra on July 11, the Barcelona metro network now exceeds 100 km in length. The new station opened to the public at 15.00 after the official inauguration ceremony.The network is now 100·2 ...
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NewsHaCon buys planning and scheduling specialist
GERMANY: Hannover-based HaCon has acquired Ingenieurbüro für Bahnbetriebssysteme GmbH, a specialist firm providing software and consulting in rail operations planning and simulation, vehicle and crew scheduling and performance analysis. Both companies were founded by researchers from the University of Hannover's Institute of Transport, Railway Construction & Operation. HaCon now has ...
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NewsLe Havre selects Citadis trams
FRANCE: On July 12 Alstom announced an €45m order to supply Le Havre local authority CODAH with 20 Citadis cars for the city’s future tram network. Continuing the tradition of French cities specifying locally-themed styling, the Le Havre cars will feature 'flowing lines and architectural references' to integrate with the ...
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NewsADIF awards Valencia contracts
SPAIN: The latest package of contracts to be let by ADIF for the high speed line connecting Madrid with Valencia, Alacant and Murcia includes installation of electrification equipment on the 167 km between Albacete and Alacant, awarded to a joint venture of Balfour Beatty Rail Ibérica, Cobra and SEMI for ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Czech passenger operator CD has selected wagon maintenance company OOS Ostrava as preferred bidder for its 51% stake in track maintenance company Tratová a Strojní Spolecnost. OOS Ostrava has offered KC600m, beating OHL ZS which has held the remaining 49% stake since March 2006. Heitkamp Rail has been renamed Eiffage ...
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NewsNews in Brief
The Union Pacific board has approved a $100m increase in 2010 capital spending to $2·6bn, with the additional money being spent on equipment for intermodal traffic, which grew 8% last year despite the recession. On May 24 UIC and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe signed a memorandum covering ...
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NewsUS cities receive tram grants
USA: Five US cities have received nearly $105m for tram projects from the US Department of Transportation’s Urban Circulator Grant Programme, which is designed to help cities better co-ordinate transport, housing and commercial development. The recipients include: St Louis Loop Trolley: $25m for a 3·2 km, nine-stop route ...
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NewsLocomotive engine joint venture launched
RUSSIA: Transmash Holding and Finnish maritime and power generation engine maker Wärtsilä are to form a joint venture to produce diesel engines in the Russian city of Penza from 2012. Production is expected to reach 250 to 300 engines a year, mostly for the Russian market where Wärtsilä sees ...
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NewsElectro-diesel shunter order
SWITZERLAND: SBB Cargo has awarded Stadler Winterthur a SFr88m contract to supply 30 electro-diesel locomotives in 2012-13 for shunting and light freight duties. They are intended to replace Type Bm4/4 locomotives and various outdated three-axle designs, and the contract includes options for further locomotives to be ordered as required. ...
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NewsShort line operator buys infrastructure contractor
USA: RailAmerica completed the $24m acquisition of Atlas Railroad Construction Co on July 1. RailAmerica President & CEO John Giles said the deal would enable the short line operator to benefit from an expected increase in infrastructure spending as part of rail upgrading and government stimulus programmes. Founded in 1954, ...
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NewsLocomotive plant aims to create a domestic rail industry
KAZAKHSTAN: The foundation stone was laid on June 26 for an electric passenger and freight locomotive plant in Astana which Alstom sees as 'the jewel of a modern rail industry' supplying Kazakhstan and the wider 1 520 mm gauge region. The factory is being developed by a 50:50 joint venture ...
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NewsMahle Behr Industry launched
GERMANY: Automotive supplier Mahle Group completed its acquisition of a 60% stake in BEHR Industry on June 30, following approval from the competition authorities. BEHR Industry produces air-conditioning systems for trains, buses, ships, aircraft and specialist machinery, as well as stationary engines for power generation. It recorded sales of €178m ...
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NewsNewrest buys Compagnie des Wagon-Lits
EUROPE: Accor has sold its Compagnie des Wagons-Lits onboard rail catering activities to Newrest WL, a joint venture with Newrest in which Accor has a 40% stake. Announcing the deal on July 7, Accor said it plans to withdraw from the onboard catering sector and has an option to sell ...
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NewsAlte toilets for Régio2N
FRANCE: Bombardier has awarded Spanish company Alte Transportation a contract to supply toilet modules for 129 Régio2N double-deck EMUs. The first 80 trainsets ordered by SNCF under a framework agreement for up to 860 EMUs are due to be delivered for TER services in six French regions from ...
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NewsShanghai - Nanjing high speed line opens
CHINA: High speed services between Shanghai Hongqiao and Nanjing were launched with a ceremony hosted by Governor of Jiangsu province Luo Zhijun on July 1. The line is designed for running at up to 350 km/h, cutting the fastest journey time between the cities by around 80 min to ...
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NewsAmey acquires WYG's rail activities
UK: Amey has strengthened its position in the rail consulting sector by taking over 100 specialist staff and a portfolio of multi-disciplinary design framework contracts from WYG Engineering, part of the WYG Group. Amey's rail consulting activities have grown from 200 staff in 2006 to nearly 1 000 today. 'We ...
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NewsLoan to relieve world's most overcrowded trains
INDIA: The World Bank agreed on June 29 to provide a US$430m loan towards the US$970·5m Mumbai Urban Transport Project phase 2A. This aims to improve capacity on Mumbai's suburban rail network, which the World Bank said suffers from some of the most severe overcrowding in the world with 4 ...
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NewsDB beats ÖBB to Bayern contract
GERMANY: Austrian Federal Railways was unsuccessful in its first tender for a foreign passenger rail operating contract, losing out to DB Regio in its bid to run Werdenfels-Netz services on behalf of Bayern transport authority Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft. Veolia and BeNEX had also bid for the contract, which covers the operation ...
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NewsModified mix saves fuel
UK: St Louis, Missouri-based International Fuel Technology believes that its DiesoLIFT 10 additive could deliver significant fuel economy benefits in diesel multiple-unit powerpack applications. Rather than being petroleum-based, IFT's proprietary fuel additive formulations are derived from a mixture of surfactant substances. DiesoLIFT 10 has undergone four years of ...