All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 96
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NewsBotswana – Zimbabwe through working agreement signed
AFRICA: A through working agreement has been signed enabling National Railways of Zimbabwe locomotives to operate to Francistown in Botswana, and Botswana Railways locos to run through to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. NRZ said eliminating the need to change locomotives at the border would cut delays and ...
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NewsWestbahn looks to Budapest as Innsbruck service launched
EUROPE: Open-access operator Westbahn commenced Wien – Innsbruck services with effect from the December 11 timetable change, with its first service leaving Wien Westbahnhof at 07.08.
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NewsFreight future in doubt as energy costs soar
FRANCE: Rail freight operators are facing a catastrophic future if the government does not offer help with a massive rise in energy costs, according to industry body Fret Ferroviaire Français du Futur.
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NewsMile – Mengzi high speed line opens
CHINA: A high speed line between Mile and Mengzi in Yunnan province opened on December 16, with 250 km/h services providing a 69 min journey time between Kunming Nan station and Honghe station in Mengzi. The 106 km line starts at a junction with the ...
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NewsWinchester & Western Railroad to serve steel mill
USA: OmniTRAX’s Winchester & Western Railroad has signed an agreement to serve a steel mill which Commercial Metals Co is developing alongside the railway at Falling Waters in West Virginia for opening in late 2025. W&W supplemented a state and county incentive package for CMC to ...
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NewsAurizon agrees East Coast Rail sale
AUSTRALIA: Aurizon has signed a binding agreement to sell its East Coast Rail coal haulage business to Magnetic Rail Group. Completion is expected in early 2023. Aurizon undertook to divest ECR as part of regulatory approval for its acquisition of One Rail Australia. The takeover was ...
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NewsRENFE orders more double-deck EMUs from Stadler
SPAIN: Stadler has been awarded a €308m contract to supply a further 20 double-deck electric multiple-units 200 m long to national operator RENFE. The firm order announced on December 15 has been placed an option on a March 2021 contract which covered an initial 24 EMUs ...
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NewsTrains ordered for Ontario Northlander revival
CANADA: The government of Ontario has announced a C$139·5m order for three trainsets to enable the reintroduction of the Northlander passenger service.
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NewsAmtrak unveils Airo electro-diesel train design for ‘the next generation of travel’
USA: Amtrak has announced Airo as the brand name for the electro-diesel push-pull trainsets which it has ordered from Siemens Mobility for use on medium-distance inter-city services.
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NewsRENFE orders more Coradia Stream EMUs
SPAIN: Alstom has been awarded a €370m contract to supply a further 49 Coradia Stream partly double-deck electric multiple-units to national operator RENFE. The firm order announced on December 15 has been placed an option on a March 2021 contract which covered an initial 152 EMUs ...
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NewsGrand-Est launches regional express network
FRANCE: Passengers travelling in the Strasbourg area now have access to a much improved network of local rail services with effect from December 11 when the Réseau Express Métropolitain Européen was launched by local authorities and national operator SNCF. Driven by a ...
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NewsHigh speed line opening boosts international rail axis
GERMANY: ‘Stuttgart and Ulm are moving closer together, but also Paris and Budapest’, said Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann at the official inauguration of the 59∙6 km Wendlingen – Ulm high speed line two days before revenue services started with the December 11 timetable change. The importance ...
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NewsKyrgyz Railways to increase climate resilience
KYRGYZSTAN: National railway KTJ is to replace wagons, undertake climate mitigation works and promote economic inclusion using €11m of financial support which has been arranged by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The package comprises a 12-year sovereign bank loan of up to €8m, plus ...
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NewsStadler signs Kazakh rolling stock contracts
KAZAKHSTAN: Stadler has signed three contracts totalling €2·3bn to supply national railway KTZ with 537 coaches in 2023-30, provide full-service maintenance for 20 years and acquire a local production facility. The order includes 234 sleeping cars with 40 berths, 233 couchette cars with 58 seats, 35 ...
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NewsKing opens Norway’s longest railway tunnel
NORWAY: Bane Nor’s 22 km Follobanen high speed line between Oslo and Ski was officially opened by King Harald V on December 12, the day after the start of revenue operations with the annual European timetable change.
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NewsUkraine withdraws from CIS Railway Council
UKRAINE: Ukraine has withdrawn from the CIS Railway Council, which was established in 1992 to facilitate continued interoperability between the railways across the former Soviet Union. National railway Ukrzaliznytsia cut all ties with Russia and Belarus following the full-scale invasion on February 24. The military removed ...
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NewsNext phase of Korea’s Central Inland Line approved
SOUTH KOREA: The government has given the go-ahead for construction from 2026 of the final Mungyeong – Gimcheon section of the Central Inland Line medium high speed corridor. The 250 km/h, single-track Central Inland Line is being developed in phases to link Seoul with Gimcheon on ...
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NewsNS orders first double-deck version of CAF’s Civity multiple-unit family
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has awarded CAF a contract to supply 60 partly double-deck electric multiple-units for use on inter-city services, the first order for a double-deck version of the Spanish manufacturer’s Civity family. The €600m contract signed on December 12 covers the supply of ...