All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 968
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NewsSeries E5 design unveiled
JAPAN: East Japan Railway unveiled the exterior and designs for its next generation of Shinkansen trains on February 3. A pre-production Series E5 trainset is due to be rolled out in June for testing, as a precursor for the fleet to operate between Tokyo and Shin Aomori following the opening ...
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NewsEmissions rules change the landscape
ENGINES: At the end of 2008 Electro-Motive Diesel announced an order from Canadian National Railway for a further 40 SD70M-2 locomotives to be delivered in early 2010. These will use the 710 series diesel engine, which reached a milestone when the 7 500th engine was completed in late 2008. The ...
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NewsWires going up in Iran
IRAN: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin attended a ceremony marking the formal start of work to electrify the line from Tabriz to Azarshahr on February 9. The 46 km line linking central Tabriz to the university town of Azarshahr is being electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz under a ...
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NewsGSM-R preferred bidder named
FRANCE: Infrastructure manager RFF announced on February 13 that it had selected a preferred bidder for the first major PPP project on the French rail network. The tDF consortium has been chosen to negotiate the final details of a 15-year concession to fund and install GSM-R across the network. The ...
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NewsTaking a fresh look at TEN-T
EUROPE: ‘We have come to the conclusion that the situation is in need of review’, confirmed Jonathan Scheele, Director of Transport Logistics & Trans-European Networks at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy & Transport. He was participating in a panel debate on European corridors at the fourth Eurailfreight conference organised ...
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NewsIndustry News in Brief
Friction products manuafcturer Beijing Wabtec Huaxia Technology has been established as a joint venture of Wabtec and Beijing Huaxia United Friendship New Technology of Electrification Development Co. Iran’s Minister of Industries & Mines, opened the first phase of Iran Khodro Rail Industries’ rolling stock factory in Adhar ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market February 2009
Australia: Last month QR’s intermodal business placed a A$70m order with United Group for 12 C44Aci diesel locomotives for delivery from July to December this year. China: Faiveley has recived a €60m contract to supply Datong Locomotives with 489 sets of braking equipment over three years. Czech Republic: This ...
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NewsRhB studies Albula tunnel replacement
SWITZERLAND: Rhätische Bahn is developing proposals for a comprehensive renewal or replacement of the Albula tunnel on the Chur - St Moritz line. Opened in 1903, the 5 865 m tunnel is the highest transalpine bore at 1 800 m above sea level. A major examination in 2006 found ...
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NewsPutting the customer first
REFORM: Belgian national operator SNCB has undertaken a radical restructuring of its freight business to create a more commercially-focused business. But, as group co-ordinator Geert Pauwels explains, there is a lot still to do to ensure the incumbent keeps growing in an increasingly-competitive market.
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NewsDedicated Freight Corridor construction launched
INDIA: Chairman of the United Progressive Alliance ruling coalition Sonia Gandhi formally launched the construction of the eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in a ceremony at Rohtas in Bihar on February 10 (RG 6.08 p383). The eastern DFC will run for 1 279 km from Ludhiana to Sonnagar via Kanpur ...
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NewsAgility Trains to supply Super Express fleet
UK: Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced on February 12 that the Agility Trains consortium of Hitachi, John Laing and Barclays has been selected as preferred bidder for the supply of ‘up to 1 400’ vehicles as part of the government-led Intercity Express Programme. Under the £7·5bn train service provision ...
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NewsDiesel after-treatment agreement
USA: GE Transportation and Tenneco announced an agreement for the joint development of after-treatment technology to clean the emissions from locomotive engines on February 4. Tenneco has acquired licensing rights to integrate GE's Hydrocarbon-Selective Catalytic Reduction technology into a complete after-treatment system for rail and other non-road applications. ...
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NewsBelgrano revival continues
ARGENTINA: President Cristina Fernández visited Barranqueras in Chaco province on December 29 to mark officially the re-opening to freight traffic of a 199·7 km section of the metre-gauge Belgrano network between the river port and Avia Terai. Following the reopening of the Pichanal - Joaquín V González route (RG 1.09 ...
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NewsShanghai metro goes racing
CHINA: Construction began in mid-December on the second phase of Shanghai Metro Line 11, which will connect the city to the Formula One motor racing circuit in Anting Town. The 21 km Phase II will start from Huashan Road in Puxi, passing through Changning, Xuhui and Pudong en route to ...
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NewsSkoda trams to Wroclaw
POLAND: City transport operator MPK Wroclaw has selected Skoda Transportation to supply a further 28 trams. The 268m zloty contract is expected to be signed in March, with the trams to enter service between November 2010 and October 2011. They will be similar to the Skoda 16T type which ...
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NewsGO Transit orders 20 more locos
CANADA: Toronto area commuter operator GO Transit has placed a US$85m order for a further 20 MPXpress diesel locomotives. The contract announced by the MotivePower subsidiary of Wabtec on February 10 is an option on an original order for 27 of the 3 600 hp locomotives, which are now ...
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NewsFigueres - Girona to go dual gauge
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a joint venture of Alstom, Acciona and Comsa a €93·8m contract to upgrade the double-track 41 km Girona - Figueres route and convert one line to dual gauge. Alstom's €40·4m share of the 16 month contract includes supplying Atlas 1000 ETCS Level 1 ...
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NewsSarmiento tunnel funded
ARGENTINA: Work to place the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires underground is expected to start in mid-2009, following the signature on December 23 of a contract between the federal government and the consortium of Iecsa, Odebrecht, Comsa and Ghella named as preferred bidder on January 23 2008. Costing 4·07bn ...
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NewsFreight development plan
SPAIN: Development Minister Magdalena Álvarez has presented the cabinet with a €4·72bn development plan to make rail freight more competitive. The plan’s key objective is to create a basic freight network to improve service reliabilty, linking terminals that will be open to traffic 24 h a day, 365 days a ...
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NewsAl Rajhi wins Makkah - Madinah civils contract
SAUDI ARABIA: The Al Rajhi Alliance has won the 6·79bn riyal design and build contract for civil works on the Haramain High Speed Rail project. Work is scheduled to begin in March on the 444 km high speed line linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah ...