Robel establishes subsidiary to serve the Chinese rail maintenance market
Mon, 25 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000
CHINA: Robel Group has established Robel Railway Engineering Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd to serve the Chinese market.read more
South Coast Rail commuter project infrastructure contract awarded
Mon, 25 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal & Management Control Board has approved the first major construction contract for Phase 1 of the South Coast Rail project to provide commuter services into Boston from the southeast.read more
World rail freight news round-up
Mon, 25 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
Estonia’s Operail has taken delivery of 75 open-topped bulk containers as part of a plan to double multimodal freight volumes to more than 200 000 tonnes this year. ‘Multimodal transport increased from 20 000 tonnes to 32 000 tonnes in the first four months’, said Urmas Peterson, Head of Multimodal ...read more
RZD Logistics tests northern route for transit of sanctioned goods
Sun, 24 May 2020 06:00:00 +0000
INTERNATIONAL: RZD Logistics has operated a trial service carrying EU goods subject to Russian sanctions in transit from Germany and Estonia to China via the northern route through the Zabaikalsk border crossing.read more
Teleste to equip Luxembourg Coradias with passenger information systems
Sat, 23 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
LUXEMBOURG: Teleste is to supply onboard public address, passenger information and CCTV equipment for 34 high-capacity double-deck electric multiple-units which national railway CFL has ordered from Alstom.read more
Medical PPE supplies from China to Italy by train
Fri, 22 May 2020 14:01:00 +0000
INTERNATIONAL: DB Schenker is organising the delivery of a total of 186 containers with more than 1 300 tonnes of medical protective equipment from China to hospitals in the Lombardia region of Italy.read more
Wellington regional train study funded
Fri, 22 May 2020 13:53:00 +0000
NEW ZEALAND: Greater Wellington and Horizons regional councils have been awarded funding from the NZ Transport Agency to develop the final business case for a fleet of hybrid multiple-units to replace ageing loco-hauled stock used on two regional commuter routes.read more
Stadler CEO steps down over strategic differences
Fri, 22 May 2020 13:17:00 +0000
STADLER: Stadler Group CEO Dr Thomas Ahlburg has left by mutual agreement with the board, owing to ‘different views’ regarding strategic and organisational development, the company announced on May 21.read more
Railway supply industry news round-up
Fri, 22 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
VTG AG has completed a €2·9bn refinancing of VTG Group’s capital structure, including committed credit lines to fund the continuing investment plans. ‘The BBB issuer credit rating from S&P, the extension of funding tenor and the reduction of funding costs in the depths of the Covid-19 crisis are achievements that ...read more
Tracklaying starts on southern Xinjiang rail link
Thu, 21 May 2020 10:57:00 +0000
CHINA: Tracklaying has started on the Ruoqiang – Hotan railway across the southern part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This will complete a planned railway loop circling the Takliman Desert.read more
KiwiRail orders lifting jacks
Thu, 21 May 2020 09:52:00 +0000
NEW ZEALAND: KiwiRail has ordered eight 30-tonne lifting jacks from Mechan for installation at its Wellington and Dunedin depots.read more
Launch customer for Zagro’s powerful E-MAXI XXL battery shunting vehicle
Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
SHUNTER: Zagro has extended its range of battery-powered road-rail shunting vehicles with the E-MAXI XXL, the largest in the series.read more
Old Oak Common HS2 station approved
Wed, 20 May 2020 12:21:00 +0000
UK: The planning application for what HS2 Ltd says will be ‘the largest new railway station ever built in the UK’ was approved on May 19 by Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corp, which is leading regeneration of the former railway and industrial site at Old Oak Common in ...read more
Baden-Württemberg seeks ‘interim arrangement’ with Go-Ahead
Wed, 20 May 2020 11:04:00 +0000
GERMANY: The Transport Ministry in the Land of Baden-Württemberg has agreed with UK-based private operator Go-Ahead that assistance with running services on the 180 km Frankenbahn linking Stuttgart with Würzburg via Heilbronn should be sought temporarily from another company. Two diagrams on this route were allocated to DB Regio in ...read more
Indian Railways’ freight ‘revolution’ as first Alstom electric locomotive enters service
Wed, 20 May 2020 09:12:00 +0000
INDIA: The first of 800 Alstom Prima T8 electric locomotives ordered by Indian Railways has entered commercial service following certification.read more
Road trailers carried from Germany to Lithuania by rail
Wed, 20 May 2020 08:13:00 +0000
EUROPE: What the partners say was the first train to carry semi-trailers by rail in the Baltic States has been operated, transporting 22 from the Kaldenkirchen Intermodal Terminal near Germany’s border with the Netherlands to Sestokai on the 1 435 mm gauge line in southwest Lithuania in two days.read more
More Tren Maya construction contracts awarded
Wed, 20 May 2020 07:18:00 +0000
MEXICO: On May 15, the national tourism fund Fonatur awarded a consortium of Construcciones Urales, GAMI Ingeniería e Instalaciones and AZVI the third construction contract for the planned Tren Maya network, covering the 172 km from Calkiní to Izamal in Tabasco, with a bid of 10·2bn pesos. Work is expected ...read more
Joint call to facilitate cross-border rail freight
Wed, 20 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
INTERNATIONAL: The World Customs Organization, the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail and the Organisation for Co-operation Between Railways have jointly called for better co-ordination between customs administrations, transport authorities and the rail sector to facilitate the operation of cross-border supply chains and help mitigate the overall impact of ...read more
Over 500 trainsets to replace Swiss regional fleets
Tue, 19 May 2020 13:23:00 +0000
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways, Thurbo and RegionAlps have jointly called tenders for the supply of 194 single-deck regional trainsets of a ‘tried and tested platform already in use in a European country’.read more
Hydrogen fuel cell train trials completed
Tue, 19 May 2020 13:09:00 +0000
GERMANY: Alstom has announced the formal completion of trial operation of two pre-series Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell multiple-units.read more
Electronic Ticket Control Database enters service
Tue, 19 May 2020 11:52:00 +0000
INTERNATIONAL: A centralised system for the real-time exchange of ticket control information has been launched to enable rail ticket issuers and carriers around the world to increase their electronic ticketing capabilities and prevent fraud.read more
Israel Railways accelerates station enhancement works during lockdown
Tue, 19 May 2020 08:24:00 +0000
ISRAEL: In addition to accelerating major infrastructure projects and undertaking track and rolling stock maintenance, Israel Railways has used the opportunity presented by the suspension of passenger services during national Covid-19 lockdown measures to undertake planned enhancement works at 40 stations.read more
Greenbrier GIMSA Joint Venture agreement amended
Tue, 19 May 2020 07:33:00 +0000
MEXICO: As part of its response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, The Greenbrier Companies has amended its 50:50 joint venture agreement with Grupo Industrial Monclova, the manufacturing partner at the Greenbrier GIMSA wagon plant in Monclova, Mexico.read more
Turkish government designates PSO services
Tue, 19 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000
TURKEY: The government has designated 61 routes or service groups as eligible for Public Service Obligation support, under an amendment to Clause 8 of the railway liberalisation legislation which came into force in May 2013.read more
More modernisation work to start on Douro Valley line
Mon, 18 May 2020 14:42:00 +0000
PORTUGAL: Infraestruturas de Portugal is to modernise a further section of the Douro Valley line after receiving notice to proceed from both the finance and infrastructure ministries. The scenic route links Porto with Pocinho, a distance of 175 km.read more
Climate change question in REMSA’s 2020 scholarship application
Mon, 18 May 2020 12:40:00 +0000
USA: The Railway Engineers Maintenance Suppliers Association has made climate change the focus of its 2020 scholarship programme, for which applications close on May 29.read more
ETCS tested in Galicia as high speed corridor nears completion
Mon, 18 May 2020 07:52:00 +0000
SPAIN: A series of high speed test runs using ETCS Level 2 were made over the 111 km section of high speed line between Zamora and Pedralba de la Pradería in Galicia on May 15-19.read more
First domestic freight train transits the Marmaray tunnel
Mon, 18 May 2020 06:00:00 +0000
TURKEY: The first domestic freight train has passed through the Marmaray rail tunnel linking Europe to Asia under the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey’s Ministry for Transport & Infrastructure reports.read more
World rail freight news round-up
Mon, 18 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
The Rwandan High Commissioner, DR Congo chargé d’affaires and a representative from South Sudan visited Kenya Railways’ Naivasha Inland Container Depot on May 12 to see its capabilities for handling freight in transit from the port of Mombasa to their countries. The 45 000 m2 facility has a capacity of ...read more
Investigation into human performance in signalling operations published
Mon, 18 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000
UK: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published the results of an investigation into human performance during signalling operations, looking at what affects decisions made by signallers and the systemic factors which may influence them.read more
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