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Train’d Up management buy-out backed
UK: Chiltern Capital has backed a management buy-out of online rail and engineering apprenticeship company Train’d Up Railway Resourcing, with a debt facility provided by alternative lender ThinCats.
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Verdecktes Anschlussgleis für Zugtausch
Um Züge tauschen zu können, habe ich ein Anschlussgleis installiert und es mit einem kleinen Lokschuppen versteckt. So kann ich relativ einfach ganze Züge herausfahren und in eine meiner Train-safe Acrylglasröhren parken bzw. natürlich auch auf ...
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Serviceöffnung Umgestaltung
In der Nähe des Bergdorfes (Bahnhof) habe ich im Bergausläufer eine Serviceöffnung gestaltet, falls ein Zug entgleist oder nicht mehr "willig" ist weiterzufahren. Es ist dort auch eine Blockstelle eingerichtet.
Zuerst hatte ich einen Nadelwald ge...
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First class seating to be reduced to match changed travel demand
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS is to reduce the number of first class seats on Sprinter local services to reflect changes in passenger demand since the pandemic.
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Narrow gauge turnouts supplied
CZECH REPUBLIC: Track supplier DT Výhybkárna a Strojírna has produced two 600 mm gauge turnouts for a project to provide a cross-platform interchange between the national rail network and a heritage line.
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London Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains delayed until 2026
UK: The air-conditioned trains which Siemens Mobility is supplying for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line are now expected to enter service from the second half of 2026, Transport for London has confirmed.
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Pizza and Pints to boost public transport ridership
USA: New Jersey transport agency NJ Transit is aiming to increase leisure ridership with a map highlighting pizzerias, breweries, distilleries and wineries within walking distance of its bus, rail and light rail services.
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President unveils Stadler coach for Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: The first of the coaches that Stadler is building to modernise national railway KTZ’s fleet was shown to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev when he visited the company’s factory in Astana.
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Dark Green Line approved as Tainan monorail network takes shape
TAIWAN: The western coastal city of Tainan is working to develop an eight-line urban rail network, which is expected to use monorail technology.
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Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
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DMU brake controller maintenance contract awarded
UK: Barnbrook Systems has been awarded a ‘six-figure’ contract to maintain more than 100 brake controller units that it supplied for Class 15x diesel multiple-units.
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Uruguay to draw up railway master plan
URUGUAY: An agreement to draw-up a master plan to revitalise and modernise the national railway system has been signed.
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Brescia T2 tramway construction contract awarded
ITALY: Brescia Mobilità has awarded €326m contract for the design and construction of tram Line T2 to a consortium of Manelli Impresa, Alstom and Hitachi Rail.
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China: High speed family gets ready to move faster
China’s first lines designed for 400 km/h operation are now under construction, and two 450 km/h variants of its domestically developed Fuxing high speed train family started test running earlier this year. Toma Bačić investigates.
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Monopoly commission recommends splitting-off German railway infrastructure
GERMANY: The monopoly commission says infrastructure manager DB InfraGO should be separated from the rest of Deutsche Bahn.
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Track machines custom-designed for Australia
AUSTRALIA: Plasser Australia is supplying Australian Rail Track Corp with five track maintenance machines custom designed to suit local conditions.
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Beograd tram deliveries begin
SERBIA: Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya has begun delivering 25 trams to Beograd public transport operator GSP.
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Government sets out plans to sort out ‘appalling mess’ at High Speed 2
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told the House of Commons that she plans to address a ‘litany of failure’ around the High Speed 2 programme.
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Double first as freight train runs to Northampton terminal via East West Rail
UK: A freight train operated by DB Cargo UK has become the first to use the full length of the Oxford – Bletchley section of the East West Rail route and the first to serve a newly-built Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in Northampton.
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First trams from three-city joint order enter passenger service
GERMANY: Frankfurt (Oder) transport operator SVF has put into service the first of the Škoda Group ForCity Plus FCB trams being supplied under a joint order placed by three cities.
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