Extranjero
Oxford Cowley branch passenger train service funding announced
UK: The government has announced funding to introduce passenger train services on the currently freight-only branch serving BMW’s Cowley car factory in Oxford.
Categorías: Extranjero
CRRC wins Guadalajara light metro train order
MEXICO: CRRC Zhuzhou has won a contract to supply 11 light metro trainsets to Guadalajara.
Categorías: Extranjero
Portugal’s CP signs its largest rolling stock order
PORTUGAL: National train operator CP and a consortium led by Alstom have signed a €746m contract for supply of 117 electric multiple-units.
Categorías: Extranjero
Siemens Mobility increases use ‘green steel’ in rolling stock production
EUROPE: Siemens Mobility is working with Voestalpine to increase the share of lower-emission ‘green steel’ it uses in rolling stock production.
Categorías: Extranjero
Gauge selected for Trans-Afghanistan Railway
AFGHANISTAN: Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund has chaired a cabinet meeting which considered issues including the gauge for the proposed Trans-Afghanistan Railway.
Categorías: Extranjero
Trains to ’connect the sea, the city and the future’ enter service on Tokyo’s waterfront
JAPAN: The first of eight Series 71-000 electric multiple-units designed to ‘connect the sea, the city and the future’ has entered passenger service on Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit’s Rinkai Line.
Categorías: Extranjero
Iranian company develops domestic metro train
IRAN: The city of Qom has awarded Mapna’s rolling stock company Wagon Pars a contract to design and build three metro trainsets as part of a project to develop domestic urban rail technology in Iran.
Categorías: Extranjero
Lille orders automated light metro trains
FRANCE: Métropole Européenne de Lille has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 57 rubber-tyred automated light metro trainsets for use on Line 2.
Categorías: Extranjero
Beacon Rail to buy leasing company Eversholt
UK: CK Investments has agreed to sell rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail to Beacon Rail, and the Competition & Markets Authority is reviewing the transaction.
Categorías: Extranjero
Eurostar orders Celestia double-deck high speed trains
EUROPE: Eurostar has announced a €1·4bn order for 30 Alstom Avelia Horizon double-deck high speed trainsets, with options for 20 more.
Categorías: Extranjero
Swiss Federal Railways awards digital interlocking contracts
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded Hitachi Rail, Siemens Mobility and Stadler major framework contracts worth SFr1·4bn for the supply of digital interlockings.
Categorías: Extranjero
Partnership to offer train crew and resource planning-as-a-service
EUROPE: Portuguese public transport resource management software company SISCOG has announced partnership with VeeOne, a Swedish crew planning specialist serving airlines and rail operators.
Categorías: Extranjero
Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
Categorías: Extranjero
Travel companies call for clear separation of Great British Railways’ ticket sales activities
UK: The Online Travel UK trade association has called for clear separation of operational and retail functions at the future Great British Railways, including legislative safeguards to ensure that third-party retailers have equal access to all ticketing products and services.
Categorías: Extranjero
Škoda challenges its exclusion from Helsinki tram procurement
FINLAND: Škoda Transtech has filed a legal complaint following the disqualification of its bid for a contract to supply up to 183 trams to Helsinki.
Categorías: Extranjero
SNCF Voyageurs wins Région Sud train operating contract
FRANCE: Région Sud has selected SNCF Voyageurs for the contract to operate the Lot 3 package of Zou! branded regional passenger train services.
Categorías: Extranjero
Construction starts on Casablanca Sud interchange as King launches suburban rail programme
MOROCCO: King Mohammed VI has launched construction of Casablanca Sud interchange station, initiating a 20bn dirham programme to create a comprehensive suburban rail network serving the city by 2030.
Categorías: Extranjero
High speed line concessionaire appoints Mott MacDonald as asset management and climate adaptation partner
UK: London to the Channel Tunnel high speed line concessionaire London St Pancras Highspeed has appointed Mott MacDonald as sole strategic partner under a three-year Sustainable Asset Management Framework.
Categorías: Extranjero
Californian electric train operator to be paid for regenerated power
USA: Californian commuter operator Caltrain is to be paid for the power its electric trains return to the grid, after regenerative braking was classified as a renewable generation facility.
Categorías: Extranjero
Agreement reached to provide dedicated tracks for Toronto – Kitchener passenger trains
CANADA: The Ontario government has reached an agreement-in-principle to purchase land from freight railway CN to enable it to construct dedicated tracks for GO passenger train services on the route between Toronto and Kitchener.
Categorías: Extranjero
