Railway Gazette
GWR and Alstom sign £75m Class 175 DMU support contract
UK: Great Western Railway has awarded Alstom a £75m eight-year Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement for the 26 Class 175 diesel multiple-units it is to put into service in southwest England later this year.
Categorías: Extranjero
Appenzeller Bahnen applies to automate Rheineck – Walzenhausen line
SWITZERLAND: Appenzeller Bahnen has applied to the Federal Office of Transport for permission to convert its 1·96 km Rheineck –Walzenhausen rack-and-adhesion railway to fully automated operation.
Categorías: Extranjero
Next Salerno – Reggio Calabria high speed line contract awarded
ITALY: RFI has awarded a €1·6bn contract for the construction of a 22·2 km double-track connection mostly in tunnel between Cosenza and Paola.
Categorías: Extranjero
Tamil Nadu commuter rail and metro studies commissioned
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has commissioned feasibility studies for three commuter lines and detailed project reports into two proposed metro extensions.
Categorías: Extranjero
Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
Categorías: Extranjero
Activist investor calls for CSX to explore merger with BNSF or CPKC
USA: Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group has written to the board of Class I railway CSX calling on it to explore options to merge with BNSF or Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
Categorías: Extranjero
Y’all aboard as Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service launches
USA: Amtrak launches the twice-daily Mardi Gras Service along the Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans.
Categorías: Extranjero
Stadler orders Rolls-Royce engines for 200 km/h Saudi Arabian trainsets
SAUDI ARABIA: Stadler has awarded Rolls-Royce a contract to supply 50 MTU Series 4000 diesel engines for use on 200 km/h inter-city trainsets it is to build for Saudi Arabia Railways’ Dammam – Riyadh route.
Categorías: Extranjero
High speed: Investing to meet demand
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp is investing in technology to manage surging demand while it awaits the arrival of more trains. THSRC’s Vice-President for Investor Relations Elaine Tsou explains the plans to Benjámin Zelki.
Categorías: Extranjero
Rolling stock company formed to facilitate competition in the Finnish passenger market
FINLAND: Rolling stock owning company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto has been created to facilitate government plans to tender the operation of publicly-funded passenger rail services.
Categorías: Extranjero
Škoda ForCity Plus 47T trams enter service in Cottbus
GERMANY: ForCity Plus 47T trams supplied by Škoda Group officially entered passenger service in Cottbus on August 15.
Categorías: Extranjero
Northstar commuter rail service to be replaced by buses as ridership fails to recover
USA: The Northstar commuter rail service from Big Lake into Minneapolis is to be replaced by buses after riders failed to return following the pandemic.
Categorías: Extranjero
Pesa tram order to provide Kraków with fully low-floor fleet
POLAND: City transport operator MPK Kraków has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a firm contract to supply 30 Twist 3.0 trams, which Mayor Aleksander Miszalski said would be ‘a huge step towards accessibility and comfort’ for all residents.
Categorías: Extranjero
Polish infrastructure manager to automate track inspection
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded GRAW a contract to supply inspection vehicles and software that would enable manual track inspections to be replaced by safer and more efficient automated processes.
Categorías: Extranjero
Automated wheel inspection robot aims to reduce time and cost
GERMANY: Non-destructive test company Waygate Technologies has launched a fully automated ultrasonic wheelset testing system.
Categorías: Extranjero
Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
Categorías: Extranjero
Pioneering tunnel strengthening technique could reduce costs
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail says a strengthening and waterproofing process used on the 175-year old Blackheath Tunnel in southeast London is believed to be ‘the first of its kind in the UK and potentially the world’.
Categorías: Extranjero
Construction of Tanzania – Burundi railway launched to strengthen friendship, co-operation and solidarity
AFRICA: Construction of a railway from Uvinza in Tanzania to Musongati in Burundi has been officially launched by President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye and Tranzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
Categorías: Extranjero
Construction of Tanzania – Burundi railway launched to strength friendship, co-operation and solidarity
AFRICA: Construction of a railway from Uvinza in Tanzania to Musongati in Burundi has been officially launched by President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye and Tranzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
Categorías: Extranjero
Virgin sets out details of plans to launch Channel Tunnel train services in 2030
EUROPE: Virgin has set out details of its plans to launch high speed train services through the Channel Tunnel, and says it is ready to confirm an order for Alstom trainsets which would enable the start of services from London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam during 2030.
Categorías: Extranjero
