Railway News
By Noah Gunzinger | Railway News
Stadler presents first Flirt EMU for Dutch-German cross-border services
THE first Flirt 3 EMU for RB61 Wiehengebirgsbahn cross-border services from Bielefeld and Bad Bentheim in Germany to Hengelo in the Netherlands was …
LED LightingBombardier JV wins Chinese metro car traction contract
NEW United Group (NUG), China, has awarded a Yuan 531m ($US 79.6m) contract to the Bombardier NUG Propulsion System Chinese joint venture to supply …
BombardierTrenitalia reveals plans to modify V250 fleet
FOLLOWING its recent decsion to acquire 17 of the 19 redundant AnsldoBreda V250 Fyra high-speed trains, Trenitalia has revealed its plans to modify …
TrainsRFP issued for Hurontario light rail project
INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued a request for proposals from three shortlisted consortia to design, build, finance, operate and …
Commuter RailIndian cabinet approves new metro policy
ACCORDING to a new metro policy endorsed by India’s union cabinet on August 16, the government will only approve or fund metro projects after state …
IndiaWarsaw cancels tender for up to 213 trams
WARSAW Tramways announced on August 11 that it has abandoned a tender for a contract to supply up to 213 LRVs because the offer submitted by the …
WarsawMÁV-Start orders 11 Kiss double-deck EMUs
HUNGARIAN national passenger operator MÁV-Start placed its first order for Stadler Kiss double-deck EMUs on August 18, when CEO Mr András Csépke and …
BudapestKazakhstan national railway signs agreement with Japanese logistics firm
Kazakhstan national railway company Temir Zholy has signed an agreement with Japanese logistics firm Nippon Express to strengthen cooperation.<p>At a …
ChinaRailway supply industry news round-up
<b>Stadler</b> has announced SMILE (Schneller Mehrsystemfähiger Innovativer Leichter Expresszug, or fast multi-system innovative light express train) as the …
TrainsKishon Port rail link inaugurated
ISRAEL: A rail connection to the Kishon area at the eastern end of Haifa Port was inaugurated on August 17, enabling freight trains to run directly …
TrainsFGV orders bi-mode trains for Benidorm - Dénia line
VALENCIAN Government Railways (FGV) has awarded Stadler Rail Valencia a €43.3m contract to supply six bi-mode (diesel and electric) multiple units.
TransportationAŽD Praha wins Montenegrin resignalling contract
MONTENEGRO’s rail infrastructure manager ZICG has awarded AŽD Praha a €6.1m contract to resignal the main station in the capital Podgorica.
EuropeItaly funds Calabrian rail projects
ITALY’s minister of transport and infrastructure Mr Graziano Delrio has approved funding of €214m for the purchase of 22 mainline trains, five …
ItalyBombardier completes 200th VLocity DMU for Victoria
BOMBARDIER has rolled out the 200th VLocity DMU from its Dandenong factory for Public Transport Victoria for operation on regional services in the …
Bombardier250 km/h low-floor trainset for the Gotthard Base Tunnel rolled out
SWITZERLAND: President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard joined 500 guests at the official roll-out of the first compete EC250 Giruno 250 …
TransportationUK railway news round-up
Govia Thameslink Railway has offered jobs to 10 young people from Luton, Cambridge, Stevenage, Brixton and Bedford after they completed the Prince's …
TrainsHIMA signs Indonesia signalling technology contract
INDONESIA: HIMA has signed a €1·74m contract to provide signalling equipment supplier PT Len with SIL4-certified commercial-off-the-shelf HiMatrix …
IndonesiaBalkan states agree to build Sofia-Skopje railway link
Bulgaria and Macedonia’s respective transport ministers have signed a memorandum of understanding to open a railway link between Sofia and Skopje. …
TravelFour international consortia interested in Athens metro expansion
Expressions of interest has been complete for the expansion of Athens’ metro with four joint-ventures putting their names forward.<p>The interested …
TransitElron rolls out Ridango ticket sales system
ESTONIA: This month passenger operator Elron will begin its transition to a ticketing system developed by Tallinn-based Ridango to replace the …
AirlinesElectro-diesel units ordered for Benidorm – Dénia line
SPAIN: Regional operator Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana has awarded Stadler Rail Valencia a €35·8m contract to supply six electro-diesel …
SpainFerrocarril Central PPP project launched
URUGUAY: President Tabaré Vázquez joined Minister of Transport & Public Works Victor Rossi on August 15 to officially launch the Ferrocarril Central …
RailwaysChinese high-speed rail expansion on the fast track
THE 401km high-speed line linking Baoji and Lanzhou in northwest China was scheduled to open in July. It bridges the gap between two existing lines …
ChinaBridging the Sichuan-Tibet gap
China is embarking on a hugely ambitious project to build a new railway between Chengdu and Lhasa in Tibet. Xinhua’s Yu Fei outlines the project and …
ChinaSeoul set for urban rail expansion
THIS September, Korea’s capital will open its first light metro line in the northern area of Seoul, connecting the Ui-dong area with the more …
CitiesColas Rail sets up French maintenance subsidiary
Colas Rail has long had a desire to expand its rolling stock maintenance business, and took a major step forward in October 2016 by establishing a …
TrainsOptical fibre networks facilitate shift to predictive maintenance
Railways are using optical fibre sensing networks to switch from scheduled to condition-based and predictive maintenance, explains Shun-Yee Liu, …
Internet of ThingsEgypt and China sign Cairo interurban light rail contract
EGYPTIAN prime minister Mr Sherif Ismail attended a ceremony in Cairo on August 15 to witness the signing of a $US 1.24bn contract between Egypt’s …
EgyptRastatt landslip closes Karlsruhe - Basle line
The double-track section between Rastatt and Baden Baden is already a major bottleneck on this very busy main line, which is used by up to 200 …
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