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    World rail freight news round-up

    2024-08-12T05:00:00Z

    News from the world rail freight market.

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    CRRC unveils 250 km/h Type C trainset

    2024-08-11T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: CRRC Puzhen has unveiled a 250 km/h Type C inter-city trainset designed to offer a low life-cycle cost and high capacity with capability for GoA4 unattended driverless operation. The trainset has four 3 300 mm wide cars and has a capacity ...

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    Battery-hydrogen shunting loco to be unveiled at InnoTrans 2024

    2024-08-10T05:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Vossloh Rolling Stock will be unveiling its battery-hydrogen fuel cell hybrid powered Modula BFC shunting locomotive at InnoTrans 2024, ahead of deployment at the Duisburg Gateway Terminal. Also on show will be a battery-powered Modula EBB loco which has been undergoing approval testing since April, ...

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    California High-Speed Rail Authority names next CEO

    2024-08-09T15:00:00Z

    USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority board has appointed Ian Choudri as the next CEO.. His start date is still to be confirmed. He will succeed Brian Kelly, who has led the authority for six years and announced earlier in the year that he intends to ...

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    Tanzanian electric train service reaches Dodoma

    2024-08-09T11:00:00Z

    TANZANIA: The 258·2 km Morogoro – Dodoma standard gauge line was handed over with a ceremony on July 25 and the first electric passenger train service ran on August 1 with President Samia Suluhu Hassan onboard. The 201·8 km standard gauge line from Dar es Salaam ...

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    Danish local railway operator selects battery train supplier

    2024-08-09T09:00:00Z

    DENMARK: Local railway operator Lokaltog has selected its preferred bidder for a contract to supply 14 battery trainsets for use in the Sjælland region, with options for 10 more. The tender published in November 2023 attracted bids from CAF, Siemens Mobility and Stadler Bussnang. Lokaltog decided ...

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2024-08-09T05:00:00Z

    This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.

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    Tesla shuttle returns with battery trains

    2024-08-08T12:00:00Z

    GERMANY: The free shuttle train to Tesla’s Gigafactory plant in Grünheide to the east of Berlin restarted on August 7, using two Siemens Mobility Mireo B battery-electric multiple-units instead of a pair of Bombardier Transportation Talent diesels.

  • A Voith electrical connection has been selected as the standard design for freight trains equipped with Digital Automatic Couplers (Photo: FP5-TRANS4RM-R)
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    DAC programme agrees electrical coupler standard

    2024-08-08T10:00:00Z

    EUROPE: A Voith electrical connection has been selected as the standard design for freight trains equipped with Digital Automatic Couplers, and approved by the European DAC Delivery Programme Supervisory Board. The E-Coupler component of the DAC carries an inter-vehicle energy supply as well as the data ...

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    Lithuanian operator pulls out of broad gauge wagon sharing agreement

    2024-08-08T08:00:00Z

    LITHUANIA: LTG Cargo is to withdraw from the CIS Railway Council agreement for the shared use of wagons across the 1 520 mm gauge region, and will instead use a private fleet from January 1 2025. The national operator’s freight business aims to provide 90% of ...

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    InnoTrans 2024 offers a window into the world of glazing products

    2024-08-08T05:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Architectural and marine glazing company Sedak is making its InnoTrans debut this year, showcasing its portfolio of products for high speed, regional and urban trains. This includes complex curved windscreens, cab and coach side windows and interior glass products. ‘By strengthening our Rail division, we ...

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    RS Zero hydrogen railcar to lead Stadler line-up at InnoTrans 2024

    2024-08-07T15:26:00Z

    INNOTRANS: The unveiling of the prototype RS Zero regional railcar will be the highlight of the Stadler presence at InnoTrans 2024, where it will be displaying eight vehicles with ‘alternative, environmentally friendly’ traction as well as presenting its latest innovations in signalling and services. RS Zero ...

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    Battery-electric trains to be ordered for Boston commuter line

    2024-08-07T13:00:00Z

    USA: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board has approved a proposal to replace diesel locomotive-hauled trains on Boston’s Fairmount Commuter Rail Line with battery-electric multiple-units. An onboard battery would be charged when overhead electrification is available, including at Boston’s South station. The 15 km line from ...

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    Get deep into railway tunnelling at InnoTrans 2024

    2024-08-07T05:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Boring will be exciting at the Tunnel Construction segment of InnoTrans 2024, which will feature more than 30 exhibitors highlighting the latest ideas to make building and operating tunnels safer and more efficient while minimising environmental impact.

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    Stellex to acquire foundry and forge businesses

    2024-08-06T15:00:00Z

    USA: Private equity firm Stellex Capital Management has reached a definitive agreement to acquire rail and industrial cast, forged and machined product manufacturer McConway & Torley and axle maker Standard Forged Products from Arcosa. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 this year. Stellex sees ...

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    CRRC Qishuyan delivers hydrogen locomotive to FCAB

    2024-08-06T11:00:00Z

    CHILE: CRRC Qishuyan has delivered a metre-gauge hydrogen fuelled locomotive to the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta transport subsidiary of mining company Antofagasta that links the Chilean seaport with the same name to Bolivia. The sole locomotive, ordered in November 2022, is designed to be resilient to local ...

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    Expedited rail freight service cuts China – Uzbekistan transit time

    2024-08-06T11:00:00Z

    ASIA: An expedited freight service making use of upgraded border facilities has transported containers 4 486 km from Xi’an in China to Toshkent in Uzbekistan in what Kazakh national railway KTZ says is a record five days. The service was organised within a framework for the ...

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    Israel Railways DMUs purchased by Romanian company

    2024-08-06T05:00:00Z

    tn_il-isr-ic3.jpg ROMANIA: Ferotrans has purchased 33 redundant IC3 diesel multiple-units from Israel Railways The price was reported to be between €15m and €16m. ISR acquired 50 of the three-car DMUs manufactured by ABB Scandia, Bombardier and RAMTA in three batches between 1992 and 2005. They have ...

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    Peruvian rail project plans make progress

    2024-08-05T15:00:00Z

    PERU: Following the completion of initial viability studies, in July Minister of Transport & Communications Raúl Pérez Reyes Espejo approved the start of design work for the San Juan de Marcona – Andahuaylas and Lima – Ica railway projects. The two proposed mixed traffic lines are ...

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    ‘More digitalisation for more sustainability’ is Siemens Mobility’s InnoTrans message

    2024-08-05T13:37:00Z

    Photo: Bernd Piplack INNOTRANS: The key message from Siemens Mobility for InnoTrans 2024 is similar to that the company promoted at recent editions of the show: enhancing digitalisation and sustainability. But this year, it is placing particular emphasis on how software tools can further reduce the ...