Traction & rolling stock news – Page 8

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    News

    Stadler selected for Bulgarian double-deck train order

    2024-04-15T12:27:00Z

    BULGARIA: Stadler has been selected to supply seven double-deck electric multiple-units for use by national passenger operator BDZ . Stadler’s bid came in at 301m leva, including 15 years of maintenance, with a delivery time of 26 months. The 200 km/h units will have a capacity ...

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    In depth

    Europe: IoT tools help to ensure a rapid response

    2024-04-15T08:00:00Z

    German IoT specialist Optimeas is working with infrastructure manager DB InfraGo to enhance the availability of its electrification inspection and repair vehicles as part of efforts to reduce the impact of power supply failures across the network.

  • US loan to Ukrainian Railways (Photo EXIM)
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    Ukrainian Railways to order Wabtec locomotives

    2024-04-12T14:41:00Z

    UKRAINE: Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved a US$156·6m 15-year loan which national railway Ukrzaliznytsia will use for the acquisition of 40 Wabtec diesel locomotives. Ukrzaliznytsia currently operates TE33AS (ES44ACI) locos supplied by GE Transportation, now Wabtec. The transaction was approved by EXIM on ...

  • Enterprise train (Photo: Tony Miles)
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    Dublin – Belfast electric-battery trains funded

    2024-04-12T14:27:00Z

    EUROPE: Funding is now in place for the procurement of electric-battery inter-city trains to increase frequencies and reduce journey times on the cross-border Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast which is operated jointly by Iarnród Éireann and Northern Ireland Railways. An order for eight 1 600 ...

  • Iași trams (Photo CTP Iași)
    Metro Report International

    Iași tram contract signed

    2024-04-12T05:00:00Z

    ROMANIA: The city of Iași has signed a 168m lei contract for Turkish company Bozankaya to supply 18 low-floor trams, co-financed by the National Recovery & Resilience Plan. They 22 m long unidirectional trams will have a capacity of 164 passengers including 45 seated. The first ...

  • CN hopper wagons in Prince Rupert, British Columbia (Photo Pascale Simard, Alpha Presse, CN)
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    CN to test diesel-battery hybrid main line locomotive

    2024-04-11T11:00:00Z

    CANADA: CN has purchased a hybrid diesel-battery main line locomotive from Progress Rail, which it intends to use to assess the opportunity for retrofitting a portion of its fleet. The ‘plug-in’ hybrid mainline locomotive, which CN describes as ‘a first of its kind in North America’, ...

  • Wabtec Brazil factory (Photo Wabtec)
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    Logistics company orders locos to enter Uruguayan rail market

    2024-04-09T16:00:00Z

    URUGUAY: Logistics company Grupo RAS has ordered three Wabtec C23EMP diesel locomotives to support its plans to enter the Uruguayan railway market. Wabtec will manufacture the locomotives at its Contagem plant in Brazil for delivery by late 2025. The C23EMP is designed for low axleload operations, ...

  • DB coaches for BDZ
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    Bulgarian operator buys DB coaches

    2024-04-09T09:36:00Z

    BULGARIA: National passenger operator BDZ-Putnicheski Prevozi has bought 76 second-hand coaches from Germany’s Deutsche Bahn for use on services from Sofia to Varna, Burgas and Ruse. The €15·7m contract signed on March 29 covers 60 second class open saloon coaches, six second class cars for passengers ...

  • Alstom C-Series EMU launch (Photo Metronet)
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    First C-Series EMU enters service in Perth

    2024-04-09T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The first Alstom C-Series electric multiple-unit has entered service on the Perth suburban network’s Joondalup and Mandurah lines. More than 10 000 people entered a competition to win around 150 tickets for the inaugural ride on April 7, ahead of start of regular operation the following day.

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    First Mireo Plus B battery-electric multiple-units enter service

    2024-04-08T15:10:00Z

    GERMANY: An initial four Siemens Mobility Mireo Plus B battery-electric multiple-units entered passenger service on Netz 8 Ortenau routes in Baden-Württemberg on April 8. ‘We are writing a new chapter in railway history’, said the Land‘s transport minister Winfried Hermann. ’Trains operating in the Ortenau region ...

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    Metro Report International

    București tram contract finally awarded

    2024-04-08T05:00:00Z

    ROMANIA: Electroputere VFU Pașcani is to supply 40 low-floor trams to București, after national arbitration body CNSC ordered the disputed contract to be awarded. The contract worth an estimated 300m lei was originally to have been awarded in 2020, but the budget was insufficient and concerns ...

  • Railcare MPV2 (Photo Railcare)
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    Next-generation Multi-Purpose Vehicle on test

    2024-04-06T05:00:00Z

    SWEDEN: Railcare is testing its second-generation Multi-Purpose Vehicle, which has been developed with ABB and can both operate and charge its batteries via overhead electrification. ‘Combining electric power with the possibility of switching to battery power is an advantage on sites where there is no overhead ...

  • Freightliner and Zero sign contract (Photo Freightliner)
    Rail Business UK

    Freightliner to explore synthetic locomotive fuel

    2024-04-05T13:19:00Z

    UK: Freightliner and synthetic fuel developer Zero Petroleum have announced a partnership which aims to achieve fossil-free locomotive operation by 2040 and overall net zero by 2050. They are also looking at non-road mobile machinery and other vehicles. Zero has developed proprietary Fischer-Tropsch process technology to ...

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    In depth

    Comment: Multilateral initiatives still matter

    2024-04-04T15:00:00Z

    Globalisation is facing a challenge in the railway industry as countries prioritise domestic production of trains. Nick Kingsley  explores the drawbacks of this approach and the continued importance of international co-operation.

  • Lineas FAME loco (Photo: Lineas)
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    Lineas seeks FAME with biofuel locomotive

    2024-04-04T11:00:00Z

    BELGIUM: Lineas has unveiled a FAME locomotive, powered by fatty acid methyl ester biofuel produced from non-food raw materials such as used cooking oil. Lineas said this offers a readily available alternative to diesel, and has been used in marine engines but not yet in locomotives. ...

  • Clip Intermodal Traxx order (Photo Alstom)
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    Locos ordered for Poland – France corridor

    2024-04-03T15:58:00Z

    EUROPE: Polish company CLIP Intermodal has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 13 third-generation Traxx multi-system electric locomotives approved for use in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Poland. Sławomir Cyza, Managing Director of Alstom in Poland, Ukraine & the Baltic States, said the order announced ...

  • XC Voyager 221127 under the wires at Stoke on Trent on 06.30 Bournemouth to Manchester PiccadillyTM
    Rail Business UK

    CrossCountry gets more Voyagers as refurbishment plan agreed

    2024-04-03T14:39:00Z

    UK: CrossCountry has selected Alstom as preferred bidder to refurbish its fleet of Voyager DMUs over a broadly two-year period as part of an investment package aimed at increasing capacity on its network by up to 25%. The national long-distance operator also announced on March 25 ...

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    Metro Report International

    Sacramento orders more low-floor LRVs

    2024-04-02T11:00:00Z

    USA: Sacramento Regional Transit District has ordered a further nine S700 low-floor light rail vehicles from Siemens Mobility, as part of a fleet renewal and capacity enhancement programme.

  • UKVZ Castor tram (Photo UKVZ)
    Metro Report International

    Castor tram on test

    2024-04-02T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: A Type 71-639 Castor tram developed by UKVZ has started dynamic testing in Chelyabinsk. At 25·75 m long and 2 500 mm wide, the Castor is the shortest three-section tram currently available for the Russian market. The six-axle 1 524 mm gauge vehicle has a ...

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    Metro Report International

    Dolderbahn rack railcar unveiled

    2024-04-01T05:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Stadler has delivered the first of two railcars which it is supplying to re-equip the Dolderbahn rack railway in Zürich.