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Azuma makes demonstration run to Peterborough

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THE first LNER Azuma set to carry passengers on the East Coast Main Line has made a demonstration run from London King's Cross to Peterborough and back. Rail minister Andrew Jones was at King's Cross, where he welcomed the 'next step in a significant transformation', while LNER managing director David Horne

Changing the Fabric of the Rail Industry

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As train companies strive to improve the overall passenger journey, they are increasingly recognising that a single carriage design simply cannot meet the needs of every traveller. To improve customer experiences, they must address a broad range of needs. It’s inevitable that the needs of a business traveller, for example, will

Faster track stripping

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AUSTRALIA: John Holland has developed a rail springer excavator attachment which, it says, makes the traditionally labour-intensive and high-risk process of track stripping both safer and up to five times faster. ‘The springer is designed to attach to an excavator via a quick hitch, the road-rail excavator then moves along the

Raylı Sistemler İçin 2023’e Kadar 50 Milyar Dolarlık Yatırım

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Raylı sistemlerde yerliliğe odaklanan Türkiye, katma değeri artırmak için teknolojiyi geliştirmeye yönelik adımlar atıyor. Türkiye’de, hızlı tren ve belediyelerin metro/tramvay araç ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacak raylı sistemler için 2023’e kadar yaklaşık 50 milyar dolarlık yatırım planlanıyor. Türkiye, [devamı…]

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Panama City Metro Line 2 Enters Commercial Service

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The Panama Metro Line 2 Opening: Line 2 of the Panama Metro has commenced commercial operations.  Panama Metropolis Trainset © Alstom Alstom, which leads Grupo de Empresas (GdE) and Consorcio Linea 2 celebrated the event. GdE has been responsible for delivering an integrated metro system. It comprises 21 Metropolis trainsets, traction substations

Caledonian Sleeper launches new CAF coaches

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UK: London to Scotland overnight train operator Caledonian Sleeper put the first of its new fleet of CAF coaches into service on April 28. The Mk V vehicles built in northern Spain are initially being used on the Lowlander route from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Highlander route between London

New ‘Traxx’ enters passenger service in Israel and Germany

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NEW ‘Traxx3’-design electric locos have entered service in both Israel and Germany in recent months. Bombardier is building both loco types at its Kassel factory in Germany. Initially, the company offered AC-versions of its new ‘Traxx3’ design, but is also now building a DC version and testing multi-voltage prototypes. Israeli Railways ‘Traxx’

Tipping wagons expand UWC range

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RUSSIA: United Wagon Co is expanding its range with the development of two side tipping wagons for the transport and automated discharge of aggregates and ore. The wagons were designed by UWC’s All-Union Research & Development Centre for Transportation Technology and are currently undergoing certification, ahead of the planned start of

Raylı Sistem Sektörünün Geleceği

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Dünyadaki Raylı sistemler pazar payı 2009-2011 yılları arasında 146 milyar Euro iken 2011-2013 yılları arasında 150 milyar, 2013-2015 yılları arasında 160 milyar, 2017-2019 yılları arasında 176 milyar Euro olarak gerçekleşmiş ve 2019-2021 yılları arasında ise [devamı…]

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Flex: The go-anywhere train

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With so many new trains being delivered and electrification schemes shelved, Porterbrook and Brush Traction are using their engineering expertise to convert surplus Thameslink commuter trains into ‘go-anywhere’ bi-mode trains. Ben Jones visits Loughborough to see how the project is progressing. When you’ve invested millions of pounds in maintaining and updating

Burdurlular Yolcu Treni’ni Geri İsterken Tren Garından Oluyor

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Burdurlular yolcu treni beklerken, son açıklamalarla, Burdur Tren Garı’nın organize sanayiye taşınacağı, demiryolu raylarının organize sanayiye kadar olan bölümünün söküleceği, mevcut tren garının kapatılacağı duyuruldu. Yolcu treni bekleyen Burdurlular, bu açıklama ile “demiryolu’nun sökülmesi” Burdur [devamı…]

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Brisbane Cross River contractors selected

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AUSTRALIA: The Queensland government’s Cross River Rail Delivery Authority has selected preferred bidders for the three main works packages to build and equip Brisbane’s A$5·4bn cross-city rail link. Enabling works are already underway for the 10·2 km line linking Bowen Hills with Dutton Park, and major construction is expected to get underway

On This Day | 20 years ago…

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Taken from our huge The Railway Magazine archive, check out what happened in world of railways in April, 20 years ago! 20 years ago: An eye-opening sight as Metro-Vick ‘A’ class No. A39, finished in the silver livery used by CIÉ in the 1950s, waits at Rosslare Europort to return to

First look inside new Caledonian Sleeper trains

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UK: London to Scotland overnight train operator Caledonian Sleeper has unveiled the interiors of its new coaches, which are being built by CAF in northern Spain. Entry into service had originally been scheduled for April 2018 but is now expected by the end of May. The Lowlander route between London and

RAYLI SİSTEMLER SANAYİ TEKNİK KOMİTESİNİN OLUŞUMU VE GÖREVLERİNE DAİR TEBLİĞİ RESMİ GAZETEDE YAYINLANDI

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Amaç, Kapsam, Dayanak ve Tanımlar Amaç MADDE 1 – (1) Bu Tebliğin amacı; kalkınma planları, yıllık programlar ve stratejilerdeki ilke, hedef ve politikalar doğrultusunda raylı sistemler sanayi politikasının belirlenmesi, sektörün sorunlarının tespit edilerek çözüm yollarının geliştirilmesi amacıyla teknik komite oluşturulması ve bu komitenin çalışma usul ve esaslarını belirlemektir. Kapsam MADDE 2 – (1) Bu Tebliğ, raylı

Greater Anglia, GWR launch Delay Repay 15

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GREATER Anglia and GWR have become the latest franchises to offer compensation for trains which run 15 minutes late. Rail minister Andrew Jones is visiting Norwich, Ipswich and Witham today, and chose today to announce the new rules on Greater Anglia. As existing franchises, the GA and GWR contracts would have needed

World rolling stock market – March 2019

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Australia: NSW is to ‘fast-track’ the delivery of a further 17 Downer EDI/CRRC Changchun Waratah Series 2 double-deck EMUs for use on the Sydney Trains network from 2020, Minister for Transport Andrew Constance announced on February 6. Meanwhile, the UGL Unipart JV’s contract to provide heavy maintenance and logistics services

Danish electrification on test

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DENMARK: The first overnight test runs have been undertaken using 25 kV 50 Hz electrification newly installed on the 45 km Køge Nord – Næstved line, infrastructure manager Banedanmark announced on March 25. Work to upgrade and electrify the route to permit 160 km/h operation began in 2015, and has included track

Rumo wins Norte-Sul operating concession

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BRAZIL: Rumo has won the tender for a 30-year concession to complete and operate the 1 537 km southern section of the Ferrovia Norte-Sul corridor linking Porto Nacional in Tocantins to Estrela d'Oeste in São Paulo state. When the offers were opened on March 28, Rumo’s bid of R$2·72bn was significantly ahead of

ČD awarded long-distance operating contracts

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CZECH REPUBLIC: The Ministry of Transport has announced that, following a market consultation assessment, it would award all the remaining long-distance public service obligation operating contracts directly to state incumbent ČD. Other operators had not shown sufficient interest in the contracts, which cover six express and 13 fast services and run

Togo railway plan

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TOGO: Construction of a 760 km railway from the capital Lomé to Cinkassé on the border with Burkina Faso is included in a national development plan unveiled by the government of Togo. It is envisaged that the line could eventually run to Ouagadougou. State-owned Togo Invest Holding has been tasked with with

Bielefeld – Hannover high speed line proposed

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GERMANY: Commissioner for Rail and Parliamentary Secretary of State for Transport & Digital Infrastructure Enak Ferlemann has said that a new 300 km/h line needs to be built between Bielefeld and Hannover. Speaking to Deutsche Presse Agentur on March 18, Ferlemann said that the new line was required to cut the

No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

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THE recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was introduced in 1951. The Up and Down ‘Wessex’ was covered by two separate Bournemouth diagrams; originally

A Phoenix from the Ashes

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If ever a place deserved to rise from the ashes, then it is Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum (SLNRM). Nicola Fox tells the fascinating history of a museum, whose locomotives were less than a week from being scrapped, plus its on-going British connections. On the western coast of Africa lies a

Practice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation

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In the third and final instalment, Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the steam-to-electric transformation the Great Western Main Line has undergone in the Thames Valley. Part two of this series ended with a brief eulogy of Class 387s, the electric trains that have transformed stopping services between Paddington and Didcot.

Competitive dynamic diluted

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COMMENT: Are incumbent state operators expanding their low-cost high speed offer to try and keep new entrants out of a liberalised inter-city market, and how might this fit with European competition policy, asks Nick Kingsley. When is a bargain just too good to be true? When it involves getting from one

Frauscher Sensor Technology acquired by Delachaux

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FRAUSCHER: Delachaux Group completed the acquisition of a majority stake in wheel sensor and axle counter manufacturer Frauscher Sensor Technology Group on February 28.  The family-owned Delachaux Group is the owner of rail fastening manufacturer Pandrol as well as specialised energy and metals engineering businesses. FST’s management retains a minority stake,

Put customers first, Williams tells UK rail sector

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UK: The rail industry needs ‘to adapt to a fast changing world’, and ensure that it focuses on the needs of passenger and freight customers, according to former British Airways Chief Executive Keith Williams, who was last year commissioned by Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling to undertake a

In praise of bumpy journeys on ‘Pacers’

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GARY Boyd-Hope’s series of articles have been fascinating, and those involved in the design should be congratulated for their work on the ‘Pacers’ as they proved it could be a more efficient DMU than it has ever been credited with.  I photographed my first one at Whitby in 1986 and have liked

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