Transport Secretary to Invoke Japanese Inspiration for HS2 Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 6, 20260 Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has expressed ambitions for HS2 to match levels of success previously set by Japan’s Shinkansen network or “bullet trains”. The Transport Secretary recently made a trip to Japan and travelled along the high-speed line from Tokyo to Osaka. Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, with the Shinkansen train © Department for
Japan: Hitachi to Manufacture New Restaurant Train for Seibu Railway Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 26, 20260 Hitachi Rail has been awarded a manufacturing contract for a new restaurant train in Japan – named Fine Dining Train “vies”. Developed in collaboration with SEIBU RAILWAY Co.,Ltd.; the train is scheduled to begin operation in March 2028. The train is planned to enter operation in March 2028 © Hitachi Rail The train’s design
Japan: Kishi Station Names Yontama as 3rd Feline Stationmaster Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 7, 20260 Continuing an almost twenty-year long tradition; a local railway station in Japan has appointed a calico cat, Yontama, as its third feline stationmaster. Yontama was officially sworn in during a ceremony at Kishi Station on Wakayama Electric Railway Co.’s Kishigawa Line. He succeeds his predecessor, Nitama, who passed away in November
A Guide to Eating on Trains in Japan Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 26, 20250 JRPass, an online provider of Japan Rail Passes, has compiled practical advice for tourists to help them follow local customs when travelling by train in Japan. Specifically, the provider aims to clarify questions on whether you are allowed to eat on Japanese trains. In response to this commonly asked question, JRPass
SPACIA X Awarded 2025 Red Dot Award for Product Design Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 15, 20250 Hitachi Rail and Tobu Railway’s jointly developed Series N100 SPACIA X has been awarded the 2025 Red Dot Award for Product Design by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. A limited express train; the SPACIA X first began operation on 15 July 2023 and connects Asakusa with the Nikko and
Young Rail Tours to explore the world of rail Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 30, 20190 INTERNATIONAL: UK-based networking and educational association Young Rail Professionals has launched Young Rail Tours in partnership with the Young Members sections of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Division, the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers and the Institution of Engineering & Technology Railway Technical Professional Network. YRT is intended to deliver
Japanese take over Rio suburban network Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 16, 20190 BRAZIL: A consortium of Mitsui and West Japan Railway has purchased a majority stake in Rio de Janeiro suburban operator SuperVia, at a reported cost of around ¥20bn. The Japanese trading group had previously held a 24% stake in the concessionaire, through its stake in SuperVia parent Odebrecht Mobilidad. It has
South Eastern franchise competition cancelled pending Rail Review Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 7, 20190 UK: The Department for Transport terminated the competition for the next South Eastern franchise on August 7, saying it had ‘significant concerns’ that continuing with the process ‘would lead to additional costs incurred to the taxpayer, with no certainty that this would deliver envisaged benefits for passengers in a timely
South Eastern franchise competition cancelled Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 7, 20190 THE Department for Transport has cancelled the competition for the next South Eastern franchise, and confirmed that the existing contract with Govia will now continue until April 2020. The decision to cancel the bidding has come only days after the High Court rejected an attempt by the DfT to quash
Industry Insider Week 31 – 12 Must-Read Rail Stories Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 6, 20190 All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 31 for 29 July–02 August 2019: Rail yard behind the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia © Donnie Nunley under licence Business Stadler manufactures the Berlin S-Bahn at its Pankow site © Railway-News Stadler
Russian Railways Launches Freight Service from Korea to Europe Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 30, 20190 Russian Railways (RZD) and the FESCO Transport Group (FESCO) have launched a freight service route running from the Republic of Korea to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Landbridge line. Danilov, Russia © sovraskin under license The first container was shipped from Busan on the 25 June 2019 and arrived in Wroclaw, Poland, 21 days
Sakhalin regauging makes progress Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 29, 20190 RUSSIA: The first 1 520 mm gauge long-distance overnight passenger services on the island of Sakhalin began running on July 18, following conversion of the 500 km Vzmorye – Nogliki route from 1 067 mm to broad gauge. This marks the latest stage in a programme launched in 2003 to regauge the island’s network
Track Maintenance & Construction: Still in Search of It’s Place in the 4.0 World Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 17, 20190 On the 17th September 2018 the World Economic Forum made the prediction that “Machines will do more tasks than Humans by 2025…”. According to this report, within the next 6 years, 52% of all working hours will be done by robots. As a result, productivity in the affected industries has
Southeastern franchise extension confirmed Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 13, 20190 UK: The Department for Transport and the Govia joint venture of Go-Ahead (65%) and Keolis (35%) have agreed a short-term extension to the current South Eastern passenger franchise until November 10, the operator confirmed on June 13, with an option for a further extension to April 1 2020. The franchise extension
Fleet Focus: Britain’s new trains Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 12, 20190 Exciting times are ahead as the first trains of two new fleets entered service during April and May. A total of 22 new or fully refurbished fleets are due for introduction by 12 train operators over the next three years, and The RM will be taking a closer look at
Southeastern deal unresolved as deadline approaches Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 7, 20190 THE Department for Transport remains locked in talks with Govia over another extension to the Southeastern franchise, barely two weeks before the present contract is due to end. It was in June 2017 that the DfT announced that four bidders had been shortlisted for South Eastern. They were Govia, Stagecoach, Trenitalia
High Speed 2 rolling stock bids submitted Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 5, 20190 UK: The deadline to submit bids for the estimated £2·75bn contract to design, manufacture and maintain the High Speed 2 train fleet passed at midday on June 5. Project promoter HS2 Ltd will now evaluate the five bids received and expects to announce the winner in early 2020, with entry
HS2 rolling stock bids submitted Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 5, 20190 UK: The deadline to submit bids for the estimated £2·75bn contract to design, manufacture and maintain the High Speed 2 train fleet passed at midday on June 5. Project promoter HS2 Ltd will now evaluate the five bids received and expects to announce the winner in early 2020, with entry
Bombardier and Hitachi Reveal Proposed HS2 Train Design Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 5, 20190 Not to be outdone by Alstom and its unveiling of its proposed design for the new HS2 trains, Bombardier and Hitachi also reveal their first image of their proposed HS2 train design. Bombardier-Hitachi HS2 train design © Bombardier Bombardier-Hitachi Joint HS2 Rolling Stock Bid Bombardier and Hitachi announced in July last year that they
Industry Insider Week 21 – 12 Must-Read Rail Stories Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 28, 20190 All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 21 for 20–24 May 2019: Stadler’s Euro Dual Locomotive for ELP © Stadler Rolling Stock Euro Dual Hybrid Locomotive © Stadler Stadler Delivers More Hybrid Locomotives for European Freight Corridors Stadler have entered into a contract
Russian Railways Launches New Rail Freight Service from Japan to Europe Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 23, 20190 JSC Russian Railways Logistics, which is a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and FESCO Transport Group have launched the Trans-Siberian Landbridge joint transit service. The goal is to speed up the delivery of goods from Japan to Europe. This service will run through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The partners shipped a
Did you know… we’ve just published our Railtex Magazine Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 1, 20190 Railtex 2019 takes place in Birmingham, UK, on 14–16 May 2019. We have published our second magazine of the year in conjunction with the show. You can read the whole thing here. © Hitachi Railtex Magazine Contents The Railtex 2019 Featured Suppliers & Advertisers Index: a useful overview of some of the suppliers
RDG proposes arms-length body to oversee UK rail Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 30, 20190 UK: Greater accountability to rail users and devolved authorities is envisaged under proposals from the Rail Delivery Group published on April 30, along with the establishment of an ‘independent national organising body’ to co-ordinate and oversee the entire rail sector. Unveiling its proposals to the Williams Rail Review, which has been
Juche Travel: Exploring the mysteries of North Korea Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 18, 20190 JUCHE Travel Services, a UK-based travel agency specialising in tours to North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), is delighted to announce the return of it’s Grand Rail Tour, departing Sunday, October 27-Wednesday, November 6, 2019 (10 nights in the DPRK + 2 nights on the train). This is a
South Eastern franchise award delayed Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 10, 20190 UK: The start of the next South Eastern passenger franchise has been delayed ‘while we make a decision on the competition’, Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling confirmed to parliament on April 9. The Department for Transport is negotiating a short-term extension to its current agreement with Govia. This would
World rolling stock market – March 2019 Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 31, 20190 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
Sotetsu – JR East link completed Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 29, 20190 JAPAN: Ceremonies were held in western Yokohama on March 28 to mark the completion of a new link between Sotetsu’s Sagami Railway and JR East tracks, which will allow the operation of through services from the Sagami Main Line and Izumino Line to Shinjuku station in Tokyo. Under the project, formerly
Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed tenders called Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 18, 20190 INDIA: Tenders for design, construction and commissioning of civil engineering works on around half of the planned Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line were invited by the National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd on March 15. Covering a 237 km section in the state of Gujurat, running south from Vadodara to the
Date announced for first East Coast Azuma in service Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 14, 20190 LNER has said a Class 800 Azuma train will carry passengers on the East Coast Main Line for the first time on 15 May. The news comes after months of tests in a bid to prevent electro-magnetic emissions from the Hitachi-built Intercity Expresses interfering with lineside equipment. Approval was given by
Green light for East Coast Azumas Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 12, 20190 THE Office of Rail and Road has approved the use of Hitachi Class 800 Intercity Express sets on the East Coast Main Line, but only between London and Leeds. LNER is ‘delighted’, and hopes to be running some 800s in passenger service by the summer. The news, given to Hitachi Europe in
North Korean rail network set for major investment? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Şubat 27, 20190 IN LATE-November a special inspection train operated by South Korean national operator Korail entered North Korea and carried out infrastructure inspections in co-operation with North Korean Railways on two main north-south routes. The train was run under special dispensation from the United Nations as importing diesel fuel to
Third rail route to Tokyo Haneda Airport finalised Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Şubat 22, 20190 JAPAN: East Japan Railway expects to start work in May on its Haneda Airport Access Line, which would provide a third rail link to Tokyo’s largest airport. This is currently served by the Tokyo Monorail from Hamamatsucho and the independent Keikyu Airport Line. Announcing the project on February 15, JR