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TransFLEX launched to offer freight customers more flexibility
08/07/2024

TransFLEX launched to offer freight customers more flexibility

EUROPE: Austrian Federal Railways' freight business ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has formally launched its TransFLEX product, which aims to offer flexible freight services tailored to a customer's individual needs. TransFLEX offers 'uncomplicated ad-hoc or spot' transport, as well as multimodal service inc...

World rail freight news round-up
08/07/2024

World rail freight news round-up

News from the world rail freight market.

KTZ begins taking delivery of CRRC locomotives
07/07/2024

KTZ begins taking delivery of CRRC locomotives

KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has taken delivery of the first four of up to 200 locomotives which are to be supplied by CRRC under a US$1·3bn framework agreement signed when Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited China last October. The CKD6S diesel shunting locos being supplied by ...

More coaches to boost capacity on Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway
06/07/2024

More coaches to boost capacity on Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway

KENYA: A further 20 coaches which CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is supplying to increase capacity on the 480 km Standard Gauge Railway route from Mombasa to Nairobi were shipped from Shanghai at the end of June. The contract signed in September covers a mix of first, second ...

France: Fret SNCF faces an uncertain future
05/07/2024

France: Fret SNCF faces an uncertain future

Christian Scasso assesses the changes that are set to transform France's nationalised rail freight operations in 2025.

Railway supply industry news round-up
05/07/2024

Railway supply industry news round-up

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

Sprinter corridor double-tracking project gets grant
05/07/2024

Sprinter corridor double-tracking project gets grant

USA: The federal Department of Transportation has awarded California's North County Transit District a $10·2m grant to complete preliminary engineering and environmental clearance for the San Marcos to Escondido eastern segment of the Sprinter Corridor Service Improvement Project. The overall proje...

Great British Rail Replacement aims to bring a fresh approach during train service disruption
04/07/2024

Great British Rail Replacement aims to bring a fresh approach during train service disruption

UK: Rail-replacement bus and taxi services have suffered from 'a lack of a joined-up industry-wide and customer-led approach', CMAC Group told Rail Business UK when it announced the launch of its Great British Rail Replacement business. This aims to help operators provide a more seamless passenger ....

Unreal experience at InnoTrans
04/07/2024

Unreal experience at InnoTrans

INNOTRANS: The integration of photorealistic computer-generated images created using the Unreal Engine into rail training simulators is to be showcased by Corys at InnoTrans 2024. The company says this marks 'a significant advance that will make train driver training more attractive and effective'.....

Comment: Private train operators seek the light
04/07/2024

Comment: Private train operators seek the light

The collapse of Midnight Trains has raised questions about the viability of new entrants in Europe's open access rail market, despite the optimism surrounding ventures like Le Train and Proxima. Nick Kingsley reflects on the challenges faced by start-ups and the potential for future success in this....

Danish train operator to buy solar power
03/07/2024

Danish train operator to buy solar power

DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB has agreed to purchase 80 GWh/year from the 262 GWh/year Lidsø Solar Park which European Energy is to develop on a 253 ha site at Rødbyhavn. DSB said this is equivalent to half of the current power consumption of its København ...

Poland recommits to CPK high speed rail programme
03/07/2024

Poland recommits to CPK high speed rail programme

POLAND: Prime Minister Donald Tusk has recommitted his government to implementing the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny high speed rail and airport programme. When the current government came to power at the end of last year it quickly initiated a review of the previous administration's plans for the ...

Plasser & Theurer aims to answer three questions at InnoTrans
03/07/2024

Plasser & Theurer aims to answer three questions at InnoTrans

INNOTRANS: 'Future track technology - now' will be Plasser & Theurer's slogan for InnoTrans 2024, where the track construction equipment and maintenance machine supplier will be aiming to answer three questions. These are: how can we react to the challenges posed by climate change as quickly ...

Incumbent awarded next Niedersachsen-Ost operating contract
03/07/2024

Incumbent awarded next Niedersachsen-Ost operating contract

GERMANY: The Niedersachen, Greater Braunchsweig and Hannover transport authorities have awarded incumbent Metronom the next contract to operate Elektro-Netz Niedersachsen-Ost passenger services. The next ENNO contract will run from December 2025 to December 2038, with the option to extend for a furt...

ComfortJet coaches enter service
02/07/2024

ComfortJet coaches enter service

CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has put its first set of ComfortJet inter-city coaches into revenue service. An initial set began operating on the Praha - Bohumín route on June 12, with the Bohumín - Františkovy Lázně route to follow once three sets are ready for ...

Wiremind software to help Eurostar optimise revenue
02/07/2024

Wiremind software to help Eurostar optimise revenue

EUROPE: International high speed train operator Eurostar has signed a five-year contract to use Wiremind's CAYZN software to modernise its revenue management processes, identify new revenue opportunities and increase load factors. It is expected to go live in Q1 2025. Eurostar Chief Commercial Offic...

California high speed line track and electrification design contract awarded
01/07/2024

California high speed line track and electrification design contract awarded

USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority has appointed a joint venture of Systra and Typsa to design the track and overhead electrification for the initial section of the line. The contract has an initial value of up to $131·2m. It covers the production of high-level designs ...

Failed bearing caused East Palestine derailment, NTSB confirms
01/07/2024

Failed bearing caused East Palestine derailment, NTSB confirms

USA: A defective wheel bearing on a hopper wagon led to last year's derailment of a Norfolk Southern train at East Palestine, Ohio, according to the formal NTSB investigation.

Dublin – Belfast boost in Irish timetable recast
01/07/2024

Dublin – Belfast boost in Irish timetable recast

IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann is planning a major uplift in its inter-city and inter-regional services in the second half of the year, including a boost in frequency to the cross-border Enterprise service linking Dublin and Belfast.

SBB sets date to restore full access to Gotthard Base Tunnel
30/06/2024

SBB sets date to restore full access to Gotthard Base Tunnel

SWITZERLAND: SBB has confirmed that it expects to reopen the Gotthard Base Tunnel fully on September 2, bringing to an end more than a year of disruption caused by a derailment of a freight train in August 2023. According to the national railway, repair works in ...

Parliamentary body to support Brazil's railway industry
30/06/2024

Parliamentary body to support Brazil's railway industry

BRAZIL: A political lobby group has been set up to put the case for rail within the country's political institutions.

Koleje Mazowieckie orders more Flirts
29/06/2024

Koleje Mazowieckie orders more Flirts

POLAND: Regional operator Koleje Mazowieckie has signed a 3·2bn złoty framework agreement with Stadler for the supply of 50 five-car Flirt electric multiple-units. A firm order has been placed for an initial batch of 25. The deal includes the provision of maintenance for 18 years, as ...

Traction innovations on show in Ostrava
28/06/2024

Traction innovations on show in Ostrava

CZECH REPUBLIC: One of the 18 Flirt electric multiple-units being supplied to Serbia formed the centrepiece of the Stadler presentation for the Rail Business Days 2024 trade fair at Ostrava's Trojhalí Karolina centre.

Sensors selected for train automation trial
28/06/2024

Sensors selected for train automation trial

GERMANY: The AutomatedTrain project to test the driverless operation of multiple-units as part of the Digitale Schiene Deutschland initiative is to use Aeva's frequency modulated continuous wave 4D LiDAR sensors. A Siemens Mobility Mireo trainset is to be equipped for GoA4 unattended movement from s...

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28/06/2024

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  Transform your rail network with Arcadis EAM Core, built on IBM Maximo. Our solution enhances reliability, safety, and...
27/06/2024


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‘End-to-end' hydrogen co-operation accord
27/06/2024

‘End-to-end' hydrogen co-operation accord

GERMANY: Siemens Mobility and its Smart Train Lease subsidiary have signed a co-operation agreement with Tyczka Hydrogen to offer fuel cell trains with a full hydrogen supply chain and appropriate support services.

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