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A Hegenscheidt underfloor wheel lathe has been installed by Strabag at national operator ČD’s main coach and multiple-unit maintenance depot in Praha.
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to award an €80m loan to support construction of a new metro line in the city of Izmir, Turkey. The financing will support the construction of the 7.2km long Fahrettin Altay-Narlidere line along the east-west corridor of the city.
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On 12 September, Kaspars Rokens, COO and Member of the Management Board of RB Rail AS, participated at the second Latvian Start-up Forum in Riga organized as part of Start-up day 2018. During the event, Rokens told more about the Rail Baltica Global Project and what are the opportunities for the start-ups and innovators to engage with the project, as well as discussed the role of start-up companies in the country’s development and innovation processes.
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Bombardier’s new emission-free, energy-efficient and low-noise battery-operated train has been introduced to the public for the first time.
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On 12 September, a Rail Baltica Business Network event took place in Kaunas, with the participation of Catherine Trautmann, European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic core network corridor, Kaspars Briškens, Business Development Manager of RB Rail AS and Mindaugas Kvašys, Project Manager at Civitta as well as participants representing the local business community.
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This is Railcolor’s locomotive news in detail for week 37. The next one will be released in week 39, the week after the InnoTrans. Enjoy!
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The first call-off is for EMU 30 trains, to be delivered in 2020. The framework agreement oversees the supply of a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 120 “Caravaggio” double deck EMUs over the period of 8 years.
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In two years, the two machines, named Dronning Eufemia and Queen Ellisiv, heading northbound toward Oslo, have successfully drilled nine kilometres each. The final launch for the Nordic region’s longest rail tunnel is scheduled for spring 2019 when the last two tunnel boring machines (TBM) come out at Ski.
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A native of Paris, France, Perri worked in the airline industry for several years before joining PHL in 2000. He was initially a locomotive engineer but then transitioned into management, where he held posts as Trainmaster, Director of Transportation, Director of Operations and Superintendent.
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Railcolor Classic is our category about ‘classic’ locomotives in fresh paint. This time we take a good look, a very good look at the Dutch class 1600/1700/1800 electrics originally built for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
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French railway operator SNCF is planning to introduce prototypes of driverless mainline trains for freight and passengers services by 2023. Soon after that, the trains will become operative as regular services, the company announced on Wednesday.
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An eight-year framework agreement for the supply of between 50 and 120 high-capacity double-deck electric multiple-units was signed by Hitachi Rail Italy and Lombardia regional operator FNM on September 12.
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Emission-free, energy-efficient and low-noise – the three key characteristics of Bombardier’s new electro-hybrid Talent 2 EMU, introduced to the public for the first time today. We wrote about this project earlier, today Bombardier released press information.
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Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens Mobility have unveiled the prototype of the Desiro ML Cityjet eco, a battery-powered train.
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More than 80 per cent of companies in the Netherlands are currently not prepared for the Brexit. In other European countries this percentage is expected to be even higher, said the Port of Rotterdam. Companies trading with the UK will need to prepare for new customs procedures, whatever Brexit deal may be concluded, it urged.
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German rail operator Kombiverkehr has increased its rail services to and from Sweden via the Öresund bridge. Since this week, three trains offer five departures in both directions on the line Coevorden – Bad Bentheim – Malmö.
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On Tuesday, the government of President Emmanuel Macron announced a €13.4 billion ($15.5 billion) injection of funds into the high-speed TGV network, with work due to be staggered over the next decade.
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Tunnel boring machines ‘Dronning Eufemia’ and ‘Dronning Ellisiv’ simultaneously broke through to complete a 9 km northern section of the Follo Tunnel on September 11, a significant milestone in the construction of the 20 km tunnel which will be the longest railway tunnel in the Nordic region.
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A prototype Talent 3 EMU equipped for battery operation was formally unveiled at Bombardier’s Hennigsdorf plant on September 12, at a ceremony attended by State Secretary of Transport & Digital Infrastructure Enak Ferlemann and Brandenburg Transport Minister Kathrin Schneider.
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Open access operator Astra Trans Carpatic ran a demonstration Timișoara - Arad - Oradea - Baia Mare service on September 8 using one of the AnsaldoBreda IC2 diesel multiple-units it has acquired from Denmark’s DSB.
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In the rail journey from Europe to China, the border crossing of Malaszewicze is one of the main bottlenecks, many have stated. But Polish operator PKP Cargo said last week that the problems have been solved and the border crossing should not be considered a bottleneck any longer.
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When implementing legislation with the aim of enhancing the use of electronic freight documents in the European Union, this should be completely harmonised.
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The transport company of Ostrava, DPO (Dopravní Podnik Ostrava) has selected Škoda Transportation for the delivery of 40 high capacity, low-floor trams The purchase price is 1.9 billion Czech crowns (EUR 76 million).
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Connectivity of modern trains is not only ‘nice to have’ and of moderate cost for new trains (due to the tremendous downscale of electronic devices), it is a major lever for improving both TCO and operations in many ways.
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The Portuguese Government has approved €168.21m to acquire 22 regional trains for the state-owned transport company Comboios de Portugal (CP). The procurement of new vehicles will enable CP to support operations on the regional lines.
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