Lyudinovsky Diesel Locomotive Plant (LTZ, a member enterprise of Sinara Transport Machines), was certified for meeting the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) requirements, the company’s press service says. The certification procedure was carried out by the auditors from the international holding DQS GmbH, one of the global leaders on the
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Lyudinovsky Diesel Locomotive Plant gets IRIS compliance certificate
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Transmashholding will seliver twenty TEM TMH shunting locomotives to Lithuanian Railways
CJSC TMH B (TMH representation in the Baltics, Poland and Finland) has entered into agreement with JSC Lithuanian Railways (LG) for supply of twenty TEM TMH shunting locomotives. Delivery of TEM TMH locos shall be commenced at the end of January this year, further the customer will get one loco
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Siemens delivered a sound quarter to start its fiscal year 2014. Supported by several major orders, new orders rose 12 percent year-over-year, while revenue development was nearly stable. “We delivered a sound quarter to start our fiscal year. As expected, market conditions were not in our favor. We continue to
Spain: The Ministries Council gives green light to the creation of the State Agency for Railway Safety
The Ministries Council, at the proposal of the Ministry of Development has given the green light to the creation of the State Agency for Railway Safety with the approval of Royal Decree-Law 1/2014 – reform measures in infrastructure and transport (http://www.fomento.gob.es/NR/rdonlyres/1F52DBCB-C4DA-4D35-98C6-7F567E3971F2/122891/140124NPRealDecretoLey.pdf). State Agency for Railway Safety will act as the independent authority responsible for rail safety,
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Amtrak and California request bids for high-speed trainsets
Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) issued a request for proposals to build modern, state-of-the-art high-speed trainsets. The trainsets are essential to meeting Amtrak’s critical short-term need to expand the capacity of its current Northeast Corridor (NEC) high-speed service and meeting the long-term operational needs of both Amtrak
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New Diesel-Electric Trains to Serve Sverdlovsk Railway
Two new DT1-type passenger trains have been rolled out on the Sverdlovsk Mainline. What makes these diesel-electric trains special is that they can be used on both electrified and non-electrified sections of the railway. According to General Director of JSC Sverdlovsk Commuter Rail Company (SCRC) Evgeniy Savostin, the trains will
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MTR awards HKD2.3bn train cars contracts
MTR announced the awards of two contracts to purchase 148 new train cars and modify 348 existing train cars for future operation of East West Corridor of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL), which is targeted for completion in 2018. “The Shatin to Central Link is an exciting project as
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Stadler Rail wins contract to supply seven Tango low-floor LRVs
Swiss APPENZELL Railways (AB) has awarded Stadler to supply seven Tango low-floor LRVs. The total value of the contract worth around CHF 60m (including provision of spare parts). The decision to opt for the Tango comes after AB has thoroughly tested these vehicles in Basel and Geneva. The Tangos will run on line Trogen-Appenzell -
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Network Rail places order for ROBEL Mobile Maintenance Systems
ROBEL will build eight Mobile Maintenance Systems 69.70/4 for Network Rail Ltd. Following delivery from July 2015 onwards, this safe and efficient concept will be deployed on five of Network Rail’s Routes. With the three combined units of the (Mobile Maintenance Unit) 69.60 MMU, the (Intermediate Wagon ) 69.45 IW
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OptaSense announces contract with Europe’s biggest rail provider – Deutsche Bahn Netz AG
OptaSense announce a collaboration with Europe’s biggest rail operator, Deutsche Bahn Netz AG, to validate a set of fibre sensing tools designed to reduce the operating cost of rail track operation. The 18 month collaboration will see the validation of bespoke software tools which record and report train and track
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