A TWO-STAGE 18-month trial has been completed on Manchester Metrolink aimed at reducing LRV wheel flange and track wear, as well as the associated noise, using an Intelligent Wheel Flange Lubrication (iWFL) system developed by Rowe Hankins, Britain.
BOTH traffic and turnover increased last year for Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) enabling it to declare a profit of a Tenge 123bn ($US 832m). KTZ also doubled capital investment to Tenge 394bn.
THE Indian subsidiary of US freight wagon leasing company GATX, which was set up in 2010, has purchased 10 rakes of 45 container flat wagons which it has leased to Arshiya Rail Infrastructure (ARI) for 10 years.
Substantial new investment in rolling stock and infrastructure is paving the way for a major overhaul of passenger operations in South Africa, as regional editor John Batwell explains.
CONSTRUCTION started on May 5 of a 1260km heavy-haul railway to transport coal from mines in the Luliang area of Shanxi province to the Yellow Sea port of Rizhao in Shangdong province.
TWO Japanese-Indian consortia - Sojitz-L&T and Mitsui, Ircon and Leighton - have prequalified for civil works on a 640km section of the 1499km western dedicated freight corridor which will eventually connect Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal in Mumbai with Tughlakabad/ Dadri freight terminal in Delhi.
BEIJING is to begin work on a five new sections of metro totalling more than 100km before the end of the year, according to the city's major projects construction office.
JR East has selected Knorr-Bremse to supply braking equipment for its latest-generation E6 Shinaknsen trains, 23 of which will be delivered from next March for use on Tokyo - Akita services.
The government of the Canadian province of Ontario is to abolish the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission and sell Ontario Northland Railway.
SAN FRANCISCO Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has selected Bombardier as its preferred supplier to build the so-called "fleet of the future," which will ultimately replace the metro's entire fleet of 669 vehicles.
