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January 4, 2019 | Fleet

First Green Line LRVs enter service in Boston

MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) introduced the first of 24 LRVs into passenger service on the 36.4km Green Line in Boston on December 21. CAF is supplying the vehicles under a $US 118m contract.

January 4, 2019 | Fleet

Mur Valley Railway seeks new trains

STYRIAN Provincial Railway (StLB) has launched a market research initiative with a view to purchasing new rolling stock for the 760mm-gauge Mur Valley Railway, which runs for 65km between Unzmarkt and Tamsweg in central Austria.

January 3, 2019 | Fleet

Hyundai Rotem delivers first Ahmedabad metro train

THE first of 32 three-car trains, which Hyundai Rotem is building for the new two-line Ahmedabad metro, arrived in the Indian port of Mundra on December 29. The second train should arrive in late March or early April.

December 28, 2018 | Light Rail

Nuremberg launches LRV tender

NUREMBERG Transport (VAG) has issued a call for tender for 12 LRVs with options for up to 75 more vehicles. Closing date for bids is January 28.

December 18, 2018 | Africa

Gibela rolls out first South African-built X’Trapolis Mega EMU

THE first locally-assembled Alstom X’Trapolis Mega suburban EMU for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) left the Gibela plant at Dunnottar in Gauteng on December 7 bound for the operator’s depot at Woolmerton north of Pretoria.

December 18, 2018 | Central/South America

CRRC wins Costa Rican DMU order

COSTA RICA’s national railway Incofer has awarded CRRC Qingdao Sifang a $US 32.7m contract to supply eight two-car DMUs for suburban services in the capital San Jose.

December 14, 2018 | Asia

Kars - Tbilisi - Baku coaches on test in Germany

DB Systemtechnik and Stadler Rail have been carrying out tests with new coaches for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) which will be introduced on international services on the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway next year.

December 6, 2018 | Fleet

Mireo EMU unveiled by Siemens

SIEMENS presented the first new-generation Mireo EMU to Baden-Württemberg state transport minister, Mr Winfried Hermann, at the supplier’s Wildenrath test centre in Germany on December 6.

November 12, 2018 | Track

The quiet revolution in noise abatement

As the European Parliment prepares to vote on the latest Noise TSI, David Burroughs looks at why noise is an issue worth fixing and what is being done to increase customer satisfaction.

November 9, 2018 | Asia

Condition monitoring improves asset and network performance

Indian Railways is currently engaged in a condition monitoring equipment installation programme at locations across its vast network. Thomas Man outlines the system delivered by TrackIQ, Australia, as well as possible add-ons, which aim to boost the efficiency of the railway’s train maintenance activities.

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