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German rail freight transport operator DB Cargo has issued a call for tenders for a framework agreement to supply up to 400 dual-mode locomotives. The framework agreement to supply the locomotives will run from 1st March 2020 to 31st December 2026, while DB is intending to make an initial order of up to 100 locomotives. Delivery of the first locomotive is expected within two to four years after the first call-off order. Bids will be accepted until 18th October 2019.
Source: Official Journal of the European Union 01.10.2019
DB Fernverkehr, the long-distance transport subsidiary of German state railway DB, has published a tender for a framework contract for the delivery of up to 90 high-speed trains (HST). The vehicles are to have a minimum top speed of 300 km/h. The order is to include spare parts. The vehicles will have a maximum length of 200 m, and must be able to operate in multiple traction with DB\'s existing class 407 ICE fleet. The volume of the framework contract is estimated at EUR 2 billion. According to DB, the order is in response to steadily increasing passenger numbers, and it is looking to increase its capacity and fleet availability. The fleet must be certified to operate in Germany, as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, France and other networks in Europe at up to 320 km/h. The vehicles are expected to enter service from December 2022. The deadline for submission of bids for the HST order is 18th October 2019.
Source: Official Journal of the European Union 26.09.2019
Austrian state railway ÖBB and the federal state of Upper Austria have agreed on a package of measures worth EUR 600 million for the modernisation of the regional passenger rail transport network in the state. In general, all branch railway lines on the network are to be retained and additionally modernised. Furthermore, the lines locally known as Mattigtalbahn, Innviertelbahn, Mühlkreisbahn, Donauuferbahn and Almtalbahn will be electrified. Other measures include the modernisation of 86 railway stations and other stops, as well as the removal of railway crossings in Upper Austria. This scheme had already been presented in July 2019 (see SCI RAILDATA Issue 27/2019), and the plan is to be effectively realised now. This also means the regional lines in Upper Austria are no longer in danger of being closed. They had hardly generated any profit in the past, which is why even a privatisation of the network had been considered.
Source: LOK-Report 02.10.2019
The government of the Australian federal state of New South Wales (NSW) has awarded Momentum Trains, a consortium consisting of CAF, UGL Rail Services, Pacific Partnerships, CAF Investment Projects and DIF Infrastructure V Coöperatief, a contract to replace its ageing rolling stock fleet (see SCI RAILDATA Issue 07/2019). The new fleet includes a total of 117 cars forming ten regional intercity trains, nine short regional trains and ten long regional trains. The first new trains are expected to be running from 2023, with the full fleet coming into service progressively. They will operate in bi-mode configuration with both electric and diesel drive instead of just diesel propulsion, providing a more environmentally-friendly rail service. NSW will also build a new train maintenance facility in Dubbo, with construction starting in 2020 (see SCI RAILDATA Issue 07/2019).
Source: NSW press release 26.09.2019
The state-owned Russian leasing company GTLK has ordered 25,000 innovative freight wagons with an axle load of 25 t from Russian freight wagon manufacturer United Wagon Company (UWC). UWC is expected to deliver 20,000 open freight wagons with hatches by 2022, and 5,000 self-unloading freight wagons for grain transport to GTLK by 2020. The innovative freight wagons enable savings in operating costs and additional revenue from the transport of additional freight volumes. GTLK has recently started a leasing programme for innovative freight wagons of various types. Two types of leasing are offered: on the one hand, the vehicles can be handed over to customers for a period of up to 15 years under finance leases and from one year onwards under operating leasing contracts. The freight wagons have an axle load of 25 t and have improved technical and economic performance compared to standard models with an axle load of 23.5 t. According to UWC, they also have maintenance intervals of 1 million km or eight years.
Source: RZD-Partner 27.09.2019