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Bombardier Transportation has received orders for the delivery of 20 electric locomotives of type Traxx from rolling stock leasing company Railpool. The contracts include an option for 20 additional vehicles. According to list prices, the total value of the contracts amounts to around EUR 74 million (USD 85 million). The first locomotives of the Traxx 3 platform equipped with a last mile diesel engine are scheduled to be delivered during the second half of 2019 (H2/2019). Railpool, which was established in Munich in 2008, is active in 14 countries in Europe with a fleet of over 400 locomotives. Together with the locomotives ordered now, Railpool will have more than 217 Traxx locomotives in its fleet (see e.g. SCI RAILDATA Issue 34/2017).
Source: Bombardier press release 20.12.2018
On 11th December 2018, French regulation authority Arafer presented its 2017 market report for rail passenger transport operations among other things. During the year in question, around 3.8 million passengers used rail transport, of which 87% were registered for the contractually regulated TER and Transilien train services. With a total of 92.4 billion person-km, the transport performance increased for the first time in six years by 7%, which is a higher increase than was registered in air and road transport with increases of 4% and 0.4% respectively. Through the commissioning of new vehicles with a higher capacity, especially double-deck trains, the average train utilisation was able to be increased by 1.6% to 44%. According to Arafer, rail passenger transport is currently holding a market share of 10% in domestic passenger transport operations of almost 10%. Passenger transport operators generated revenues of more than EUR 13.7 billion, of which EUR 8.4 billion are commercial earnings (+8.2%) and EUR 5.4 billion are public grants. However, the authority is expecting a decline of this positive development as a result of the ongoing strikes.
Source: Arafer press conference, La Croix 11.12.2018
On behalf of Swiss state railway SBB, a test circuit for a Hyperloop system is planned to be constructed in Valais. The Zurich-based research organisation EuroTube has initiated the construction and is responsible for the design and the project planning among other things. According to the most recent status of the plans, the construction of the test circuit in Collombey-Muraz in Valais is scheduled to start in the second half of 2019 (H2/2019) at the earliest. The municipality located in Lower Valais is the preferred site, as the terrain is very flat and has only a few obstacles. The research and test circuit will be designed for speeds of up to 900 km/h.
Source: Blick.ch 13.12.2018