4/2015

2015 will be a momentous year for Channel Tunnel operations, with the prospect of the entry into service of the new Siemens-built Class 374 EMUs in December, and the imminent appearance of the first refurbished Class 373 EMUs. Passenger and freight traffic is on the increase, but spring and summer 2015 will be memorable for other reasons...

While OUIGO is maintaining its position on long distance budget-priced daytime high speed services in France, Thello is demonstrating that the market for conventional international overnight trains is generally on the wane, and is now seeking to develop new daytime international routes as a panacea.

We offer you the second and final part of our review of transport logistic 2015, held in München in early May. Part One dealt with the locomotives and some of the wagons, while here in Part Two we focus mainly on developments in intermodal technologies and the tank wagon exhibits.

The 16th edition of Czech Raildays, the leading rail technology trade fair in the Czech Republic, was held in Ostrava between 16 and 18 June 2015. The number of exhibiting companies was a record 192, thus exceeding the 2013 number of 187. The exhibition grounds have around 800 m of sidings, and these were almost fully occupied by exhibits.

From the city of Chemnitz radiate a number of non-electrified secondary lines. Under a project known as the Chemnitzer Modell, some of these railways are now being integrated in a tram-train network, for which 12 electro-diesel tram-trains are currently being built by a consortium formed of Vossloh España and Vossloh Kiepe.