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Berlin, 23 – 26 September 2014
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No. 1 18th annual set February 2014
Innovation and
cooperation
Targeting a uniform and
modern rail infrastructure:
the EU presents new
network maps and
enterprises develop
new technologies.
Good
perspectives
Guest article:
Pedro Fortea, the
Director-General of
the Spanish railway
association Mafex, outlines the situation in
the Spanish railway industry.
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Awards
ceremony
Report: With its
action “Railway
employee with
heart” Allianz pro
Schiene e.V. is selecting the most committed
railwaymen and women of Germany.
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No borders for European transport
With its new infrastructure policy, the European Commission is promoting
the development of a trans-European transport network
In autumn 2014
the Swiss rolling
stock manufacturer
will start the
delivery of six Flirt Intercity trains to the
private operator MTR.
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pean networks in transport are
some of the best examples of the
value the EU can bring to its member states.
A reliable network
will increase
competitiveness.
A well-functioning network is essential to the smooth operation of
the single market and will boost
competitiveness. These projects
will also assist Europe in moving to
a more sustainable future and allow
the same market access to all our
regions.”
Nine corridors –
crucial for progress
The nine corridors will be an important milestone in transport infrastructure planning. Each corridor
must include at least three modes
of transport, three member states
and two cross-border sections.
1 The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
2 The North Sea-Baltic
Corridor
3 The Mediterranean Corridor
4 The Orient/East-Med
Corridor
5 The Scandinavian Mediterranean Corridor
6 The Rhine-Alpine Corridor
Transport is a key factor for the
European economy. Europe needs
good connections to grow and prosper. At the end of 2013 the European Commission therefore published a new project map.
It shows the nine major corridors which will act as a backbone
for transportation in Europe‘s
single market and revolutionise
East-West connections. The new
EU infrastructure policy targets a
powerful European transport network across all 28 member states to
promote growth and competitiveness. It will connect Europe‘s East
with its West and integrate today’s
transport patchwork into a network
that is genuinely European. With
the new EU infrastructure policy,
financing of transport infrastructure will triple for the period 2014 –
2020 to 26 billion euros. This EU
funding will be tightly focused on
the core transport network.
A unified network
to strengthen the economy
The new policy establishes, for
the first time, a core transport network built on nine major corridors:
two North-South corridors, three
East-West corridors; and four diagonal corridors. Member states and
stakeholders may pool their scarce
7 The Atlantic Corridor
Graphic: European Commission
resources to achieve the best results. The core network will remove
bottlenecks, upgrade infrastructure
and streamline cross-border transport operations for passengers and
businesses throughout the EU. The
aim is to ensure that Europe’s
citizens and businesses will be no
more than 30 minutes’ travel time
from this comprehensive network.
It will furthermore improve connections between different modes
of transport and contribute to the
EU’s climate change objectives. The
core network is to be completed by
2030. European Commission VicePresident Siim Kallas, responsible
for transport, says: “Trans-Euro-
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Sweden
European Commission
Vice-President Siim Kallas
All EU countries should benefit from being connected to the trans-national core network which is aimed at facilitating
the free movement of persons and goods.
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für Verkehrstechnik
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8 The North Sea Mediterranean Corridor
9 The Rhine-Danube Corridor
Past experience has shown that
it is very difficult to implement
cross border transport projects in
different member states in a coordinated way. It is very easy, in
fact, to create divergent systems
and connections and create more
bottlenecks.
Also projects need to be synchronised across borders in order
to increase benefits from the investments. The new corridor plans and
governance structures will facilitate implementation of the new
core network to a large extent.
C O M M E N TA R Y Europe as a
challenge: Rail
has the solutions
Christian Kern,
CEO of ÖBB
and since
January 2014
CER Chairman.
Photo: ÖBB-Holding
Fighting the economic crisis and
unemployment, strengthening
Europe through a performing
infrastructure and a coherent
internationalisation strategy –
these are the major challenges
of our times. Rail offers solutions
for these challenges. But answers
cannot be given at a national
level any more, we must think
in European terms.
The railway sector is a growth
driver for Europe but our investment cycles are longer than in
any other sector. The railway
sector as a business location
factor needs stability and predictability.
Competition can be a means of
improvement – if it is organised
intelligently. The mistakes of
the liberalisation of the energy
market must on no account be
repeated. They led to higher
prices for the consumers, a
massive destruction of assets in
the industry, increased CO2 emissions and more bureaucracy.
As CER Chairman and with the
support of my colleagues from
the main European railway operators and infrastructure managers, I am therefore seeking a
constructive dialogue on crucial
questions with the European
Commission and the European
Parliament: How can we achieve
even more investment in modern infrastructure? How to
strengthen the pan-European
freight transportation? How can
we achieve the modal shift from
road to rail? How do we relieve
burdens from the railway – and
how can we finally achieve a
level playing field between
transport modes?
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FAIR TOPICAL
NEWS
And the winner is …
At the end of 2013, the Rail Track
Association Australia (RTAA) announced the winner of its “RTAA
Frank Franklyn Young Rail Specialist
Achievement Award”. Andrew
Bressanutti of John Holland
Regional Rail Link has been chosen
in recognition of his achievements
in Mechanical Blade Anchor Lock
System for Turnouts. The prize is
10,000 Australian dollars and a trip
to InnoTrans 2014.
David Bull as RTAA Vice President
and RTAA Award Champion will
assist Andrew in planning his
journey to Berlin and visits to
numerous railway suppliers as well
as manufacturers in Europe. He will
be accompanied by some corporate
members of the association.
InnoTrans 2014 again
the sector’s highlight
Photo: Messe Berlin
The preparations for the tenth InnoTrans are in full
swing. It has already become apparent that the
anniversary event will fulfil the sector’s expectations.
Messe Berlin is optimistically
looking ahead to InnoTrans 2014.
Businesses are showing great inter-
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CHRISTOPHE
LECOURTIER
General Manager of Ubifrance
PIERRE
MONGIN
President of Fer de France
Andrew Bressanutti receiving his
10,000 Australian dollars award from
RTAA President David Bainbridge at the
Gala Dinner at AusRAIL PLUS 2013 in
Sydney.
Photo: RTAA
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InnoTrans Report:
The European Commission has
recently published a new draft EU
infrastructure policy. What is the French
point of view on their network plans?
MONGIN: Anything that may contribute to the expansion of rail transportation is good for all Europeans in
the long term. Europe has the ideal
size for railways in both freight and
passenger transportation. It is well
known that for historic reasons the
technical conditions diverge quite a
lot between countries. It will be inevitable to align these differences, but
this will take much time and entail
high costs. To start step by step with
est in participating, so that the
previous exhibition area will be
clearly exceeded by InnoTrans 2014.
Please give us an insight:
How will France showcase itself?
LECOURTIER : During the upcoming
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Christophe Lecourtier,
General Manager of Ubifrance.
Photo: Ubifrance
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Pierre Mongin, President of the railway
sector association Fer de France.
Photo: Ubifrance/Jean Francois Mauboussin
About 200 first-time exhibitors
will come to Berlin for the four
exhibition days from 23 to 26 September in order to intensify their
business activities on the global
rail market. They include PT. Len
ber of French exhibitors will again
rise in 2014. Many French enterprises
will present themselves in the French
Pavilion or at their individual stands.
As already in 2012 the different segments of the railway sector will be
represented, among them particularly the areas of railway technology, infrastructure and interiors.
Since InnoTrans 2010 the number
of exhibitors at the joint French
stand has increased. How many participants are you expecting for 2014 and
from which industrial areas will they
come?
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CityCube Berlin to host
Deutsche Bahn and BerlinBrandenburg
Railway Systems, the first Indonesian exhibitor at InnoTrans. The
great overall demand can only be
satisfied thanks to the inclusion of
the new CityCube Berlin exhibition
hall. This is where Deutsche Bahn
AG and its subsidiaries will be
prominently represented. A focus in
CityCube Berlin will be service and
maintenance of railway technology.
“Berlin-Brandenburg is one of
the most important railway technology locations”, says Melanie
Bähr, Managing Director of Berlin
Partner for Business and Technology. The whole value-added chain
is represented in the region of the
capital – from renowned global
players via numerous suppliers to
the unique pattern of research and
development. “We will present this
competence with about 60 companies to the visitors of InnoTrans
2014 on a joint stand of 1,000
square metres in the new CityCube
Berlin”, says Bähr.
In promoting the French railway sector, the French trade commission Ubifrance
in Germany and the French railway sector association, Fer de France, pursue
a common objective. At the next InnoTrans they will gather “under a common
roof” to present themselves. Christophe Lecourtier, General Manager of
Ubifrance, and Pierre Mongin, President of Fer de France, report on their
presence at the fair.
the nine most important transport
corridors is an efficient and pragmatic approach. Investment is so
used in a useful and targeted way
and all parties concerned are gradually involved.
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This applies to both the exhibition
hall stand areas and the outdoor
and track exhibition areas. International participation will be at more
than 50 per cent with the national
participations of Turkey and China
particularly striking. Turkish enterprises have increased their booked
exhibition space by 28 per cent while
Chinese exhibitors have reserved 23
per cent more space. Speaking of
Turkey: İstanbul Ulaşım, one of the
most important transport undertakings of the mega-city Istanbul will
make its début at InnoTrans.
“A shared vision”
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LECOURTIER : In 2012 there was
a great interest in participating at
InnoTrans by French companies.
We therefore expect that the num-
InnoTrans numerous joint events of
Ubifrance and the recently founded sector association Fer de France
will be scheduled. It is the task of
the association to represent French
railway sector actors externally and
to ensure a better perception. This
includes French engineering enterprises in the field of testing, manufacturers and major operators in freight
and passenger transportation.
MONGIN: Fer de France benefits
from the exchange with customers.
French railway know-how –
from TGV to mass transit – is of
course assured by the manufacturers
in France, but also by the operators,
in the intelligent planning of transport systems and in contract engineering. Railways are a system. The
task of Fer de France is the pro-
motion of a joint vision of all actors
and the best service offer to customers. In this sense Ubifrance and
Fer de France are actively collaborating in joint activities to highlight
the sector.
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Ubifrance
The French trade commission
Ubifrance in Germany, which is
based in Düsseldorf, assists
French-based companies in
marketing their products within
Germany. Ubifrance comes under
the aegis of the Secretary of
State in charge of Foreign Trade.
Fer de France
Founded in 2012, the Fer
de France initiative aims to
strengthen the French railway
sector. Its President is Pierre
Mongin who also presides over
the independent Paris transport
administration Régie Autonome
des Transports Parisiens (RATP).
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Contract awards, financing gap, railway
certification – the sector’s focus for 2014
In his guest contribution, Prof. Dr. Ronald Pörner, Managing Director of the German Association of the Railway Industry (VDB) presents an outlook on the development of the rail sector in 2014, naming the areas in
which political action is needed.
The Managing Director of the German
Association of the Railway Industry (VDB)
Prof. Dr. Ronald Pörner.
Photo: VDB
The year 2014 will be an economically ambivalent year for the railway industry. We expect the rolling
stock business – with the exception of the locomotive segment – to
continue with a sufficiently filled
order book for multiple units and
mass transit vehicles. Until 2018
we can expect an average of about
250 multiple units per year for sub-
urban and regional rail transport
in Germany alone. The focus for
2014 is strategically set on a vitally
important contract award: the tender procedure for the Rhein-RuhrExpress (RRX). At least 71 electric
double-decker trainsets for multiple-unit two-directional operation.
Apart from the already existing
and comparatively small projects,
this will be the first large order for
rail vehicles in Germany for which,
apart from manufacturing, the
complete maintenance of the trains
over the entire lifetime will be
contracted out. The RRX life-cycle
model will ensure long-term economic and operational advantages
as well as technical efficiency for
the purchaser.
The resulting financing
gap must be
gradually closed.
The underfunding of the railway infrastructure will remain
an issue this year. Federal funds
totalling about 6.5 billion euros
are needed annually; according to
currently available information,
NEWS
New head – new name
Alexander Dobrindt, the new German
Federal Minister for Transportation and
Digital Infrastructure.
Photo: Henning Schacht
The good news reached Alexander
Dobrindt just before Christmas: On
17 December 2013 he was nominated by the German Federal President
Joachim Gauck as the new Federal
Transport Minister. He takes over this
function from Peter Ramsauer. In
future, Dobrindt will also be in charge
of the area of “digital infrastructure”.
This includes data highways such
as the internet. In this context the
Federal Ministry has been given a
new name: Federal Ministry for
Transportation and Digital Infrastructure. Dobrindt proudly declares:
“Infrastructure is the backbone of
our economy. This applies to the
transportation sector but also to the
digital infrastructure. Mobility in
transportation and on fast data
networks is a driver for innovation,
growth and employment. We will
continue to modernise Germany.”
federal funds of only about four
billion euros will be made available each year. The resulting financing gap must be gradually closed
in order to ensure smooth railway
operations in future. The situation
is particularly precarious for signal
boxes and their sub-systems and
components. Almost a third of the
approximately 3,400 signal boxes
in Germany have an average age of
about 80 years. Economic stimuli
in this area are urgently needed in
order to significantly counteract
a further ageing of the signal boxes. Moreover, further progress is
required to improve the approval
procedures for railway technology.
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GUEST ARTICLE
PROF. DR.
RONALD
PÖRNER
Managing Director of the
German Association of the
Railway Industry (VDB)
Steps have already been initiated
towards a sustainable optimisation
of railway technology certification.
Their quick and target-oriented implementation and further development is needed in order to continue
supporting the competitiveness of
the German railway industry in the
future.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Sweden‘s new passenger
systems for transportation
Photo: Atron
The Munich-based provider of shortdistance public transport system
solutions Atron electronic GmbH has
furnished the entire bus fleet of the
Swedish traffic association X-Trafik
with new equipment. The scope of
supply includes among other items
210 on-board computers and 210
smart card terminals. The new
on-board com­puters also take over
the con­trol of the pas­sen­ger infor­ma­tion dis­plays inside the vehi­cles.
With immediate effect, 20 mobile
terminals are being used for ticket
sale and ticket in­spec­tion in the
vehicles. Besides the ticket selling
function, the related in­spec­tion
ac­count­ing and or­gan­isa­tion proc­esses were also con­ver­ted and
incorporated into the Atron-Debas
ticketing system. Another innovation
at X-Trafik is the in­tro­duc­tion of
the inter­net sales system WebTick.
In future, pas­sen­gers can con­ven­iently pur­chase their tickets from
home. Be­sides the online system
itself, the Munich-based enterprise
is supplying more than 150,000
smart cards for elec­tronic tick­eting,
widely used in Sweden. In the first
two quarters of 2014 Atron will
furnish other Swedish traffic enterprises with complete modern equipment.
X-Trafik is having its bus information
structure completely renewed by Atron.
Bus to order
The Vogtland region in Eastern Germany will in future benefit from a
dial-a-bus service called “Vlexibus”.
This has been decided at a meeting
of the special-purpose association
for public transport in the Vogtland
area (ZVV). Public transport in the
region will thus be able to react
to shifts in demand and increased
production costs. The objective is
to offer an integrated dial-a-bus
service covering the whole region
and with links to railway and bus
lines. The “Vlexibus” offer is complementary to scheduled public
transport and aims to ensure mobility mainly in the early morning and
late afternoon and evening hours.
The ordering procedure is as follows: An order has to be placed by
telephone at least two hours before
the planned trip, with a supplement
of about one euro per passenger.
The bus will only take up passengers at the requested stop when
ordered. “Vlexibus” is to be deployed across the whole Vogtland
region in 2015.
Battery powered buses
in Braunschweig
Bombardier Transportation‘s
“Primove” end-to-end solution for
electric rail and road vehicles includes
a quick charging system, light
long-life batteries and an efficient
traction drive.
Graphic: Bombardier
NEWS
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World’s first public operation for Bombardier’s e-mobility solution “Primove”. Within the scope of the
“emil – electro-mobility by means of inductive charging” project, Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG has cooperated
with Bombardier to convert its main circular bus line M19 to eco-friendly electrical operation.
Passenger service has started
with a twelve metre standard e-bus,
to be followed shortly by 18 metre
articulated e-buses built by Solaris.
The new electric buses are equipped
with a fast and efficient charging
system as well as high-performance
batteries from Bombardier’s “Primove” portfolio. Braunschweig is
thus the world’s first city using an
inductive charging system to power
electro-buses with a performance
of 200 kilowatts. The eco-friendly
conversion has been carried out by
Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG and
Bombardier with the participation of the Technical University of
Braunschweig and the local energy
company BS Energy, with funding
granted by the German Federal
Ministry of Transport, Building
and Urban Development.
System works unnoticed
under the road surface
The e-buses built by Solaris will
be fully charged overnight at the
bus depot. For a smooth line operation on the twelve kilometre line,
the scheduled dwell time of ten
minutes at the end stop is sufficient
to recharge a twelve metre e-bus.
The 18 metre e-buses require more
energy and will be recharged for a
few seconds at two intermediate
stops. Customers will hardly notice
the “Primove” system. The high-performance inductive charging point
which is embedded in concrete is
installed under the road surface.
The primary power electronics have
also been installed underground at
the stations. The cooling units for
the wayside power electronics at
Braunschweig main station have
been skilfully integrated into an advertising pillar.
E-mobility projects
around the world
Bombardier is currently working
on the implementation of its “Primove”
system for electric buses in further
major German cities as well as in the
Belgian city of Bruges. For the rapidly
developing Chinese metropolis of
Nanjing trams were also equipped
with “Primove” batteries.
Next stop: Elbbrücken
In spring 2014 the building project to extend the new Hamburg metro line U4 to the Elbbrücken (Elbe River bridges)
will start. The planning approval procedure has been concluded successfully and without major critical objections.
Previously, an intensive coordination process had taken place
between the operator Hamburger
Hochbahn AG and the competent
authorities and other involved
parties. The building project is
scheduled to start in spring 2014,
so that by the end of 2018 the Elbbrücken line extension can start
operating. The 1.3 kilometre section extends the HafenCity (harbour city) metro line as far as
the Elbbrücken, providing efficient
and attractive access to central
Hamburg for the residential areas
and workplaces which are about
to be built there. 2,800 housing
units and 20,000 workplaces are
planned for the Baakenhafen and
Elbbrücken districts. Hamburger
Hochbahn forecasts at least 18,000
daily passengers. In future, this
figure might rise even further due to
the increasing number of commuters
and the connection of the S-Bahn to
Elbbrücken metro station. According
to Andreas Rieckhof, State Councillor of Hamburg’s Economic, Transport and Innovation Authority “an
effective and attractive local public
transport is the foundation of the
development of the entire HafenCity. The extension of metro line U4
to Elbbrücken will link the new area
with the local public passenger transport system, not only coming from
central Hamburg but thanks to
the S-Bahn interchange also from
southern Hamburg neighbourhoods.
With the present draft metro station layout, U4’s third station will be
successfully embraced by the HafenCity architecture – above ground as
well as under ground.”
The U4 metro station layout convinces
thanks to its high functionality and
successful integration into the city
architecture around the bridges across
the River Elbe in Hamburg.
Graphic: mp Architekten
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INTERIORS
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Photos: Starbucks/SBB
First Starbucks aboard an SBB train
Travellers can also enjoy
their favorite drink standing
at a wooden ledge.
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inspired by the shades and tints associated with coffee, from dark roasted
brown beans to snowy white steamed
milk. The two levels provide seating for
a total of 50 people. On the entry level,
the baristas will serve passengers from
behind a curved wooden bar that also
features a small pastry case. There is a
standing bar provided for customers to
enjoy their drinks. The upstairs boasts
a uniquely designed lounge area, with
an intimate feel. It offers travellers a
relaxing area to enjoy their favourite Starbucks beverages. The materials
used to create the unique travelling
experience include distinctive beigecolored leather, moveable club chairs
and wooden community tables. To add
Swiss-inspired details, special dials resembling watch faces were crafted and
built into all of the upstairs tables. Each
has a number on it which is also used to
support table service, so customers can
order from their seats and have drinks
delivered.
New place and way for travellers to enjoy their favourite coffee
Starbucks Coffee Company is always
looking for unique ways and places
to connect with customers. Together
with the national railway company of
Switzerland, SBB, they have created
an area where travellers can relax and
enjoy their journey. At the end of November 2013 the first official voyage for
the Starbucks train took place on the
line running from Geneva Airport to
St. Gallen in Switzerland.
The whole design is contemporary
and focused on comfort, yet at the same
time functional. This combination is
expressed through beautiful design
elements and a color scheme inspired by
coffee. The exterior of the sleek red and
white car is branded with the Starbucks
siren logo on both sides including “Starbucks text”. White icons representing
menu items including beverages and
muffins, as well as the Fairtrade sym-
bol and an image of Starbucks espresso
machines were created and placed on
the windows to highlight the offering
inside the train car.
When Swiss design and
American taste melt together
New seats fit to rail operators
Savas Seating launches two intelligent product types for individual driver comfort
The Dutch manufacturer for seating
solutions, Savas Seating, has developed
two new seats for the train driver: The
“Savas Livingstone”, an advanced memory seat that is easy to set electronically,
and the “Savas James Cook”, which is
fully certified for underground.
The “Livingstone” is a highly innovative
and modern design seat that can “grow
with the driver”. It suits a full range of
operator sizes. Therefore, the seat has
ten motors and an infinite number of
memories. Each operator drives the
vehicle in his own seat settings, which
are defined and stored in the memory.
In addition to the optimal seating comfort, it is a major plus that the driver
can adjust his seat faster to his individual wishes with many modern tools.
For example, with a memory key, smart
phone or touch screen. This saves set up
time and prevents personal health
problems caused by a misconfigured
seat. It is even possible to monitor the
seat properly on use, durability and
maintenance.
The “James Cook” is a basic seat
with all the necessary operating options: Modularly to be configured and
combined into a set of specifications
for each rail application; with
different height settings and
springs, whether or not turning.
Fully tested and certified to the
standards for underground
and main train builders.
You can recognise
this train from afar: both sides
display the famous Starbucks logo, the Siren.
Inside, the experience on the car is
split between two levels and features
a warm and welcoming color palette
The “James Cook” seat is one of the
most delivered and fully certified
operator seats for rail.
NEWS
Partnerships for fresh products
Since operations of the French railway company SNCF started in
November 2013, TGV train passengers travelling within France
have had the pleasure of seeing – or mostly sampling – a
whole new range of catering products. This range was
developed by the catering provider Newrest Wagons-Lits in
close collaboration with SNCF with hopes of designing a final
product of superior quality. During a press conference, the new
products were made public. Newrest Wagons-Lits opted for
fresh products and established partnerships with recognised,
high-quality brands. Mono’p daily and Bo&Co were respectively
chosen for a selection of bar products and first-class catering
services. As for the breakfast menus and the coffee, both are to
be provided by Paul and Illy.
The “Livingstone” seat can be changed to fit any
stature and adjusted to everyone‘s personal settings.
Photos: Savas Seating
Newrest caters for trips with TGV.
Photo: Newrest
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Worldwide network of competence
Politics, economy and enterprises are jointly developing innovative solutions
with the aim of upgrading rail infrastructure both within the EU and beyond
its borders by 2030.
The operating company Rapid
MetroRail Gurgaon Limited has
taken up passenger operations of the
approximately six kilometre long
Gurgaon metro line in Greater Delhi.
Siemens has supplied the complete
railway technology including trains,
electrification, equipment of the
maintenance facility, signalling and
system integration. The line links
Gurgaon Cyber City, a business and
residential district located some 30
kilometres south of central Delhi,
to the capital‘s metro network. By
the end of 2015 the line will be
extended by about seven kilometres
to the south.
Indian metro in motion
For the first time Siemens supplies
complete railway technology to India
High transport capacity
There are roughly two million
daily commuters using the metro.
The line that has just been opened
for revenue service is built to cope
with an expected volume of approximately 30,000 passengers per
hour and offers a transport capacity
of up to 800 passengers per train.
Siemens not only supplied partial
systems to India, but for the first
time they bear the responsibility
for the key components and their
integration including the interfaces
to the construction of the complete
system.
Progressive technology
The seven aluminium metro
trains run on standard gauge tracks
at a maximum speed of 80 kilometres per hour. To achieve a headway of no more than 120 seconds
during peak traffic times, Siemens
has installed Sicas ECC type electronic signal boxes, the LZB 700 M
automatic train control system with
ATP (Automatic Train Protection)
and ATO (Automatic Train Operations), as well as the Vicos OC 501
ATS (Automatic Train Supervision)
system.
Ready to use
Siemens is currently constructing turnkey lines in Rennes (France)
and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) as well
as the tram system for Doha, the
capital city of Qatar. Lines already
in operation are the fully automatic, driverless Line A in Rennes
(France), Line 1 in Algiers (Algeria),
Line 2 in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and the metro system
in Uijeongbu (South Korea).
Trains and among others electrification and signalling technology for the Greater Delhi line
were supplied by Siemens.
Photo: Siemens
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PEDRO
FORTEA
Director-General of Mafex
The Spanish railway supply industry
continues its progress in innovation
Pedro Fortea, the Director-General of the Spanish railway association Mafex,
about current infrastructure projects of the Spanish railway industry
In recent years railways have
been the fastest increasing and
growing mode of transport. Specialised companies such as those
that constitute the Spanish railway
supply industry have contributed to
this breakthrough with their continuously improving and developing
solutions, products and services.
They are involved in the
world’s most important
railway infrastructure projects, such
as the 77 kilometre
Pedro Fortea,
Director-General of Mafex.
Photo: Alen comunicación y marketing
long Marmaray line in Istanbul.
The current top ten infrastructure
projects are also looked after by leading Spanish enterprises and include
a total of 1,970 kilometres of line
length. It is foreseen that still this
year a grouping including twelve
Spanish companies will finish Saudi
Arabia‘s most important infrastructure project, the “Haramain High
Speed Rail Project”, a 450 kilometres
long high speed line between Mecca
and Medina.
International presence with
good prospects for growth
In 2012, exports of railway
material from member industries
of Mafex, which represents 85 per
cent of the overall Spanish railway
export sales, totalled 2,507 billion
euros, a 23 per cent increase relative
to the previous year.
With last year‘s expansion and
the award of numerous contracts,
the Spanish industry has strengthened its global market position. Prominent examples are the implementation of ERTMS in Turkey and the
participation of Spanish companies
in various fields of activity such as
the metros of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Doha (Qatar), Santiago (Chile),
Guadalajara (Mexico) and São Paulo
(Brazil). In the latter city they have
also provided units for the tram
network. The list goes on with the
driver-less metro line in Singapore
known as the “Downtown Line”, the
supply of high-performance trains
to Russia and Kazakhstan, the highspeed line between Barcelona and
Figueres, the installation of an underfloor wheel lathe for the tram in
Bordeaux (France) or the signalling
systems for the Cairo – Alexandria
corridor in Egypt.
During 2013, exports continued to grow with other important
milestones such as the completion
of the kinetic energy recovery
system for the trams in Bielefeld
(Germany), where a Spanish innovation has contributed to the
improvement of energy efficiency in
commercial operation.
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Mafex: Spreading technological
advances throughout the world
The aim of the Spanish rail supply
industry is to become a technology
world leader. In order to support its
members, the association carries
out a number of different
marketing activities and helps to
promote their export business.
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to the substructure and enables
high vertical rail deflections. Additional effects are reduced noise
emissions and low life-cycle costs.
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Tracks at
85 metres height
The internationally operating provider of building services Max Bögl
has been engaged by Deutsche
Bahn AG (DB) to build the almost
500 metre long Filstal bridge in
Southern Germany.
As part of the planned new Albabstieg line between Wendlingen
and Ulm the new bridge crosses
the Fils river valley. Two 485 resp.
472 metres long parallel bridges
will be built between the Buch
portal of the Bossler tunnel and
the Todsburg portal of the Steinbühl tunnel. At a height of almost
85 metres the new construction
will be the third highest railway
bridge in Germany – besides the
107 metre high Müngstener bridge
and the Rombach valley bridge
with 95 metres. The construction
of two single track bridges results
from the routing of the line with
two single-track tubes of the Albabstieg tunnel which lead from the
Alb plateau to the track system of
Ulm main station. The first bored
foundation piles were installed in
the area of the bridge pillars as
early as in autumn 2013, in order
to check their load-carrying capacity. The main civil engineering
works are foreseen to start in the
second quarter of 2014.
On-site production
China’s infrastructure
relies on quality
from Vossloh
First low-floor trams for Suzhou
Photo: Vossloh
Vossloh quality “made in China”: rail fasteners and turnouts for the first Chinese low-floor tram line in Suzhou.
The Chinese transport sector has
been booming for years. Upgrading
public transport as an ambitious
objective is scheduled next in order
to master the enormous air pollution and to fight the chaos on urban
roads where traffic is doubling
about every five years. An annual
average of 400 kilometres of urban
railway lines will be built, so that by
the end of 2015 urban rail infrastructure will total about 4,000 kilometres. Roughly 22 billion euros
will be provided each year.
Infrastructure projects are currently under construction or planned in 28 Chinese cities. One of
these is the tram line in Suzhou. The
first Chinese full low-floor trams
will operate in this eleven million
population city in the south-east of
Jiangsu province. The future 18 kilometre line 1 will connect central
Suzhou New District to the recreational areas in its west. Construction has started in September 2012,
operations are scheduled to start in
2015.
Advantageous systems
Vossloh is supplying the rail
fastening and switch systems for
the superstructure with more than
120,000 W-Tram system fasteners
to be installed. This highly elastic
rail fastening system for light rail
has been developed by the Vossloh
Fastening Systems business division. It is anchored to the substructure by a screw/dowel combination
and can be used in turnouts as well
as for covered tracks. The Skl 21
tension clamp creates a frictional
connection to permanently connect
the rail to the concrete body while
the angled guide plates keep the rail
in its transverse position. The highly elastic intermediate pads made of
the patented EPDM elastomer cellentic transmits the dynamic forces
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The tension clamps are produced locally in Kunshan, a suburb of
Shanghai. The Vossloh Cogifer business division is also putting its money
on short distances. The 28 turnouts and crossovers for Suzhou are
manufactured in Wuhu by Wuhu
China Railway Cogifer Track Co.,
Ltd, a joint venture between Vossloh Cogifer and Chinese partners.
This makes the Suzhou project a
further example for the group-wide
competences and synergies which
Vossloh bundles within its Rail Infrastructure business – with Vossloh
Cogifer, Vossloh Fastening Systems
and Vossloh Rail Services.
Vossloh has been represented on
the Chinese market with subsidiaries and own production facilities
since 2007, participating in many
infrastructure projects.
Expansion of activities
Vossloh Rail Services has also
expanded its railway-related services to China. It claims to be the first
private enterprise to deliver maintenance services on major highspeed lines in China through a joint
venture with the renowned Chinese
railway service provider CRM.
Starting in 2014 preventive rail
grinding will also be available on
urban rail networks in China.
Software for economic railway asset management
Infrastructure managers optimise their maintenance
processes with “zedas asset”
Clearly identified cost and quality
objectives are pre-requisites for economic railway asset maintenance
with railway-specific conditions
representing a great challenge to
infrastructure managers and their
complex requirements. In order to
meet these challenges professionally, an integrated, targeted and
computerised asset management
is required, which, on the basis of
a central and consistent database,
provides the necessary transparency and required safety for the
operator and the owner.
Digital deficiency detection
and cost control
Thanks to the use of the track
information system “zedas asset“,
by PC-Soft GmbH, a Branden-
burg-based IT-solutions provider,
every sequence of the technical
asset management process will
be supported. The software continuously collects status and
operational data, condensing
them into a knowledge base with
information on safety and cost.
Collected measurement data are
analysed and are immediately
available for forecasts or they automatically trigger maintenance activities by way of clearly definable
application rules. The mobile solution serves to detect deficiencies
on-site. Status and operational data
are therefore always up-to-date.
These data are at the disposal of the
operator during the entire maintenance cycle, no additional input
being necessary. The order processing domain offers support to the
Collected data
Maintenance planning
Order processing
Interface to operational data
Reports/statistics
With “zedas asset” PC-Soft GmbH provides a standard software for infrastructure network operation.
project planning and realisation of
the maintenance processes. Special
solution features are the multi-client
capability and the visual display of
railway infrastructure information.
The manufacturer claims that the
precise procedure of furnishing
proof of the actual status of the
facility to the supervisory authority
represents another added value. Ac-
Graphic: PC-Soft
cording to PC-Soft, customers who
work with this solution benefit from
a distinct improvement regarding work efficiency, transparency,
planning safety and cost control.
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Germany’s railway employees with a heart 2013
Allianz pro Schiene e.V. and passengers acknowledge dedicated railway employees
For the third time in a row the traffic
alliance Allianz pro Schiene e.V. has called
upon passengers from all over Germany
to share with them their most exciting
travel experiences. Passengers who have
experienced a helpful effort on the part
of the train crew during a rail journey
or a longer stop in a railway station have
nominated with their story a candidate
for the title “Big-hearted rail employee
2013”.
Distinction for
outstanding services
ICE train stewardess Daniela Kumbernuss (40) from Hanover has won a
gold medal for having convinced the jury
with her excellent “communication skills
in a crisis” during a police intervention in
an ICE train: she and her all-female crew
kept a rowdy passenger in check and later
provided extraordinarily open and honest
announcements about the delay.
things, Lehmann elegantly resorted to the
unofficial fast track when his passengers
had forgotten their tickets or their iPods
in the train to the Federal press ball. Metronom train steward Rainer Grundmann
TGV crew including Nicole Jurk (30) and
Thierry Boivin (34), for having assured
the guest appearance in Paris for the 100
musicians of the Symphony Orchestra of
Hessischer Rundfunk who had missed
their train connection on the way to the
concert.
Higher participation
expected for 2014
Big-hearted
rail employee
The long-standing DB train steward
Frank Lehmann (42) from Hamburg
Long Distance Service has won a silver
medal, having been nominated by three
passengers simultaneously. Among other
(32) from Uelzen, Lower Saxony, has won
a bronze medal because he repaired the
bicycle of a passenger during the trainride. The special award for masterful
logistics went to the German-French
While the jury already had the agony
of choice at the third series, with about
250 proposals and more than 100 namely
determined contenders for the title, for
2014 Allianz pro Schiene calculates on
even more stories by rail passengers. Rail
passengers seem to have several favourite
train conductors.
Dirk Flege, General Manager of
Allianz pro Schiene, stresses: “We are
not surprised: Anyone who does their
job well once, will always do so.” In the
jury of the competition alongside
representatives of Allianz pro Schiene
there are also members of the two railway
trade unions EVG and GDL, of the Traffic
Club Germany (Verkehrsclub Deutschland,
VCD), of the Passenger Association Pro
Bahn, of the German Rail Passengers
Association (Deutscher BahnkundenVerband, DBV), of the Federal Committee
for Regional Rail Passenger Traffic (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Schienenpersonennahverkehr, BAG SPNV) and of the Federal
Association of Railway Enthusiasts
(Bundesverband Deutscher Eisenbahnfreunde, BDEF).
Special award for
masterful logistics
Photo composition: Allianz pro Schiene
Nicole Jurk (30) from Stuttgart is
a member of the German-French
DB and SNCF crew. She is a winner
together with Thierry Boivin (34)
from Metz, for masterful logistics,
because they have saved the guest
appearance in Paris of the Symphony Orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, who had missed their train
connection on their way to the concert. Nicole Jurk comes from a family of railwaymen; even her two year
old daughter plays with a Lego train.
Photos: Allianz pro Schiene/FotoTaubert.de
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Gold for masterfully dealing with passengers
Silver for an extraordinary train manager
Bronze for helping hands
Daniela Kumbernuss (40) works for the Deutsche
Bahn Long Distance Service in Hanover. The ICE
train manager convinced with her exemplary
“communication skills in a crisis” during a police
intervention in an ICE train. As a young girl she never wanted
to be a railway woman. And she even less wanted a boyfriend
who works for the railway. Both have come to happen.
Frank Lehmann (42) has been a conductor for 24
years. If his passengers forget something in the
train, the good-luck conductor is on the spot. No
wonder that he was nominated for the title by three
passengers simultaneously. In the meantime, Frank Lehmann
has become a group manager.
As a kid Rainer Grundmann (32) wanted to become a policeman. For four years now he has
been ensuring law and order as a Metronom train
steward. The man in the dove-blue uniform did not
even want payment for his bicycle saving action, being a cyclist
himself. Soon he will also drive a train.
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which may run away during the tunnel construction between Förslöv and
Båstad.
Pioneering achievement
in the Hallandsås tunnel
Tunnel boring machine
makes it possible
For the mechanised tunnelling –
which has proved to be the only possible way of realising the project –
Herrenknecht AG, one of the leading
tunnel boring technology providers, has
developed and supplied a specifically
adapted tunnel boring machine (TBM)
for the remaining two segments, each
The Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine’s breakthrough in Hallandsås.
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exactly 5.5 kilometres long, of the
overall 8.7 kilometres Hallandsås tunnel.
Werner Burger, Head of Herrenknecht’s
Heavy Engineering Department, sums
up the challenges: “The design of this
machine for Hallandsås was the answer
to the extreme project requirements
and represented at the same time a huge
technological improvement: the concept of a hard rock machine with the
potential to be able to work safely and
efficiently, if required, even in unconsolidated rock or under high ground water
pressure. Hallandsås has set the decisive
course for subsequent projects.”
Photos: Herrenknecht
Tunnelling job on the Swedish line between Malmö – Göteborg
successfully completed
The railway line along Sweden’s west
coast, between Malmö and Göteborg
is one of the country’s main lifelines
for passenger- and goods transports.
Up to now, the Hallandsås mountain
range south of Båstad has been the
line‘s major bottleneck since it can only
be crossed on a single-track line. After
nearly eight years of tunnel drilling,
the final breakthrough has recently
signalled the completion of the twinbore Hallandsås tunnel.
Man versus nature
Geologic reasons have made this project one of the world’s most complex
tunnel construction sites: The strongly abrasive rock formations – mostly
Gneiss and Amphibolit – with a high
Nocturnal tunnel test
Smooth operation of Leipzig
City Tunnel tested by extras
rock hardness of up to 250 megapascal – are to a great extent strongly fissured. At the same time, extreme ground
water pressures of up to ten bar bear
down on the structure over long distances. Earlier attempts to build a tunnel
had failed at this hurdle and have led
to rigorous environmental regulations
which, for example, limit with litre
precision the quantity of ground water
Cutter head and shield of
the Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine,
Type Multi-Mode-TBM S-246.
NEWS
The new City Tunnel Leipzig creates a direct rail link between
the southern areas of the city and the main station in the
northern part of the city centre. This shortens total travel time
on some lines by up to 40 minutes.
Graphic:
Free State of Saxony
About 350 extras in the role
of passengers as well as some
journalists heard for the first time “Next
stop: Station Markt” a few weeks before
the new City Tunnel and the S-Bahn
Mitteldeutschland took up passenger
services. Between midnight and four
o‘clock they rigorously tested the new
trains in the tunnel as well as the new
peak-hour operational concept of the
S-Bahn network.
Many groups of passenger-extras
were formed to simulate everyday situations in order to acquire important
insights for the productive operation.
Tests were carried out to check if entering, exiting and changing trains was
trouble-free, and if all displays and
announcements in the trains and on
The City Tunnel consists of two up to
22 metre deep single-track tunnel tubes.
the platforms worked correctly. The
commissioning team of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland led by Christian Dubiel
attached great importance to ensuring
that all tests took place under realistic
conditions, with passenger behaviour
as in daily life and without any preestablished script. At the same time the
operational processes and the interaction of the different DB areas were
tested. The enthusiastic passengers, who
nevertheless felt somewhat tired at the
end of the test, contributed significantly
to the preparation of a smooth start in
December 2013 and were an important
part of the commissioning project.
Photo: Free State of Saxony
Renewal in the UNESCO World Heritage
Centre Upper Middle Rhine Valley
In order to keep the over 150 year old railway corridor in the
Upper Middle Rhine Valley operational, Deutsche Bahn (DB)
has to fully renew the historic Bank, Bett and Kamereck tunnels between St. Goar and Oberwesel. The latest safety standards will have to be introduced together with the construction works. The new directives request a substantial increase
of the tunnel sections but the existing topography does not
allow their widening. The tunnel portals are listed historical
monuments and must therefore be preserved. The three tunnels being entirely within the core area of the UNESCO World
Heritage Centre, DB is actually investigating different variants
to allow for double-track operation as hitherto. The renewal of
the existing tunnels for single-track operation and the construction of a further tunnel tube might be thought of. Another
variant could be the construction of two new single-track tunnels and the decommissioning of the existing railway line in
the old tunnels area. When investigating the financial viability,
noise pollution caused by the existing infrastructure must also
be taken into account. Further issues are related to local tourism, operational requirements, construction site logistics and
rescue concepts. In order to get regional stakeholders involved in the preliminary planning, DB has founded an advisory
task force with representatives from local and regional bodies
with the aim of ensuring that the affected parties will agree
to the finally favoured solution. The project is currently in its
preliminary planning phase. Construction may start in 2018 at
the earliest.
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Voith department gains foothold in Brazil
Bogies from Chemnitz for railway technology manufacturer Bom Sinal
The Brazilian rail vehicle manufacturer, Bom Sinal, places trust
in the competence of Voith Engineering Services. The company‘s
interdisciplinary engineering competence centre for rail and road
vehicles in Chemnitz is developing
trailer and motor bogies for the
Brazilian company‘s two-, threeand four-car diesel trains. Frank
Ad
Salzwedel, the CTO of Voith Engineering Services, is pleased to announce: “This is our first order from
Brazil. Besides our core markets in
Europe and China, we have now
succeeded in gaining a foothold
in the emerging Latin American market.” Voith‘s engineers in
Chemnitz have utilized existing
units as a basis for the bogie devel-
opment. “The project scope includes the design as well as the static
and dynamic strength validation
of the bogie frame, the dynamic
multi-body simulation of the vehicle behaviour in operation, the
manufacturing drawings and test
specifications as well as an onsite production support”, explains
Matthias Büttner, the Project Man-
ager at Voith Engineering Services.
With regard to the two upcoming
major sporting events, the FIFA
Football World Cup Brazil 2014 and
the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil
is currently investing heavily in its
rail infrastructure with a particular
focus on passenger transport.
Bom Sinal has been relying on Voith Turbo
technology since 2010. The commuter
trains in the Brasilian mega-cities will be
equipped with DIWAPacks traction packages
for the Football World Cup 2014.
Photos:
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NEWS
US locomotives with AC traction
US equipment manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, Electro-Motive
Diesel, Inc. (EMD), recently delivered three SD70ACe AC locomotives to the
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (A&M). A&M operates the 139 mile line from
Fort Smith (Arkansas) to Monett (Missouri) and interchanges with the
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), Union Pacific
and Kansas City Southern. The new locomotives are certified for EPA Tier 3
emissions standards and features include radial trucks and distributed power,
in addition to AC traction.
A&M‘s Chairman Reilly McCarren states: “The AC traction of the SD70ACe design
is especially suited for our mountainous route. We will save costs while at the
same time being able to retire older locomotives, while drastically increasing
our hauling capability and efficiency.” The units are equipped with reliable and
fuel-efficient 4,300 traction horsepower 16-cylinder engines as well as EM2000
microprocessor control systems.
The locomotives by Electro-Motive Diesel can replace several older ones of the A&M fleet.
Photo: Progress Rail
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At 200 km/h through Sweden
The Stadler Rail Intercity trains for private
operator MTR are to be delivered in autumn 2014
and will serve the Stockholm – Gothenburg line.
Graphic: Stadler Rail
Six winterised Intercity trains from Stadler Rail
for private operator MTR
Stadler Rail has received an order
for six Intercity Flirts from private
railway operator MTR Corporation
Limited. The vehicles are five-carriage trains with a top speed of 200
kilometres per hour. They are especially able to fulfil the requirements
of severe winters. This technology
has already been proven in Stadler
trains for other Nordic countries. In
securing the order, Stadler has succeeded for the first time in selling
trains to Sweden. The order is worth
around 70 million euros (85 million
Swiss Franks) and will be carried
out in Switzerland. MTR will provide a long-distance connection
with around 15 daily services on the
Stockholm – Gothenburg route in
competition with the Swedish State
Railway. Delivery of the trains will
begin in autumn 2014.
Quality on rails
The private railway company
MTR is a globally active private
rail operator with headquarters in
Hong Kong. It has been active in
Sweden since 2009, where it operates the Stockholm metro. The six
Flirt multiple-unit trains ordered
from Stadler Rail will provide the
company with the most modern
rolling stock for the main line between the country’s two largest cities.
The trains for MTR are a further
development of the Flirt with a
high-quality interior for comfortable travelling over long distances.
As all Stadler trains produced for
the Nordic countries, the MTR Flirts
will be specially equipped to deal
with the harsh Swedish winter conditions. Features include, for example, improved isolation, floor
heating, double-wall intercar gangways, snow scrapers between bogies
and carbody as well as a heat
recovery system. All Flirts produced
by Stadler have aluminium bodies.
Fast trains – less consumption
Stadler claims to be the global
leader in light weight aluminium
technology. This technology
allows the trains to accelerate
faster, thus significantly reducing
energy consumption and operating
costs in comparison to conventional vehicles.
Diesel-electric propulsion for Argentina
20 MTU engines for Chinese locomotives on lines around Buenos Aires
For the first time, trains powered
by the German propulsion specialist MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
will go into service in Argentina. 20
new locomotives built by Chinese
manufacturer Dalian Locomotive &
Rolling Stock Co., Ltd CNR Group
are each powered by one 16V 4000
R43 engine. Each diesel unit delivers 2,200 kilowatts. The end customer is the Argentinian Ministry
of Transport. The new locomotives
are to replace existing ones in service
on long-distance railway lines and
will be deployed in passenger and
freight transport on the CórdobaBuenos Aires line.
Cooperation in partnership
Shipment of the new locomotives from the Chinese factory in
the port of Dalian to Argentina has
been in progress since February
2013. MTU Friedrichshafen and the
Chinese locomotive manufacturer
CNR Dalian Locomotives have already previously joined forces on an
order for New Zealand. The Argentinian Ministry of Transport has ordered 13 type-CKD8G locomotives
with a top speed of 120 kilometres
per hour and seven CKD8H units
capable of 160 kilometres per hour.
Service and maintenance of the
MTU engines will be assured by Argentinian service partners.
Diesel-electric drives based on MTU Series 4000
for locomotives of the Chinese manufacturer
Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd
CNR Group.
Network optimisation will
speed up transport
The Buenos Aires – Rosario –
Córdoba line is one of the few longdistance rail links in the provinces
around the Argentinian capital.
Since the long-distance railway
network has only been partially developed and trains are significantly
slower than buses, the government
has undertaken to expand the
country‘s rail passenger services
and is planning to invest in both infrastructure and rolling stock.
Each MTU Series 16V 4000 R43 diesel engine
is rated at 2,200 kilowatts.
Photos: Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG
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INTERVIEW
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KERSTIN
SCHULZ
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Job generator InnoTrans
InnoTrans 2014 has quite a lot to offer to international railway
industry exhibitors as well as to smart young people. In her
interview, InnoTrans Project Manager Kerstin Schulz speaks about
the Career Point and chances of the job platform.
InnoTrans Report:
Mrs. Schulz, what is the significance of InnoTrans 2014 for employers
who want to present themselves and
win new employees?
SCHULZ : In general we can say that
the search for employees at fairs
has considerably increased. This is
well corroborated by the figures of a
recent study made by the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry according to which 29 per cent of
the companies with an annual turnover of over 50 million euros use
their participation at fairs for recruiting and employer branding. This
used to be a mere seven per cent four
years ago. InnoTrans in particular,
as a leading international trade fair,
offers the right platform to score in
the race for the best brains. Not least
because the event attracts a great
number of potential skilled employees. About 2,000 students visited the
last InnoTrans with the young talents
coming for example from Australia,
China, Japan and Korea as well as
from Russia and Sweden.
?
How exactly do companies contact
young talents at InnoTrans?
There are various ways: starting
with briefings and company presentations and ending with tar-
Photo: Messe Berlin
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Since 2006 in action for the InnoTrans:
Project Manager Kerstin Schulz.
geted recruitment interviews with
interested candidates. The conditions for all these situations are ideally set. We have developed a career
concept consisting of several different modules. The Career Point for
instance takes care of orientation
across the entire exhibition grounds.
This circular logo labels the exhibition stands of enterprises that are
targeting young talents in order to
inform them about their job offers.
For the coming InnoTrans we have
scheduled a tour, directing the students to these companies. Additionally, the Career & Education Hall
provides a central place to treat
such topics as career, training and
science under one roof. Its centre
is the Career Pavilion, an excellent
communications and contact platform, quite secluded from the
bustling fair activities. Individual
discussions with interesting job
candidates as well as company
presentations and lectures in the
Career Forum are on the menu there.
?
What speaks for a visit to
InnoTrans as a job seeker?
The motto is first-hand information.
This means that human resources
officers of the respective companies
will provide guidance to pupils, students and young professionals with
practical experience who have a connection to rail transportation. At the
fair in Berlin they can get directly
acquainted with the possibilities to
take up employment and with potential career steps. Global players, international small- and medium-sized
companies, professional associations
and colleges are ready for professional career briefings with advice and
support. Thus the young talents
doubly benefit from InnoTrans,
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because in addition to the career
briefing, they receive an actual impression of the products and
services of their favourite employers
and their competitors on the market.
Last but not least, the reduced
entrance fees for students also speak
for a visit to InnoTrans.
KompetenzCenter
MS Mobility & Services
Matthias Steckmann, Director
Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin,
GERMANY
The young talents and career
issue is complex. How can InnoTrans score with information as
a career platform?
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Railway sector enterprises will
inform in personal interviews about
different entry-level career opportunities with professional training and
direct entry after the studies being
in the fore. There is a big variety on
offer, ranging from trainee programs
via dual courses of studies to training programs. Additionally, the
fields of activity, job position profiles, application requirements and
the chances for further career steps
will be outlined. Not without success, because thanks to InnoTrans
several interested parties have succeeded in finding employment in
the sector. Apart from this, the Job
Wall in the Career & Education Hall,
featuring more than 200 jobs of
exhibitor companies represents an
important offer for job seekers.
Phone: + 49 (0)30 / 30 38 - 23 76
Fax: + 49 (0)30 / 30 38 - 21 90
E-Mail: [email protected]
PROJECT MANAGER
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