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Wuhan - Yichang high-speed line opens


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HINA inaugurated its latest section of high- speed line on July 1, with the opening of the 293km, Hanyi Railway between Hankou in Wuhan and Yichang in western Hubei province. The railway has a design speed of 250km/h and will be used by freight trains as well as passenger services. The completion of the link will reduce journey times between Wuhan and Yichang to 1h 39min.


Dutch V250 emus finally approved


Transport Inspectorate (ILT) finally granted authorisation to place into service the AnsaldoBreda V250 ‘Fyra’ high-speed train fleet on July 6. The ILT has granted the


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approval to the notified body, Lloyd’s Register Rail, which is managing certification on behalf of operator NS Hispeed. The authorisation, which allows the seven-car 250km/h multi-system emus to operate in revenue service, currently applies only to the Dutch network. Approval for use in Belgium is also due to be granted by the end of the


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month, and closely follows the certification process in the Netherlands, making use of data gathered during trials on the Dutch network. The approval is a milestone for high-speed operation between the Netherlands and Belgium. However, because they have not yet been entered into the national vehicle register, the V250s will not carry passengers until September 9, when they are expected to begin hourly test operations on timetabled services between Amsterdam and Rotterdam via HSL South. There are currently nine V250s in the Netherlands, five


Yakunin, president of Russian Railways (RZD) as its next chairman. The appointment will be ratified at the UIC’s next general assembly in Paris in December. Yakunin will then serve as UIC chairman for two years. Mr Yoshio Ishida bowed out as UIC chairman at the end of the UIC’s High- Speed Rail Congress in Philadelphia last week. Ishida was recently promoted to corporate auditor with JR East and is no longer able to chair the UIC. The remainder of Ishida’s term of office will be taken up by Mr Satsohi Seino, chairman of JR East. The UIC has also decided to grant its vice-chairman Mr Mauro Moretti, CEO of Italian State Railways (FS), a new mandate, while Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, the UIC’s director general, is to be offered another two-year term starting in April 2013. Both of these appointments are subject to ratification in December.


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of which have been officially delivered and handed over to NS Hispeed. The remaining trains are at AnsaldoBreda’s Pistoia plant in Italy.


In total 19 V250s have been


ordered, of which 16 are for NS Hispeed and three for Belgian National Railways. All trains will operate in a single pool, and will be maintained by Nedtrain at its purpose- built Watergraafsmeer depot near Amsterdam.


Both Dutch and Belgian rail safety authorities are reportedly seeking to establish a joint control and inspection regime for the new trains when they have entered service.


Construction began in 2008 and was due to be completed last year. However, reports suggest remedial work was carried out last March to address subsidence on sections totalling 7.2km around Qianjiang in Hubei province. According to China Dailythe line’s constructor, China Railway 12th Bureau Group, said the problems were not caused by poor engineering, while the provincial railway construction office blamed geological factors.


The line forms part of the 2078km Huhanrong Passenger Dedicated Line, an east-west corridor linking Shanghai with Wuhan and Chengdu. The adjoining Wuhan - Hefei and Yichang - Wanzhou sections are already in operation.


RegioShark surfaces at Velim: The first of 31 Link II dmus being supplied by Pesa, Poland, to Czech Railways (CD) was unveiled at the Velim test track on June 28. The first four trains will enter service on regional services in the Czech Republic in September. Another five units will be delivered this year and the remainder next year. CD placed the order with Pesa 14 months ago. The trains will be known as RegioShark in the Czech Republic. Photo: Quintus Vosman


IRJ August 2012


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