Exhibition review


Vossloh wins fastenings and points contract for French high-speed line


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RENCH construction companies TSO and


Eurovia Travaux Ferroviares (ETF) have selected Vossloh to deliver points and rail fastenings for the 340km TGV Sud-Europe Atlantique line between Tours and Bordeaux. Vossloh Switch Systems will deliver the points between October 2014 and November 2015, while Vossloh Fastening Systems will deliver the fastenings. The contract is worth ƒ60m.


TSO and ETF also signed


an agreement with Vossloh Locomotives at InnoTrans to purchase 10 G1206 locomotives to support high-speed line construction in France. The new four-axle 1500kW diesel-hydraulic locomotives will complement TSO’s existing fleet of four G1206s


and will be used for heavy shunting and mainline operations. ETF agreed to purchase an additional two G1206s at InnoTrans taking its total fleet of Vossloh locomotives to 12. • Contrary to press reports, the high-speed locomotive mock-up displayed by Vossloh has not yet been named. Vossloh Rail Vehicles was keen to point out that it is capable of producing such products, and is cooperating with Talgo on Middle Eastern projects, but that no final design has yet been concluded for a push-pull train suitable for desert operations. The full- size mock-up served as an innovation centre during the show in which key customers could view the company’s latest offerings.


Siemens unveils Warsaw Inspiro


ERMAN Rail (DB) and MTU displayed a hybrid variant of the Siemens class 642 dmu at the outside track area which is described by DB as its first converted hybrid rail vehicle for public operations.


The hybrid powerpack supplied by MTU stores energy from regenerative braking in batteries which is subsequently used during operation. The aim of the


project is to reduce CO2 emissions and fuel


consumption by up to 25%. The German Ministry for


Transport has provided finance for the hybrid development project under its


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IEMENS’ Inspiro metro train made its public debut


at InnoTrans, where vehicles from the first train for Warsaw Metro were on display. Warsaw Metro placed a


ƒ272m contract for 35 six-car trains with a consortium of Siemens and Newag in February 2011. The first 10 trains are being built at Siemens’ Simmering plant in Vienna, while the remainder will be assembled by Newag at its plant in Nowy Sacz, Poland. Each 117m-long train accommodates 1450


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passengers, 256 of them seated. Following the exhibition the


train returned to Simmering for static testing, after which it will be transferred to Germany to Siemens’ Wildenrath test track for dynamic testing. The first two sets will be delivered to Warsaw in December and the trains will enter commercial service from next May.


Fifteen of the trains will enter service on Line 1 while the remaining 20 sets will be used on the new Line 2, which is due to open at the end of next year.


infrastructure life-cycle costs for infrastructure managers, Thales has developed a new single bulb signal that is capable of emitting a spectrum of colours. FieldTrac 6335 is a


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multicolour LED signal that can be installed in a range of mounting arrangements depending on customer requirements. It is also applicable to distant, main or shunting signals. The pilot signal system was demonstrated on the Thales stand. It showed how the system can benefit infrastructure managers by providing an optical feedback panel which can enable individual operators


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DB and MTU show hybrid dmu G


Electromobility Model Region project which is coordinated by the National Organisation for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology. At InnoTrans in 2010, the federal Ministry of Transport presented DB and MTU with a ƒ1.9m grant to develop hybrid drive systems. “Once the hybrid system has established itself and is ready for series production, hundreds of these power cars could be converted to diesel- electric drive with energy storage in Germany thus contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gases and lowering energy costs,” says German state secretary Mr Rainer Bomba.


Thales showcases multicolour LED signal


to monitor and control the precise colour that the signal emits. The built-in diagnostic function also supplies information about system health status, allowing operators to avoid expensive preventative maintenance. Another stand highlight was the Green Seltrac CBTC solution. This system is designed to optimise running profiles, adjusts train speed to avoid unnecessary stops and coordinates train arrivals and departures to maximise the opportunity for regenerative braking. The system is already in use on the Kadiköy - Kartal line of the Istanbul metro where it is providing 22.62% in energy savings, or the equivalent of ƒ400,000-450,000 per month.


IRJ November 2012


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