स्पेन - विटोरिया-गैस्टिज़ ट्राम के नवीनतम आदेश में सुगमता में परिवर्तन

स्पेन: यूस्कोट्रेन ने 2027 की दूसरी छमाही में विटोरिया-गैस्टिज़ को तीन और ट्राम की आपूर्ति के लिए CAF को 20 मिलियन यूरो का अनुबंध दिया है।

11 दिसंबर को अनुबंध की घोषणा करते हुए सीएएफ ने कहा कि अतिरिक्त वाहनों की लंबाई, शहर को पहले आपूर्ति किए गए सात-खंड वाले अर्बोस ट्रामों के बराबर होगी, जो 44·2 मीटर लंबे हैं।

इनमें सुगमता के लिए नई सुविधाएं शामिल की जाएंगी , जिनमें अनुकूलित संकेत, प्राथमिकता वाले स्थानों को उजागर करने के लिए रंग और टिप-अप सीटें नहीं होंगी।

Nepal To Use Chinese Gauge For Its Railway, Not The One India Uses

Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country.

Last year, India proposed laying a broad-gauge (1,676 mm) rail link from Bihar's Raxaul to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, spurred by China's plans to extend its standard gauge, or 1,435 mm measure, line from Tibet to the city.

Nepal says the Chinese railway link will eventually be extended to the western tourist city of Pokhara and to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha.

Nepal Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth told news agency Reuters in an interview the government will ask India to use the standard gauge on the line it is building.

"Standard gauge is less expensive and is used in many countries," Mr Mahaseth said.

The planned 130-km line from Raxaul to Kathmandu will be the second rail track in the landlocked, mountainous country between India and China.

Nepal's only railway link, a 35 km track in its southern plains also built by India, is broad gauge.

India is Nepal's largest economic partner and accounts for two thirds of its foreign trade. The bulk of foreign trade is routed through Raxaul.

But China has in recent years been more active in projects in a country India has long seen as in its sphere of influence.

At the same time, Nepal is seeking to reduce its dependence on India by increasing road and rail connectivity with China for access to its ports.

Mr Mahaseth said Nepal was using the standard gauge for an east-west railway link it is building parallel to a 1,030 km highway running through the plains.

Nepali and Chinese railway experts are due to meet in Beijing in May to discuss construction of the 70 km link connecting Gyiron in Tibet with Kathmandu, making it one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the Himalayan mountains.

"Preparation of a detailed project report for the railway line and its funding modalities will be discussed," he said.

The proposed railway line will be part of China's Belt and Road initiative, which aims to link China by sea and land with southeast and central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, through an infrastructure network.

Source - NDTV

World’s first hydrogen train rolled out in

Germany on Monday rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology.

Two bright blue Coradia iLint trains, built by French TGV-maker Alstom, began running a 100-kilometre route between the towns and cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany – a stretch normally plied by diesel trains.

“The world’s first hydrogen train is entering into commercial service and is ready for serial production,” Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said at an unveiling ceremony in Bremervoerde, the station where the trains will be refuelled with hydrogen.

Alstom has said it plans to deliver another 14 of the zero-emissions trains to Lower Saxony state by 2021, with other German states also expressing an interest.

 

Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the only emissions.

Excess energy is stored in ion lithium batteries on board the train.

The Coradia iLint trains can run for around 1,000 kilometres on a single tank of hydrogen, similar to the range of diesel trains.

Alstom is betting on the technology as a greener, quieter alternative to diesel on non-electrified railway lines -- an attractive prospect to many German cities scrambling to combat air pollution.

“Sure, buying a hydrogen train is somewhat more expensive than a diesel train, but it is cheaper to run,” Stefan Schrank, the project’s manager at Alstom, told AFP.

Other countries are also looking into hydrogen trains, Alstom said, including Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Canada.

In France, the government has already said it wants the first hydrogen train to be on the rails by 2022.

Source - http://railnewscenter.blogspot.com/2018/09/worlds-first-hydrogen-train-rolled-out.html