News and Exhibitions - MTR Express to launch in March 2015

Caledonian Rolling Stock Cables

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductors:
Tinned fine copper strands according to VDE 0295 / IEC 60228 class 5 are generally used for railway cables. For nominal cross section of over 50mmsq, 0.41mm strand wire may be used instead of 0.51mm as stipulated in IEC 60228. The IEC 60228 class 5 enhances flexibility and the ease of handling, thus lengthening the product life of the cable. These class 5
conductors are extremely flexible, and easy-to-install in the compact rolling stock environment.
Insulation and Outer Sheath:
Crosslinked polyolefine copolymer or EPR will generally be used for insulation whereas electron-beam cross-linked elastomer is employed for sheathing. Cross-linked elastomer compounds offer very good durability that can resist heat, oil, vibration, chemical aggression, etc.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

As an OEM, Caledonian rolling stock cables provide our railway customers with future headroom by meeting the following European Norms (EN) and international standards :

EN 50264

EN 50306

EN 50382

NF F 63808

NF F 63826

NF F 63827

BS 6853

DIN 5510-2

NF F 16 101

UIC 895

MTR Express to launch in March 2015

SWEDEN: On April 15 MTR Nordic announced that its MTR Express service between Stockholm and Göteborg is expected to launch in March 2015.

MTR has applied to infrastructure manager Trafikverket for 10 daily train paths in each direction from the start of the 2015 timetable in December; this is one more than it has already been awarded from August 25 2014.

The March launch is slightly later than MTR’s original timetable, which had envisaged that services would start later this year. According to local media, the delay is due to national passenger operator SJ not allowing competitors to sell tickets through its SJ.se website, as well as quality assurance issues.

With the first of six Flirt EMUs now taking shape at Stadler’s Bussnang plant, MTR Nordic has started recruiting staff to operate the new service. On April 9 MTR Express CEO-designate Johan Söör said that more than 1 200 applications had been received for the initial tranche of 70 jobs, including a significant number of SJ employees.

Another open access applicant looking at starting up services on the Stockholm – Malmö route, Citytåget, has been sold to Skandinaviska Jernbanor, which already runs the business class only Blå Tåget service. Citytåget founder Mattias Söderhielm said the decision to sell was taken in the face of increased competition following MTR’s decision to enter the market.