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Gotthard Base Tunnel repairs could last until next year
SWITZERLAND: The infrastructure damage caused by a freight train derailment in the western bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel on August 10 is significantly greater than expected and repairs could take until early 2024, Swiss Federal Railways has reported.
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Vicenza high speed link contract signed
ITALY: Infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has signed a €1·82bn contract with the Iricav Due consortium to design and build a section of approach tracks and digital signalling west of Vicenza as part of the Milano – Venezia high speed line programme. The predecessor companies making ...
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EuroDual approvals in the Balkans expected this year
EUROPE: Type approval for the operation of Stadler EuroDual electro-diesel locomotives in Serbia is expected shortly, with approval for Slovenia and Croatia to follow by the end of the year.
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Georgian freight terminal to support Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
GEORGIA: Kazakhstan-based logistics group PTC Holding has begun construction of a multimodal freight terminal at the Black Sea port of Poti to support growing traffic on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route between China and Europe. PTC said the war in Ukraine had seriously affected global logistics, ...
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Salerno suburban rail extension contract awarded
Photo: David Campione ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded a design and build contract for a 9 km extension of the Salerno suburban rail service to serve Salerno Costa D’Amalfi Airport. This will involve the construction of a single-track electrified line dedicated to the suburban service ...
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CAF trams on test in Lisboa
PORTUGAL: Lisboa bus and tram operator Carris has begun testing and driver training with its first new trams for 28 years.
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Sinara presents domestically produced Lastochka EMU
RUSSIA: Sinara Transport Machines presented a prototype of its domestically designed and manufactured Lastochka ES104 Vostok EMU during the Innoprom-2023 fair in Yekaterinburg. The unveiling was attended by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Belarus’s Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, and Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov. The ES104 ...
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Zagreb buys Augsburg trams
CROATIA: Zagreb transport operator ZET has bought 11 secondhand trams from Stadtwerke Augsburg for a total of €2·1m.
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Portuguese national rail pass launched
PORTUGAL: A €49 one-month national rail pass has been launched by operator CP with government funding. The initiative was proposed in parliament in 2022, and funded under the 2023 national budget. The ticket is available to residents and non-residents, and is sold exclusively on the CP ...
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Digital rouble to be tested on the Moskva Metro
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro is to test fare payment using the digital rouble which is being developed by Bank of Russia to act as a national currency alongside cash. An initial 13 banks are to begin testing the digital rouble from August 15, with gradual introduction into ...
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PKP Intercity seeks 91 locos and 38 push-pull trainsets
POLAND: National long-distance operator PKP Intercity reissued a tender for the supply of 38 seven-car double-deck push-pull trainsets together with 45 multi-system electric locomotives on August 1. On August 4, it also called tenders for the supply of 46 electric locomotives. Push-pull & loco bid ...
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First phase of Tampere tramway extension opens
FINLAND: The first stage of the 6·7 km Pyynikintori – Lentävänniemi extension of the Tampere tram network opened on August 7, running 2 km to Santalahti and adding three stops. Construction began in November 2020, and opening celebrations were held on August 6. Work on the ...
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Tallinn safety conference seeks to embed a culture of learning
EUROPE: The third edition of the EU Agency for Railways’ Safety Days conference will take place in Tallinn on September 20-22.
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Battery-electric train fast charging facility ordered
IRELAND: Alstom has been awarded a contract to provide a fast-charging facility for the battery-electric multiple-units that it is to supply to Iarnród Éireann as part of the DART+ programme to enhance commuter services in the Greater Dublin area. The charging equipment is to be installed ...
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Local funding enables trial passenger service to become permanent
GERMANY: A trial regional passenger service calling at stations between Osterburken and Lauda on the Stuttgart – Würzburg Frankenbahn route is to be made permanent from the December 2023 timetable change. Following local campaigns, an hourly service operated by DB Regio was launched in December 2019 ...
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Safety: Divided by a common language
A proposed recast of the EU Directive for certification of train drivers to mandate the use of English for communications on international routes has divided opinion across the European rail sector, with little sign of a consensus emerging. Toma Bačić reports.
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Precise planning as bridge rebuilt for tram project
FRANCE: Contractor NGE says precise planning is paying off as it undertakes a complex project to replace a road bridge over the River Huveaune in Marseille with a new structure which is 2 500 mm wider to accommodate a double-track extension of tramway Line 3. The ...
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Cargounit orders bi-mode locos
POLAND: Leasing company Cargounit has awarded Newag a 183·9m złoty contract to supply 10 Dragon 2 electro-diesel locomotives with options for 20 more. The six-axle 3 kV DC locomotives are intended to be used in electric mode on main line operations in Poland, for which they ...
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Siemens Mobility to supply 28 EMUs for Digital Node Stuttgart project
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to supply electric multiple-units equipped for attended automated operation as part of the Digital Node Stuttgart pilot project within the Digital Schiene Deutschland (Digital Rail Germany) programme. The €300m contract awarded by the Land of Baden-Württemberg’s rolling stock ...
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Trenitalia orders sleeping cars offering ‘comfort, privacy and tranquillity’
Comfort class. ITALY: National passenger operator Trenitalia has awarded a consortium of Škoda Group and Titagarh Firema a contract to supply up to 370 sleeping cars which the Czech company says will offer an ’extraordinary travel experience with greater comfort, privacy and a tranquillity resembling a ...