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  • DB Cargo Scandinavia Fredericia workshop opening (1)
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    Danish locomotive and wagon workshop opened

    2023-11-02T09:00:00Z

    DENMARK: Freight operator DB Cargo Scandinavia has opened a locomotive and wagon maintenance workshop in Fredericia. The operator expects to create 40 jobs at the site, which will repair and maintain its fleet of 52 locomotives and hundreds of wagons. Tools include the use of augmented reality ...

  • Trieste Glimble
    Metro Report International

    Glimble MaaS app launches in Trieste

    2023-11-02T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Arriva has begun offering its Glimble mobility-as-a-service platform in Trieste, covering buses, boats, bike sharing and on-demand services. ‘We want to encourage people to view buses, bikes and other modes of transport as a single network rather than separate services’, explained Angelo Costa, Managing Director ...

  • Stockholm Pendeltåg commuter trains
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    SJ to run Stockholm Pendeltågen as MTR withdraws

    2023-11-01T17:18:00Z

    SWEDEN: Regional transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has reached agreement for state-owned passenger operator SJ AB to take over the operation of Stockholm’s Pendeltåg commuter services with effect from March 3 2024.

  • Pesa EMU (Photo ARF)
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    Pesa selected to supply 62 EMUs to Romania

    2023-11-01T12:12:00Z

    ROMANIA: Railway reform board ARF announced on October 30 that it had selected Pesa Bydgoszcz to supply 62 electric multiple-units for use on regional services. A contract worth between 3·2bn and 4·2bn lei is to be signed following the standstill period when losing bidder Alstom can ...

  • Nijmegen – Roermond upgrade
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    Nijmegen – Roermond upgrading and electrification contract awarded

    2023-11-01T09:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has awarded Swietelsky Rail Benelux a contract to upgrade, partly double-track and electrify the 88 km Nijmegen – Roermond line. The Maaslijn is one of the longest and most intensively used diesel-operated single-track lines in the Netherlands, with the Arriva-operated services carrying ...

  • RENFE train and passengers at Valencia station
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    European Commission says Spain has failed to apply Single European Railway Area rules

    2023-11-01T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union, saying it has failed to correctly transpose and apply Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a Single European Railway Area. The Commission explained on October 18 that it believed the Spanish ...

  • Schleswig-Holstein photos Stadler (2)
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    Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units enter service

    2023-10-31T08:55:00Z

    GERMANY: The first of the Stadler Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units ordered by Schleswig-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH have entered revenue service with operator Erixx Holstein. ‘We are taking a huge step towards zero-emission local transport with the 55 battery trains that will run on 11 lines in ...

  • Metro do Porto
    Metro Report International

    Porto light rail extension agreed as expansion plan announced

    2023-10-31T05:00:00Z

    PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has awarded a consortium of Alberto Couto Alves, FCC Construcción and Contratas y Ventas a €379·5m contract for the construction of light rail line H (Ruby). The 6·4 km Line H would connect Casa da Música on lines A, B, C, E, ...

  • Middle Corridor Multimodal Ltd JV (Photo KTZ)
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    Middle Corridor joint venture to co-ordinate China – Europe rail freight

    2023-10-30T11:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The national railways of Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan have formed an equally-owned joint venture to develop multimodal services on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route between China and Europe. The agreement to create Middle Corridor Multimodal Ltd was signed at the Silk Road forum in Tblisi ...

  • 20231014_praha_slivenec1 photo DPP
    Metro Report International

    Two Praha tram extensions open to serve regeneration zones

    2023-10-30T11:00:00Z

    Dědina extension CZECH REPUBLIC: Two tram extensions opened in mid-October in Praha, serving two newly built regeneration areas. Dědina route A 2 km tramway opened in the northwest of the city on October 23, running from Divoká Šárka to Dědina. The four-stop extension is served by ...

  • UZ coach
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    Ukrainian Railways orders replacement night train coaches

    2023-10-29T05:00:00Z

    UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has awarded domestic manufacturer KVSZ a 1·95bn hryvna contract to supply 44 night train coaches over the next two years. The order announced on October 17 includes 20 sleeping cars with four-berth compartments, 12 with two-berth compartments, nine 56-berth platskartny cars and ...

  • Elron EMUs photo Skoda Group (3)
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    Elron EMU production underway

    2023-10-27T12:00:00Z

    ESTONIA: Representatives from Elron visited the Škoda Group factory at Ostrava in the Czech Republic to see the assembly of the first of 16 electric multiple-units ordered by the passenger operator. ‘Bringing new trains on to the line from 2025 will gradually solve the shortage of ...

  • AGC battery conversion (Photo SNCF) (1)
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    Electro-diesel multiple-unit converted to battery-electric power

    2023-10-26T11:01:00Z

    FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs and Alstom have unveiled a prototype conversion of an AGC multiple-unit from electro-diesel to battery-electric power as part of a plan to decarbonise the French regional train fleet. Five of the Bombardier Transportation-built electro-diesel multiple-units are due to be converted as part of ...

  • Lyon metro Line B extension
    Metro Report International

    Lyon Line B extension opens

    2023-10-26T11:00:00Z

    Photos: Jérémie Anne FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral Mobilités and operator Keolis inaugurated a 2·4 km extension of metro Line B from Gare d’Oullins to Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon Sud on October 20. The fully underground southwestern extension serves one intermediate station at Oullins Centre. The journey ...

  • Novska
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    Croatian rail infrastructure project funding signed

    2023-10-26T05:00:00Z

    CROATIA: Rail infrastructure manager HŽ Infrastruktura and the European Climate, Infrastructure & Environment Executive Agency have signed Connecting Europe Facility funding agreements for two projects. The first is the double-tracking and modernisation of the Ivanić-Grad – Popovača and Popovača – Kutina sections of the Dugo Selo ...

  • Garching Mayor Dr Dietmar Gruchmann and District Administrator Christoph Göbel sign the purchase agreement (Photo Landkries Muenchen)
    Metro Report International

    Section of München U-Bahn changes hands

    2023-10-25T11:00:00Z

    GERMANY: München Landkreis, a district authority representing several boroughs in and around the city, has bought the outer section of U-Bahn Line U6 between Fröttmaning and Garching Forschungszentrum from Garching municipality for €30m. Landkreis Administrator Christoph Göbel said U6 is of great importance to the area, ...

  • Alpha Trains Stadler EURO9000 contract signing (Photo Alpha Trains)
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    German federal funding for electro-diesel locomotive order

    2023-10-25T09:42:00Z

    GERMANY: Leasing company Alpha Trains has placed its first order for Stadler Euro9000 six-axle multi-system electro-diesel locomotives, supported by €15m of funding from the Federal Ministry for Digital & Transport. The 12 locos will be built at Stadler’s Valencia factory for delivery in 2025-26. The federal ...

  • Mapna wagons
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    Iranian wagon manufacturer plans European exports

    2023-10-25T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Iran’s Mapna Group has announced a 10-year co-operation agreement for the potential supply of wagons to a Polish company, which plans to deploy them across eastern Europe. The deal announced on September 27 follows a year of negotiations with the unnamed company from Poland, which ...

  • Helsinki Espoo Jokeri light rail line (Photo John Pagni)(5)
    Metro Report International

    Jokeri light rail line opens early and below budget

    2023-10-23T10:59:00Z

    FINLAND: Helsinki Regional Transport opened its 25 km orbital light rail line serving the Helsinki-Espoo conurbation for revenue service on October 21, almost a year ahead of schedule. Running from Itäkeskus in eastern Helsinki to Keilaniemi in neighbouring Espoo to the west, the line is branded ...

  • Asti - Alba line
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    Passenger services resume on two lines in Piemonte after 12-year hiatus

    2023-10-20T09:00:00Z

    ITALY: Following 12 years without passenger services, trains have started running again on two regional railways in the Piemonte region. The regional government will subsidise each service by €3m annually, says Marco Gabusi, portfolio holder for transport. Trains are to be run by national operator Trenitalia; ...