All Railway Gazette International articles in June 2025 – Page 5
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In depthHigh speed: Alto aims higher
Canada’s Toronto – Québec City passenger rail project is to be taken forward as a dedicated high speed line requiring up to 1 000 km of new alignment. However, many challenges must be overcome to make the plan a reality, as Nick Kingsley explains.
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Rail Business UKOpen access start-up signs track access contract but funding challenges remain
UK: Open access start-up co-operative Go-op has signed a track access contract and is now seeking investors to finance the launch of services between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-Super-Mare in December 2026.
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NewsThornlie – Cockburn Line east-west link opens in Perth
AUSTRALIA: Perth’s Transperth suburban rail network has expanded with the opening of the Thornlie – Cockburn Line, providing an east-west link between the north-south Mandurah and Armadale lines.
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NewsTrain Management & Control System to be deployed in Western Australia
AUSTRALIA: 4Tel is to equip 1 276 km of track across the Nullarbor Plain between Tarcoola and Kalgoorlie with Train Management & Control System.
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Metro Report InternationalDubai Metro Blue Line construction officially launched
UAE: Construction of the Dubai Metro’s Blue Line is launched with the laying of a foundation stone in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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Rail Business UKBritish Steel awarded five-year Network Rail contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded British Steel a £500m five-year deal to supply a minimum of 337 000 tonnes of rail from its Scunthorpe steelworks.
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NewsCoradia Stream for the Nordics ready for testing
NORWAY: The first of 55 Coradia Stream for the Nordics electric multiple-unts which state rolling stock company Norske Tog has ordered from Alstom has been delivered.
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Rail Business UKViewpoint: Buy tilting trains and finish Delta Junction to salvage HS2, says Gibb
UK: Procurement of a fleet of tilting trains and a focus on Birmingham – Manchester services are key to making the most the descoped High Speed 2 scheme, former Virgin Trains executive Chris Gibb tells Rail Business UK.
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NewsFPS H Cegielski signs its first EMU order
POLAND: Lubuskie voivodship has awarded Poznań-based supplier FPS H Cegielski a 245m złoty contract for the supply of six three-car Plus electric multiple-units.
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Metro Report InternationalRubber-tyred light metro vehicle delivered for Busan’s single-track Yangsan Line
SOUTH KOREA: Woojin Industrial Systems has delivered the first of nine automated guideway transit vehicles for the Yangsan Line in Busan.
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Rail Business UKTrainline launches AI assistant
UK: Third-party ticket retailer Trainline has rolled out an AI-based assistance tool in its app.
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NewsAutomation improves efficiency at the Netherlands’ largest rail yard
NETHERLANDS: Siemens Mobility has completed a €110m project to increase efficiency and reduce handling times at the largest rail freight yard in the country.
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NewsFree railway cybersecurity courses launched
INTERNATIONAL: Cybersecurity training courses developed specifically for the transport industry are being made available free of charge until the end of October.
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NewsFerry company launches rail motorway
FRANCE: Brittany Ferries has launched its ‘rail motorway’ service carrying unaccompanied lorry trailers 970 km between the port of Cherbourg and the European Freight Centre at Bayonne-Mouguerre near the Spanish border. The ferry company has acquired 47 Modalohr double-pocket wagons at a cost of €17m, initially ...
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NewsWSP to acquire Ricardo
INTERNATIONAL: Canadian professional services group WSP Global has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of UK-based international engineering consultancy Ricardo plc.
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NewsBulgaria sets out plans to tender passenger train operating contracts
BULGARIA: The Ministry of Transport & Communications has begun public consultation on its draft framework for the competitive award of contracts for the operation of passenger rail services.
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NewsVIAS Rail leases EMUs for Expressnetz Emscher services
GERMANY: VIAS Rail has signed an agreement to lease 14 Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units for use on Expressnetz Emscher services.
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NewsRail freight innovations on show as Transport Logistic 2025 ‘makes an invisible industry visible’
GERMANY: ‘Nothing works without logistics’, and the Transport Logistic event ‘makes visible what often remains invisible in everyday life’, said Stefan Rummel, CEO of trade fair organiser Messe München, as the biennial event closed on June 5.
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