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NewsCSX rolls out hydrogen fuel cell locomotive
USA: CSX has rolled out the first hydrogen-powered locomotive it has produced as part of a partnership with Canadian Pacific Kansas City which was announced last year. The rebuilt EMD GP40-2 was modified to work with fuel cells and batteries at CSX’s Huntington, West Virginia workshop. ...
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NewsAmtrak seeks fleet decarbonisation options
USA: National passenger operator Amtrak on April 16 issued a Request for Information from suppliers as part of its efforts to decarbonise its rolling stock fleet. Amtrak said that the RFI would ‘seek options to help transform the company’s rail fleet with zero-emissions technology’. In September ...
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Rail Business UKCIRO confirms Rail Ops conference plans
UK: The Chartered Institution of Railway Operators is to hold its fourth annual Rail Ops conference on June 4. This virtual event is designed to provide valuable insights for all those who are engaged in railway operations globally. Rail Ops 2024, through the continued support of ...
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Metro Report InternationalTorino driverless metro train production underway
ITALY: Representatives from the city of Torino’s infrastructure manager Infra.To have visited the Alstom factory at Valenciennes in France to see the production of the first two cars of four four-car Metropolis trainsets on order. Infra.To awarded Alstom a €156m turnkey contract ...
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NewsBogie maintenance contract
DENMARK: Regional operator Nordjyske Jernbaner A/S has awarded VR FleetCare a contract covering the overhaul of bogies and pneumatic components for its fleet of Alstom Coradia LINT multiple-units. The work will be undertaken by VR FleetCare’s Component Services business unit at facilities in Helsinki and Pieksämäki. ...
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NewsRack railway tests collision warning system
SWITZERLAND: Trials with a collision warning system as the first stage in a project to switch to GoA4 driverless operation have begun on the 1 200 mm gauge Rheineck – Walzenhausen line in the canton of St Gallen. Part of the Appenzeller Bahnen group, the 1∙96 ...
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NewsPrivate rooms to be revived on Tokaido Shinkansen
JAPAN: Central Japan Railway has announced plans to reintroduce private compartments on the Tokaido Shinkansen.
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NewsONCF seeks to complete Kénitra – Marrakech high speed line before 2030 World Cup
MOROCCO: National operator ONCF is stepping up the pace of planning and preliminary construction work for the 40bn dirhams high speed line between Kénitra and Marrakech. Due to open between September and November 2029 in time for the FIFA World Cup being staged the following year ...
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NewsPomorskie orders more Impuls2 EMUs with EU funding
POLAND: Pomorskie voivodship has exercised an option to purchase nine more four-car Impuls2 electric multiple-units from Newag, the region’s Marshal Mieczysław Struk announced on April 16. The Marshal’s Office signed a contract with Newag in August 2023 covering the supply of one Impuls2 EMU plus an ...
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Rail Business UKMixed response to Labour rail proposals
UK: Organisations across the UK rail sector have broadly welcomed the reform proposals unveiled by Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh on April 25. Entitled ‘Getting Britain Moving’, the Labour Party policy committed to introducing new legislation to establish Great British Railways early in the next Parliamentary ...
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Metro Report InternationalSanto Domingo orders more metro trains
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Santo Domingo Metro operator OPRET has awarded Alstom a contract to supply and commission eight more three-car Metropolis trainsets to support the extension of Line 2. Designated ‘Line 2C’, the 7·3 km extension now under construction will run northwest from María Montez to Los ...
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NewsAbellio Deutschland sold to BeNEX
EUROPE: German regional operator BeNEX is to acquire Abellio’s German subsidiary from Dutch national operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
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NewsHafeet Rail lets contracts to build Oman – UAE railway
ASIA: Three agreements have been signed paving the way for construction of a 303 km mixed-traffic railway linking the port of Sohar in Oman with Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The contracts for the project, which is expected to have a total budget of around US$3bn, ...
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NewsComponents joint venture agreement
INDIA: The AT Railway a subsidiary of Amber Enterprises India has signed a joint venture agreement with South Korea’s Yujin Machinery to design, manufacture, and develop critical components for various types of rolling stock used in India. The joint venture will focus on components such as ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to upgrade København S-bane for driverless operation
DENMARK: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €270m contract to equip the 170 km S-bane network in København for GoA4 unattended operations. In 2017, the government decided in principle that the standalone suburban network electrified at 1·5 kV DC should transition to unattended driverless operation at ...
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NewsChuo Shinkansen completion delayed until 2034
JR Central tested the maglev technology in Yamanashi prefecture (Photo: Kazumiki Miura). JAPAN: Central Japan Railway announced at the end of March that it no longer expects to start operating high speed superconducting maglev services over the Chuo Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027. Speaking ...
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Rail Business UKWilliams Review author backs Labour plan to adopt Great British Railways reforms in full
UK: Sir Keith Williams has lent his backing to plans by the Labour Party to implement a standalone ‘guiding mind’ for the rail sector if it wins the upcoming General Election.
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NewsNext-generation Railjets enter service to link three countries
EUROPE: Austrian Federal Railways has put into service the first of its updated Railjet trainsets on services linking Germany, Austria and Italy. Toma Bačić rode on a preview run between München and Verona on April 5.