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NewsIndian Railways eyes a domestic high speed strategy
INDIA: As work continues on the 300 km/h Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line, Indian Railways has begun the development of indigenous trains suitable for operation on existing corridors at up to 250 km/h. Under the terms of the Japan International Co-operation Agency loans being used ...
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Metro Report InternationalTallinn’s trams cruise onto second city crossing
ESTONIA: Commercial operation of Tallinn’s 2·5 km Vanasadam tram route began on the morning of December 1.
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NewsGenesee & Wyoming launches Red Deer Railway
CANADA: Genesee & Wyoming Inc has launched Red Deer Railway Ltd, its first railway in western Canada. GWI acquired the assets and other rights from Canadian Pacific Kansas City as part of the transaction which saw CPKC and CSX acquire lines operated by G&W’s Meridian & ...
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Rail Business UKCostain wins HS2 tunnel and lineside M&E contract
UK: High Speed 2 project promoter HS2 Ltd has selected Costain for the Tunnel & Lineside Mechanical & Electrical Systems contract.
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NewsMarrakech high speed line contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Work on the 430 km high speed line from Casablanca to Marrakech is moving rapidly into the construction phase, following the letting of a series of civil engineering contracts to local and foreign contractors. Among the first major works contracts was the 3∙4bn dirham Lot ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless London Underground trains are not viable, study finds
UK: The previous government’s proposal for the possible conversion of London Underground lines to driverless operation will not be taken any further, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed. Conversion to driverless operation is regularly suggested by politicians and commentators, often in the belief that this ...
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NewsDB Cargo state aid approved
GERMANY: The European Commission has concluded that Germany’s provision of €1·9bn to support the national railway’s freight business DB Cargo is in line with EU state aid rules. Following a complaint from a competitor, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation in January 2022 looking at four ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Rail Business UKRail industry responds to confirmation that SWR, c2c and Greater Anglia will transfer to the public sector in 2025
UK: The government has confirmed the timescales for the first three train operators to transfer to the public sector following royal assent to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 which provides the legal framework. On December 4 the Department for Transport confirmed that South ...
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NewsMore milestones reached on Austria’s trans-Alpine route modernisation
AUSTRIA: Celebrations have been held to mark key milestones in the Koralmbahn and Semmering Base Tunnel projects.
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Rail Business UKBreedon orders cement wagons with iWagon technology
UK: Construction materials supplier Breedon Group has ordered 54 JPA powder cement tank wagons which will be built by German company Feldbinder and equipped with leasing company VTG’s iWagon technology to provide tracking and data-driven insights into safety and performance. They are to be delivered in ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau opens Hengqin Line
CHINA: Macau Light Rail Transit’s Hengqin Line opened on December 2, its second new line in a month. The 2·2 km shuttle links Macau with Hengqin in Zhuhai in mainland China, where there is interchange with the Zhuhai Airport Intercity Railway Trains run every 6 min ...
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NewsTaiwan high speed rail depot expansion contract
TAIWAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to design, supply and install trackwork, overhead electrification, power supplies and signalling for an expansion of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp’s Zuoying depot. Annual ridership on the high speed line has increased from around 15 million passengers ...
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Metro Report InternationalChennai metro places ‘landmark’ driverless train order
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has awarded BEML a contract to supply and maintain 70 three-car trainsets for GoA4 unattended automatic operation. They will be used on Corridor 3 from Madhavaram to Sipcot (45·8 km), Corridor 4 from Lighthouse to Poonamallee (26·1 km) and Corridor 5 ...
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Rail Business UKViewpoint: ‘Persons with Reduced Mobility’ risks becoming an outdated term
Persons with Reduced Mobility was once considered a progressive descriptor, yet now it stands as a reminder of how industries must remain agile in their accessibility approach, says Emma Partlow, Director of Consumer Engagement & Policy at Transreport.
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NewsWork starts on Hunan inter-city maglev
CHINA: Construction has begun of a 48·7 km maglev line from Changsha Dong to Liuyang. This would be the first maglev in China to run between urban areas. Branching from the existing 18·6 km Maglev Express Line S2 from Changsha Nan station just west of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalCardiff Crossrail tramway design and build contract awarded
UK: Graham has been awarded a contract for the detailed design and construction of a tram-train line between Cardiff Central station and Cardiff Bay. This forms Phase 1 of the planned Cardiff Crossrail plan to develop a line running from the northwest of the city to ...
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NewsMinistry backs EF118 rail scheme in Rio state
BRAZIL: Another step has been taken towards construction of the planned EF118 project for a 577 km rail link running inland from the South Atlantic coast at São João da Barra to Nova Iguaçu, northwest of Rio de Janeiro. During a meeting with the Consórcio Publico ...
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Metro Report InternationalLong-awaited Thessaloniki metro opens
GREECE: The Thessaloniki metro opened on November 30, 18 years after construction began. The first phase runs 9·6 km through twin bore tunnels from Thessaloniki New Railway Station to Nea Elvetia with 13 stations and an end-to-end journey time of 18 min. The line has a ...
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NewsSanya – Ledong tourist railway inaugurated
CHINA: The first part of the 108·8 km long Sanya – Jianfeng Bei railway line running from Sanya to Yazhou was inaugurated on November 16. Leisure-oriented services are operated over a combination of the West Ring conventional line and sections of the Hainan Western Ring high ...