French freight alliance plans fightback
FRANCE: Proposals to relaunch rail freight in France are to be published in June, under plans now being developed by an alliance of cargo operators.
Data4PT multimodal transport data interoperability project launched
EUROPE: The Data4PT project has been formally launched to support the development of multimodal transport data exchange standards and models to fulfil the needs of travel information service providers.
Flexitanks carry vegetable oil to China
ASIA: FESCO and Rail Cargo Logistics–RUS have completed their first shipment of canola vegetable oil in containerised flexitanks from the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia to Nantong in China.
Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region orders EMUs
FRANCE: Acting on behalf of the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region, SNCF has awarded Bombardier Transportation a firm order to supply 19 Regio 2N double-deck EMUs totalling 114 cars.
Locomotive for Guinea rolled out
GUINEA: The first of 14 series-build diesel locomotives ordered by the SMB-Winning consortium in December has been unveiled at CRRC Qishuyan’s plant in Changzhou.
Record long-distance passenger traffic at DB in 2019, but freight falls back
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn announced on March 26 that it had carried 150∙7 million passengers on its ICE and IC services during 2019, an increase of 1∙9% over the previous year; it was the fifth year in a row when traffic increased. DB said that patronage on regional services also rose ...
Southeastern given direct award management contract
UK: The Department for Transport has announced a direct award contract for incumbent Govia to continue operating the South Eastern franchise, which covers commuter and regional passenger services between London, Kent and East Sussex.
FirstGroup says new Great Western contract has ‘appropriate balance’ of risk and reward
UK: The Department for Transport has directly awarded incumbent FirstGroup a new three-year contract to continue to operate Great Western services from the expiry of the current direct award on April 1 2020 until March 31 2023, with a possible extension of up to one year at DfT’s discretion.
World rail freight news round-up
Dutch rail freight industry body RailGood has called on the government and infrastructure managers to ensure round-the-clock operation of at least one rail corridor to and from all seaports, multimodal hubs and industrial complexes during the coronavirus crisis. It also called for a temporary suspension of charges for stabling wagons ...
Hull Trains suspends services ‘to protect long-term future of business’
UK: Open access operator Hull Trains announced on March 29 that was temporarily suspending services with effect from midnight, in a move which it said aimed to ‘safeguard the future of the business’ in the ‘unprecedented circumstances’ of the coronavirus pandemic. Arrangements have been made for tickets to be accepted ...
Turnout monitoring pilot project
International Transport Workers’ Federation calls for action to protect staff from Covid-19
Öresundståg ETCS contract awarded
Sanctioned European goods transit Russia to reach China by rail
MKB orders Vectron Dual Mode locomotives
RENFE ticket offices go cashless
Polish operator tests titanium dioxide disinfectant
Railway supply industry news round-up
SNCF deploys hospital TGV
Brightline suspends services
Vossloh wins Etihad Rail track contract
Transitio opts for Civity Nordic
Małopolska railway development study commissioned
Latvian railway electrification project on hold
ABB awarded Trafikverket framework agreement
East Coast resignalling partners appointed
Bruce Evans
European Commission approves public financing of Fehmarn Belt fixed link
Tracsis acquires ticketing software specialist iBlocks
TOAZ orders high-capacity fertiliser wagons
