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NewsPreferred bidder chosen to renew SNCB’s DC fleet
BELGIUM: National passenger train operator SNCB has selected CAF as preferred bidder to supply the future AM30 electric and battery-electric multiple-units. At the end of 2022 SNCB called tenders for a 12-year framework agreement covering the supply of 160 km/h 3 k V DC units offering ...
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NewsRailpool completes Scandinavian locomotive ETCS upgrade
EUROPE: Railpool has completed the upgrade of all of its locomotives used in Scandinavia to ETCS Baseline 3.4. The leasing company has a total of 60 electric locomotives in service in Scandinavia. It worked with manufacturer Alstom and BS Verkstäder to upgrade 32 Traxx 2 AC ...
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NewsAllegro trainsets to return to service as Pendolino Plus
FINLAND: National operator VR is to return to traffic four Alstom Sm6 trainsets that were used on the Helsinki – St Petersburg Allegro service until it ceased operating following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The seven-car dual-voltage trainsets were operated by the Karelian Trains 50:50 joint ...
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NewsBritish influence in JR East’s next Shinkansen rolling stock design
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has issued the first images of its E10 Shinkansen high speed trainset. The E10 is intended to replace the E5 and H5 fleets on the Tohoku Shinkansen route from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto from the early 2030s. Final design work for the train ...
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NewsPassenger trains return to Porto freight line
PORTUGAL: Suburban services in the Matosinhos district of Porto has been enhanced with the partial reopening of the Leixões line to passengers after a hiatus of 14 years.
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NewsVinci Energies acquires Canadian signalling company
CANADA: Vinci Energies and its local subsidiary TCI+ have acquired signalling design, installation and maintenance company X-Rail Signalisation. Vinci Energies said the acquisition would strengthen its position in Québec’s railway market and, more broadly in the Canadian rail-based public transport sector. ‘This acquisition is fully aligned ...
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NewsPortugal to request use of broad gauge for Porto – Lisboa high speed line
PORTUGAL: National infrastructure manager IP has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis and an interoperability study to assess the gauge choice for the future Porto – Lisboa high speed line, for which procurement has started. IP says the studies will be used to support a request to the ...
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NewsSwiss operator orders rack trains
SWITZERLAND: Transports Publics du Chablais has awarded Stadler a SFr140m contract to supply 13 rack-equipped Beh4/8 electric multiple-units. They are scheduled to enter service on the 6·2 km Aigle – Leysin and 17·1 km Bex – Villars – Bretaye lines from September 2028. The 1 000 ...
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NewsTrackwork and power supply contracts agreed as Moroccan high speed network grows
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded a consortium of Colas Rail and SETEC two contracts for work on the Kenitra – Marrakech high speed line with a combined value of €250m. Under one contract worth €200m, the consortium is to design and build track, overhead power ...
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NewsMagRail technology company targets Indian rail market
INDIA: Rolling stock and rail infrastructure supplier Texmaco Rail & Engineering and European maglev and automation technology company Nevomo have signed a memorandum of understanding. The MoU covers collaboration on development and marketing of magnetic linear propulsion, autonomous freight and predictive track maintenance technologies in the ...
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NewsPolish high speed train business plan under development
POLAND: High speed rail and airport project promoter Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has appointed EY to prepare a business plan for the procurement and management of its future train fleets. CPK plans to establish a rolling stock company which would finance, own and manage the trains, and ...
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NewsTempi accident report exposes Greek railway safety failures
GREECE: Rail and air accident investigation body EODASAAM exposes serious systemic failures in the Greek railway sector and makes 17 recommendations for improvement in its report into the head-on collision between passenger and freight trains near Tempi which killed 57 people on February 28 2023. The ...
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NewsMorocco orders high speed, inter-city and suburban trains
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has selected three manufacturers to supply up to 168 high speed, inter-city and suburban trainsets worth up to 29bn dirhams.
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NewsDB seeks to order standardised S-Bahn fleets
GERMANY: DB Regio has called tenders for framework contracts to supply electric multiple-units to replace life-expired fleets used on S-Bahn services in the Rhein-Main, Stuttgart and München areas. At least 300 vehicles are needed, and the frameworks would cover up to 400 vehicles with prices for ...
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NewsStations to get clearer announcements
SWEDEN: Transport agency Trafikverket has awarded public address and voice alarm supplier Ambient System a framework contract for the modernisation of analogue sound systems at stations across Sweden. The Polish company will provide its SmartVES intelligent public address system, which automatically adjusts the volume to the ...
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NewsFirst Italian hydrogen trainset unveiled
Delivery of FNM’s first Coradia Stream fuel cell multiple-unit marks a significant step for the H2iseO ‘Hydrogen Valley’ decarbonisation project, as Toma Bačić explains.
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NewsHitachi to supply telecoms and information systems for Lisboa’s Cascais Line
PORTUGAL: Infrastructure manager Infraestruturas de Portugal has awarded Hitachi Rail and its partners SISINT and Conecticabo contracts to modernise telecoms and passenger information systems on Lisboa’s Cascais Line. The stand-alone suburban line runs 25 km west from Lisboa Cais do Sodré station to the coastal town of ...