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NewsHigh speed bypass line contract awarded
SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Sacyr Construcción a €49m contract to build 6·3 km of the future 19 km Loja bypass on the high speed line from Antequera to Granada. The double-track bypass will start near Los Abades service area on ...
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NewsRER NG trains launched on Line D as Paris fleet renewal accelerates
FRANCE: The renewal of the rolling stock fleet used on the RER suburban network around Paris is continuing, with the latest generation RER NG trainsets entering service on Line D in December. The RER NG fleet comprises two subclasses, Z58000 for Line E and Z58500 for ...
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NewsSaudi Arabian trains to blend modern aesthetics and advanced technology
SAUDI ARABIA: National operator Saudi Arabia Railways has selected Swiss design consultancy Nose Design Experience to support the development of its next-generation of inter-city trainsets. In February 2024 SAR awarded Stadler contracts worth SFr600m to supply and maintain 10 trainsets for use on the East line ...
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NewsPrototype 450 km/h high speed trains unveiled in China
CHINA: Two prototype CR450 high speed trainsets designed for a maximum speed of 450 km/h and an operating speed of 400 km/h have been unveiled in Beijing, ahead of testing to optimise the design and enable the sets to enter service as soon as possible. China ...
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NewsMoskva – St Petersburg high speed line financing agreement signed
RUSSIA: Agreements on the organisational structure, financing and risk allocation for the Moskva – St Petersburg high speed rail project were signed on December 23. A syndicate of lenders including Sovcombank, Sberbank and VTB has been formed to finance the project. Sberbank will organise two syndicated ...
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NewsHeavy steel train tests digital automatic couplers in real-world conditions
SWEDEN: The country’s heaviest freight trains outside the iron ore sector are being used to test digital automatic couplers in real-world conditions. DAC equipment from Dellner and Voith has been fitted to wagons used on daily 3 800 tonne trains which Green Cargo uses to transport ...
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NewsVilnius, Riga and Tallinn linked by co-ordinated passenger trains
EUROPE: The national passenger train operators of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have launched co-ordinated services to make it more practical to travel between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn by rail.
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NewsChina – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan railway construction officially launched
ASIA: President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and representatives of the Chinese and Uzbek governments officially launched construction of the US$8bn China – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan railway with a ceremony at Tosh-Kutchu in the Jalal-Abad region of Kyrgyzstan on December 27. Main works are to begin in ...
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NewsAmtrak track renewals train ready for delivery
USA: Swiss plant manufacturer Matisa is ready to deliver a novel track renewals train to Amtrak to support work to modernise the US national passenger operator’s upgrading of the 735 km Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington DC. Matisa says the diesel-powered P95 machine will be ...
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NewsUS rail industry supplier rebrands subsidiaries
USA: All subsidiaries and divisions of railway sector component supplier A Stucki Company began operating under the parent company’s name on January 1. The company was founded in 1911 by Arnold Stucki, a Swiss engineer who moved to the USA, and in recent years has expanded ...
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NewsVinkovci – Vukovar line electrified
CROATIA: Minister of the Sea, Transport & Infrastructure Oleg Butković attended a ceremony on December 18 to mark the completion of work to renew and electrify the Vinkovci – Vukovar line. The €61m project 85% co-financed by the EU included modernisation of the 18·7 km single ...
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NewsHeavy duty wagons ordered for military transport in the Arctic
EUROPE: Finland’s VR FleetCare has won an international tender to design and build wagons for the transport of tanks and other heavy military equipment in Arctic conditions. The order placed by Norwegian rail infrastructure manager Bane Nor on December 20 on behalf of the Norwegian and ...
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NewsSNCF orders 22 Oxygène trains for Bordeaux – Marseille route
FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs has awarded CAF a firm order to supply a further 22 Oxygène trainsets for inter-city services between Bordeaux and Marseille. In 2019 the national passenger operator ordered an initial 28 10-car Z26700 trainsets for the Paris – Limoges – Toulouse and Paris – ...
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NewsService agreement ‘paves way’ for suburban rail devolution in Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA: Following months of negotiations, the city of Cape Town and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa have signed a Service Level Plan which Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says will ‘lay the foundation for future rail devolution’.
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NewsDesert railway upgrading aims to double iron ore capacity
MAURITANIA: The African Development Bank has approved a US$150m loan to state-owned iron ore firm Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière to support a US$467m programme to double the capacity of its heavy haul railway by 2030. Plans include the acquisition of up to 36 locomotives and ...
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NewsChicago commuter rail network upgrades communications
USA: Chicago commuter operator Metra’s legacy 900 MHz communications system is to be upgraded to the dot16 standard, in what suppliers Siemens Mobility and Ondas Networks say is a ‘milestone’ first for a major railway. Designed for mission-critical private industrial networks, dot16 provides an upgrade path ...
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NewsSwiss trains switch to 100% renewable electricity
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways trains are using electricity entirely from renewable sources from January 1.