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NewsGrant supports wagon orders
SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport, Mobility & the Urban Agenda has awarded leasing company Ermewa Ibérica a €17·3m grant to boost Spanish manufacturing as part of two wagon orders. The orders are for 150 Shimmns coil wagons which will be produced at the Inveho plant at ...
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NewsAmtrak sets out 2024 plans as it aims to double ridership by 2040
USA: Amtrak has announced the steps it will take this year in support of its ‘ambitious’ plans to double annual ridership to 66 million passengers in 2040. On February 1, the national passenger operator’s President Roger Harris said Amtrak has two overarching objectives for 2024: ‘improving ...
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NewsConstruction of Seoul express Line C starts as part of the ‘first year of the GTX era’
SOUTH KOREA: Construction of Line C of the Great Train Express commuter rail network in Seoul started on January 25 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Uijeongbu attended by President Yoon Seok-yeol. The 86·5 km Line C will link Suwon in the south with Uijeongbu and Deokjeong ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew Jersey Transit pilots track monitoring ‘force multiplier’
Mock dashboard USA: Humatics has been awarded a 12-month contract to pilot its Focus track condition monitoring technology on the New Jersey Transit network. This will expand current trials from an initial 16 track-km of monitored track to more than 160 km. ...
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Rail Business UKDP World increases incentive for road to rail modal shift
UK: DP World has increased the financial incentive offered to customers using rail instead of road to transport imported containers from the port of Southampton to destinations within 225 km. The 12-month trial originally offered £70, which has now been increased to £100. DP World said ...
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NewsAustrian Federal Railways completes purchase of Go-Ahead’s German rail operations
GERMANY: Austrian Federal Railways’ purchase of The Go-Ahead Group’s rail activities in Germany was completed on February 1. This follows the European Commission’s approval of the deal announced in October. ÖBB told Railway Gazette International that ‘with this acquisition, ÖBB is pursuing its long-term goal of ...
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NewsFrench regions warn track access charge increase would hurt rail growth
FRANCE: Transport authorities from seven régions and the Greater Paris area’s Ile-de-France-Mobilités have asked the Conseil d’Etat, the supreme court for administrative matters, to reduce a planned increase in track access charges. Infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau’s access charges are calculated on a three-year cycle. Its proposal ...
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NewsToronto passenger train Operations & Maintenance contract finalised
CANADA: Transport agency Metrolinx has finalised the Operations & Maintenance contract for GO Transit passenger rail services in the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area. The contract has been agreed with the ONxpress Operations Inc partnership of Deutsche Bahn International Operations (72%) and Aecon Group (28%), which ...
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NewsTorino – Ceres line reconnected to national network
ITALY: Services restarted on the Torino – Ceres regional line between central Torino, Caselle airport and Cirié on January 20 following the completion of the first phase of remodelling and reconstruction works. An opening ceremony on the previous day was attended by Minister of Infrastructure and ...
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NewsConstruction of Western Attica suburban line begins
GREECE: Work has begin the build the Western Attica suburban line to the west of Athens. The route will run 34·6 km from Ano Liosia to Megara on the alignment of an abandoned metre gauge line. There will be seven stations serving communities and industries which ...
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NewsChocolate and soup cross Eurasia on temperature-controlled trains
INTERNATIONAL: Swiss rail logistics company InterRail Group now offers the regular transport of temperature-controlled containers by rail between Asia and Europe. The diesel-powered 45 ft pallet wide reefer containers are monitored around the clock, with customers receiving at least one detailed report per day. Last year ...
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NewsNo bids to supply hydrogen trains
NETHERLANDS: No bids were received in response to a call for tenders to supply hydrogen trains for use by Arriva on regional lines in the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. An Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell multiple-unit was tested on the Groningen – Leeuwarden route ...
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NewsChicago commuter operator allows bikes on all trains
USA: Chicago commuter operator Metra is making permanent a Covid-era policy allowing bicycles on all trains from February 1, and has begun manufacturing and installing bike racks on its coaches.
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NewsConcerns over PSO contracts directly awarded before tendering rule change
EUROPE: Concerns have been raised over the signing of directly awarded train operating contracts in several countries, shortly before the expiry of a provision in the Fourth Railway Package regulation on competitive tendering.
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NewsCPK seeks input into rolling stock specifications
POLAND: The CPK project has invited passenger train operators to provide feedback on future rolling stock requirements. The consultation process aims to specify the functional and technical features for the future high speed trains. CPK plans to establish a rolling stock company which would purchase a ...
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NewsVioleta Bulc named European Rail Champion as concerns over skills and diversity grow
EUROPE: Former European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and Danish national operator DSB were the winners of the two annual awards handed out by trade associations CER and UNIFE at the European Railway Award in Brussels on January 29.
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Rail Business UKIntercity Railfreight develops express freight network
UK: Mark Bird has been appointed to the new role of Chief Revenue Officer at Intercity Railfreight, which uses passenger trains for the express delivery of high-value and time-critical products. Established in 2009, ICRF is now working with eight train operating companies to develop distribution networks ...
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NewsPort Harcourt – Aba tracklaying completed
NIGERIA: China Civil Engineering Construction Corp has announced the completion of tracklaying for the modernisation of the 1 067 mm gauge line running 63 km from Port Harcourt to Aba. Nigeria Railway Corp Managing Director Fidet Okhiria said services would commence in a few months once ...
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NewsCzech suppliers target Middle East rail opportunities
INTERNATIONAL: Rail and urban transport manufacturers sought to identify opportunities in Middle Eastern markets during a trade mission organised by national rail industry association ACRI as part of Czech President Petr Pavel’s state visit to Qatar and Israel. ACRI Chief Executive Marie Vopálenská said there the ...