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NewsGauge-changing GoldenPass Express restricted to metre gauge route
SWITZERLAND: Montreux-Oberland Bahn has suspended the gauge-changing GoldenPass Express through service between Montreux and Interlaken.
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Rail Business UKDiesel and HVO locomotive fuel compared directly
UK: DB Cargo UK has used a load bank at Toton depot to directly compare the performance and emissions from a Class 60 diesel locomotive when fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil and by conventional diesel. A purpose-built exhaust extension tube was fitted to the locomotive to ...
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Metro Report InternationalChennai metro Phase II train control contract signed
INDIA: Hitachi Rail is to supply communication-based train control supporting automatic operation at 90 sec minimum headways on Phase II of the 1 435 mm gauge Chennai metro. The Rs16·2bn contract signed on March 15 covers the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the ...
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NewsRENFE passengers get access to digital newspapers and magazines
SPAIN: National operator RENFE is to make the PressReader digital newspaper and magazine platform available to passengers before departure as well as onboard its trains. A link to access PressReader will be sent to passengers by e-mail or text message prior to their departure, enabling travellers ...
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NewsInland Rail to use solar powered signalling
AUSTRALIA: The use of solar powered signalling on the Inland Rail project has been approved by Australian Rail Track Corp following a trial on a passing loop at Coolleearlee in New South Wales. This will eliminate the need to use the local power supply infrastructure or ...
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NewsDream of the Desert cruise train planned for Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: A Dream of the Desert five-star luxury cruise train service on the North South Railway from Riyadh to Al Qurayyat on the border with Jordan is planned to launch in 2025. A memorandum of understanding for the project was signed at the Saudi ...
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Metro Report InternationalCitymapper acquired by New York company Via
INTERNATIONAL: New York-based transport service planning software company Via has acquired UK-based journey planning app maker Citymapper. Via said the acquisition announced on March 16 would accelerate its vision ‘to build the end-to-end digital infrastructure for transit systems’, by adding Citymapper’s ‘intuitive and beautifully designed’ real-time ...
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Rail Business UKHarry Needle Railroad Co secures funding for expansion plans
UK: Harry Needle Railroad Co has secured £2m in funding from Frontier Development Capital to support a £6·2m plan to expand its engineering capabilities and modify locomotives to lower emissions. The funding is from FDC’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative Recycled Fund, which aims to help ...
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NewsUkrainian wagon builder targets international expansion
AUSTRIA: Ukrainian company TAS Group has acquired a 40·03% stake in lightweight modular wagon development joint venture TransANT as part of its strategy of expansion into the international market. This reduces steelmaker Voestalpine’s stake in the Linz-based joint venture from 80·2% to 48·1% and ÖBB Rail ...
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Metro Report InternationalPutrajaya Line second phase opens in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim opened the second phase of Kuala Lumpur’s Putrajaya Line with a ceremony at the Serdang depot on March 16. Public services began at 15.00, with free travel until March 31. The automated metro line is expected to have an initial ridership ...
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Metro Report InternationalKrasnoyarsk tramway modernisation concession signed
RUSSIA: An agreement for the modernisation of the tram network in the city of Krasnoyarsk has been signed by the regional authority and tramway project PPP concessionaire Movista Regions. The agreement signed on March 6 covers the procurement of 50 two-section low-floor trams, along with the ...
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NewsKururi Line closure plan fuels fears for Japan’s rural railways
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has confirmed that it is to launch consultations for the partial closure of the 32·2 km Kururi Line east of Tokyo.
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NewsGenesee & Wyoming appoints Tim Shoveller as UK/Europe CEO
EUROPE: Genesee & Wyoming Inc has appointed Tim Shoveller as CEO of its UK/Europe operations.
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NewsAuckland’s City Rail Link seeks more funding as pandemic drives up costs
NEW ZEALAND: Cross-Auckland rail tunnel project promoter City Rail Link Ltd has submitted a formal request for more funding from the government and Auckland Council, citing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on construction works, the supply chain, resourcing, materials and labour costs. The cost of ...
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NewsMRS Logística investment plan
BRAZIL: A government decree published on March 6 grants outline approval for MRS Logística to qualify for a tax incentive targeted at infrastructure investment. This paves the way for the concession holder to invest around R$1∙8bn in a range of infrastructure works and the purchase of ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro Istanbul sells airport station naming rights
TURKEY: Metro Istanbul has sold the naming rights for the Line M4 station at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport station to Pegasus, Turkey’s largest private airline. The station at Istanbul’s second airport will be called Pegasus-Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı İstasyonu (Pegasus Sabiha Gökçen Airport Station) for the three ...
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NewsSTB approves Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merger with conditions
NORTH AMERICA: The US Surface Transportation Board has approved the application from Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to merge their two railways.
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NewsAmtrak seeks funding to study Mississippi – Louisiana – Texas passenger train
USA: Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission are to apply for federal funding to study a proposed passenger service linking New York and Dallas/Fort Worth via Atlanta.