News – Page 51
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NewsVoltage conversion programme makes progress
SLOVAKIA: ŽSR has converted the overhead electrification on a further section of the Bratislava – Žilina – Košice main line from 3 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz.
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NewsWork starts on long-distance and suburban rail projects
MEXICO: President Claudia Sheinbaum has attended groundbreaking ceremonies for long-distance and suburban rail projects around Mexico City as well as the construction of freight terminals on the Tren Maya network.
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NewsLand allocated for Indian rolling stock factory
INDIA: BEML is to build a Rs18bn rolling stock factory in Madhya Pradesh which will significantly expand its production capacity to meet growing demand from Indian Railways as well as metro networks at home and abroad.
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NewsPre-apprenticeships to help teenagers take their first steps to a railway career
UK: Network Rail and Capital City College in London have launched a Network Rail Academy offering a pre-apprenticeship programme to help 16-19 year olds take their first steps towards a career in rail.
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Metro Report InternationalNERIC awarded Alexandria metro train order as assembly plant nears opening
EGYPT: National Authority for Tunnels has signed a €275m contract with local manufacturer NERIC for the supply of 21 nine-car metro trainsets for Alexandria.
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NewsCroatian battery-electric train enters service
CROATIA: National passenger train operator HŽPP has put its prototype battery-electric multiple-unit into revenue service on the Zagreb – Bjelovar route, which is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz as far as Gradec.
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Metro Report InternationalExtension brings Mumbai metro Line 3 nearer to completion
INDIA: The Phase 2A extension of Mumbai metro Line 3 was opened on May 10, running from Bandra-Kurla Complex to Acharya Atre Chowk.
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NewsGlobal vision helps equip rail professionals for the challenges ahead
CHINA: The 7th UIC World Congress on Rail Training brought together people from more than 30 countries to discuss the future of talent development.
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Orange County Streetcar delivered
USA: Orange County Transportation Authority has taken delivery of the first of eight trams for the OC Streetcar line which is under construction and now expected to open in spring 2026.
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NewsInter-city train for the 21st century unveiled
FRANCE: The Oxygène inter-city trainset is ‘probably one of the most beautiful trains built by CAF’, CEO for France, Alain Picard, said when the first trainset was officially unveiled by the manufacturer, operator SNCF Voyageurs and the French government.
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NewsGreek railway ‘reset’ aims to bring the network to the level of Italy
GREECE: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has signed a co-operation agreement with Italy’s FS Group to modernise the Greek railway system, two years after the fatal head-on collision at Tempi.
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Rail Business UK‘The rail industry needs to sell travel and not just tickets’
UK: Rail reform offers an opportunity to boost industry revenues by leveraging private sector marketing expertise and innovation to fill empty train seats, Anthony Smith, CEO of the Independent Rail Retailers association, tells Rail Business UK.
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NewsUkrainian Railways takes delivery of couchette coaches
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has taken delivery of six platskartny open-plan couchette cars, which Deputy Minister for Development of Communities & Territories Oleksii Balesta said were the first of this type to be purchased since independence.
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NewsWagon monitoring system launched
AUSTRALIA: Following a successful four-year trial in Queensland, Transdiagnostics has launched Transend, which is designed to replace outdated wagon monitoring technologies and provide real-time data and predictive diagnostics to reduce derailment risks and optimise operations.
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Rail Business UKBritain ‘could be a global rail leader again’ says Burnham as he urges backing for ‘Northern Arc’
UK: A rail-based ‘Northern Arc’ infrastructure and development programme could help Britain ‘move on from the embarrassment of High Speed 2’ and restore the country’s reputation as a world leader in railway construction, believes Greater Manchester elected mayor Andy Burnham.
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Metro Report InternationalElectric transport operators agree to help balance power grid use
NETHERLANDS: Public transport operators have signed an agreement to help balance demand on the heavily-loaded national power grid.
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NewsRestructuring of Bulgarian rail freight operator planned
BULGARIA: Plans for a major restructuring of the national railway’s freight business BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi has been announced by Minister of Transport & Communications Grozdan Karadjov.
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Metro Report InternationalSengkang-Punggol LRT peoplemover sets on test
The first of 25 two-car AGT trainsets for the Sengkang-Punggol Light Rapid Transit network have been handed over to SBS Transit.