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NewsGreen Cargo to focus on ‘more robust and reliable’ services on busiest routes
SWEDEN: Green Cargo is to adapt its operations to offer ‘more robust and reliable’ services in 2025, focusing on corridors where the state-owned freight operator already has high volumes of block train, wagonload or intermodal traffic. Shunting will take place at fewer locations, with this work ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndian domestically-designed driverless metro train production begins
INDIA: BEML has begun production of a prototype 5RS-DM driverless metro trainset for the city of Bengaluru. In August 2023 BEML beat ‘stiff global competition’ to win a Rs31·77bn contract to supply operator Bangalore Metro Rail Corp Ltd — which retains the former name of the ...
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NewsArriva proposes five changes ‘to fix Britain’s railways’
UK: Arriva has published a five-step plan to ‘fix Britain’s railways’ by first stabilising the network and then unlocking growth to increase usage, support public finances and drive improvements for passengers. The Accelerating the Government’s Ambition to Fix Britain’s Railways report published on September 18 sets ...
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Metro Report InternationalGroundbreaking ceremony held for Bali metro
INDONESIA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the transit-oriented development at the site of the Central Parkir Kuta station, attended by Acting Governor of Bali Sang Made Mahendra Jaya on September 4. The ceremony marked the start of construction on the Bali metro project which ...
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NewsNovel traction drive on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: The Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Technology Co subsidiary of China Academy of Railway Sciences is to showcase its newly developed integrated traction and control technology at InnoTrans 2024. Describing the technology as a ‘future rail system architecture’ for rolling stock, ZEMT’s Fully Electric Drive Integrated System ...
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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 UKHitachi shrinks battery technology for use on local trains
UK: A smaller and lighter version of the battery pack currently being tested on a Hitachi Rail inter-city train is being developed for regional, commuter and suburban trains on non-electrified lines. Hitachi is working with Innovate UK, the University of Birmingham, DB ESG and Sunderland-based battery ...
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News55 companies represented in Brazilian pavilion at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: No fewer than 55 companies have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming Berlin trade fair, centred on the ‘Brazil on Rails’ pavilion at Stand 220 in Hall 10·2. The delegation will feature 115 people and include component and equipment manufacturers, consultants, construction companies, freight and ...
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NewsSanctions stop Chinese locomotive deliveries to Belarus
BELARUS: Chinese manufacturer CRRC Datong has decided not to deliver 15 BKG2 electric locos ordered by Belarus Railway. The decision is a result of sanctions imposed by the US and EU in response to the Belarusian government’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The BKG2 ...
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NewsEuropean Rail Freight Association sets out priorities
EUROPE: The European Rail Freight Association has issued a 2024-29 manifesto setting three out three broad policy objectives and four issues it believes must be addressed by during the current five-year EU legislative cycle. Its objectives are fixing infrastructure, achieving the Single European Railway Area and ...
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Rail Business UKGreater Anglia offers staff data apprenticeships
UK: Greater Anglia is working with Multiverse to offer staff data training apprenticeships. The programme aims to equip employees with increased technical skills and broader knowledge to use data better within their jobs. The intention is that this will help improve the handling of disruption, enhance ...
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Metro Report InternationalSuzhou opens metro Line 8
CHINA: On September 10 Suzhou Rail Transit inaugurated metro Line 8, adding 35·6 km and serving 28 stations. The line opened only 2½ months after metro Line 6 had entered service. Running from Xijinqiao on Line 3 to the west of the city centre, Line 8 ...
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NewsTurkey plans new rail connections to serve industrial areas
TURKEY: Projects to connect major industrial and agricultural production zones to the national rail network are set to be included in the 2025 Presidential Investment Programme, with construction tenders to be opened in the next six months. Plans include a new line from the recently ...
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Metro Report InternationalInvestor increases stake in Sydney light rail PPP concessionaire
AUSTRALIA: John Laing Group has agreed to acquire pension investor Aware Super’s 62·5% stake in Sydney light rail finance, design, build and operating PPP concessionaire ALTRAC. The deal is expected to complete by the end of Q4, taking John Laing’s stake from 32·5% to 95%. The ...
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NewsRailPulse freight wagon telematics platform goes live
NORTH AMERICA: The industry-wide RailPulse coalition has launched the open platform for telematics data which it has developed to provide near real-time insights for North American wagon owners, operators and freight shippers. The platform uses GPS and other technologies to monitor the location, condition and health ...
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NewsFerrovia Centro Atlântica concession to be relet in 2026
BRAZIL: National Land Transport Agency ANTT is to reopen public hearings into the early renewal of the Ferrovia Centro Atlântica operating concession for the 7 857 km Malha Centro-Leste network.
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva Metro’s Troitskaya Line heads for Novaya Moskva
RUSSIA: Early September saw the opening of two extensions to the Moskva metro, improving access to the growing Novomoskovsky district southwest of the city centre. On September 7, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin inaugurated Line 16 of the metro, also known as the Troitskaya Line. An initial 8·3 ...
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NewsRobots and Hyper Tube among KRRI research projects on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Korea Railroad Research Institute is to highlight eight of its latest innovations and research programmes during the upcoming Berlin fair. Evacuation robot KRRI’s Evacuation Guide Robot is designed for rapid response to disasters such as fires and floods in main line and metro tunnels. Mounted ...
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NewsCzech narrow gauge railways to get new operators
CZECH REPUBLIC: Passenger services have restarted on part of the narrow gauge network centred on Jindřichův Hradec following financial problems at operator JHMD. Meanwhile, an agreement has been reached for operation of the Osoblaha line to be transferred from national operator ČD to a group of ...