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Gold and uranium producer takes delivery of track maintenance fleet
UZBEKISTAN: Gold and uranium producer Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Co has taken delivery of a range of track maintenance vehicles supplied by Russian company Sinara Transport Machines.
Test train carries first passengers over Pajares cut-off
SPAIN: Under construction since 2004, the 50 km Pajares high speed cut-off through the Cordillera Cantábrica mountain range in the north of the country moved a step closer to opening on September 20 when ADIF Alta Velocidad ran the first passenger-carrying test train between La Robla and Campomanes.
Macron puts high speed projects back on track in ‘decade of the TGV’
FRANCE: In a speech at Paris Gare de Lyon during an event held on September 17 to mark 40 years since the launch of TGV services, President Emmanuel Macron announced the revival of plans to expand the high speed network, describing the 2020s as ‘the decade of the TGV’.
Connecting Europe Express puts spotlight on Western Balkan rail vision
EUROPE: Welcoming the EU’s Connecting Europe Express to Beograd Centar on September 13, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announced that her country’s rail investment programme would be worth up to €6bn and focus on ‘reconnecting’ the Western Balkan countries’ fragmented networks.
Thameslink test confirms ETCS backwards compatibility
UK: A significant milestone has been reached in the East Coast Digital Programme, with the testing of a Great Northern Class 717 EMU over the Thameslink core between London St Pancras and Blackfriars stations using ETCS Level 2.
National ETCS test lab under development
UK: Atkins is developing a National ETCS Test Verification Validation & Integration Laboratory under a 10-year contract awarded by Network Rail as part of plans for the deployment of ERTMS across the network.
Brno – Blansko upgrading starts
DB begins work to electrify to the Austrian border
Alstom awarded Sydney ETCS contracts
DSB awards EMU depot contract
Czech infrastructure manager buys Vectron prototype to power test train
Pro Trilhos programme kickstarts 10 rail projects worth R$53∙5bn
ADIF AV calls tenders to complete Almería – Murcia high speed corridor
RER Line A relaying completed
Track doubling south of Zürich underway
Railway to Hell to be electrified
Private sector executive to head Turkish rail infrastructure manager
Amur bridge between Russia and China completed
Signal gantries installed at Toronto Union
Opportunities for suppliers as Inland Rail contractor appointed
Project management contract awarded for first phase of Mindanao railway
Egypt signs contract for ‘Suez Canal on tracks’
Three shortlisted for HS2 Interchange station construction contract
Rosehill Rail wins Infrabel level crossing contract