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Cross-border passenger services resume after eight years

2023-11-30T05:17:00+00:00By

EUROPE: Passenger services have restarted on the 45 km line linking Subotica in Serbia with Szeged in Hungary after an eight-year hiatus.

East Kilbride (Photo Network Rail)

Network Rail awards East Kilbride electrification contracts

2023-11-23T12:57:00+00:00By

UK: Network Rail has awarded the main works contracts for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, which includes electrification of the line near Glasgow.

Furrer and Frey Eurostar depot overhead

Eurostar depot equipped with moveable overhead electrification

2023-11-22T04:00:00+00:00By

UK: Electrification specialist Furrer+Frey has completed a project to install moveable conductor bar at Eurostar’s Temple Mills depot in east London.

Sustainable Rail Blueprint

Electrification hopes sidelined in RSSB sustainability strategy

2023-11-20T04:00:00+00:00By

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has launched a Sustainable Rail Blueprint, which it says will support the rail industry in making progress on environmental and social sustainability challenges.

suburban trains at Rho photo BZ (1)

EU recovery funds underwrite two more Italian route modernisation schemes

2023-11-08T05:00:00+00:00By

ITALY: As part of an intensive investment programme underpinned by EU funding, infrastructure manager RFI has awarded two route enhancement contracts totalling €633m.

California high speed rail project train impression

Revised California high speed rail track and electrification design RFQ issued

2023-11-07T14:00:00+00:00By

USA: California High-Speed Rail Authority has released a new request for qualifications for a contract to provide design services for the track and overhead electrification systems.

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