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South Western Railway Class 701 Aventra EMU

South Western Railway Class 701 Aventra suburban EMU unveiled

2019-11-18T13:33:00+00:00

‘The new Class 701 trains will transform journeys for our customers with benefits including onboard wi-fi, at-seat charging points, real-time information screens, air-conditioning, wide gangways and wide doors to improve the ease of boarding and alighting’, said SWR Engineering Director Neil Drury.

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China poised to open 350 km/h automated railway

2019-11-15T08:15:00+00:00

CHINA: Automated operations are due to start before the end of this year on the 174 km high speed line linking Beijing with Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, one of the host cities for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Journey times will be cut to around 50 min compared with about ...

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DB Regio orders EMUs for Karlsruhe services

2019-11-15T07:00:00+00:00

GERMANY: DB Regio has awarded Alstom a €120m contract to supply 19 Coradia Continental regional electric multiple-units. They are to be used on services from Karlsruhe to Heilbronn, Achern, Freudenstadt and Herrenberg which DB Regio is to operate from December 2022 under the 13-year Netz 7b contract awarded by the ...

VRR and Stadler have officially opened a €35m depot on a former colliery site in Herne

Stadler opens depot for Rhein-Ruhr fleet

2019-11-14T15:07:00+00:00

GERMANY: Rhein-Ruhr transport authority VRR and Stadler have officially opened a €35m depot on a former colliery site in Herne where the manufacturer will maintain 41 Flirt 3XL EMUs which Abellio Rail NRW will operate on S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr services from December 15.

RENFE is to integrate Karhoo’s taxi booking platform into its ‘RENFE as a Service’ mobile app

Front door to destination with RENFE app

2019-11-08T13:52:00+00:00

SPAIN: National operator RENFE is to integrate Karhoo’s taxi booking platform into its ‘RENFE as a Service’ mobile app, which is being developed with the aim of enabling passengers to book an end-to-end journey across modes including rail, metro, taxi, private hire vehicle and scooter in a single app and ...

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Swiss vote to adopt technical pillar

2019-11-07T10:17:00+00:00

SWITZERLAND: Changes to the Eisenbahnverordnung national railway regulations to embed the requirements of the technical pillar of the EU’s Fourth Railway Package were formally approved by the Federal Council on November 6.

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