All Railway Gazette International articles in November 2025 – Page 3
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Rail Business UKStreamlined guidance aims to facilitate third party investment in rail infrastructure
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has published streamlined guidance designed to make third party investment in rail infrastructure easier.
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TenderInvitation for Pre-Qualification no. 589/2025 for the Participation in Tenders for the Execution of Infra #1 Works in connection with the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Metro Lines, Israel
Organisation: NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System
Location: Israel
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NewsEIB approves loan for Madrid – Irún high speed project
SPAIN: The European Investment Bank has approved €1·7bn in co-financing to complete the final 93 km segment of the high speed line between Madrid and the French border at Irún/Hendaye.
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Rail Business UKCampaigners call to ‘end the fiction of Gatwick Express’
UK: Independent rail campaign group Railfuture has called for changes to train services between central London and Gatwick Airport.
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NewsRailway systems and urban transport training for young Egyptian engineers
EGYPT: The Egyptian National Institute for Transport and engineering consultancy Egis have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and deliver railway systems and urban transport training programmes for young engineers.
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NewsAdapazarı tramway works to start this year
TURKEY: Works are scheduled to start by the end of the year on a 12 km tramway in Adapazarı, east of Istanbul.
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Rail Business UKScottish government scales back electrification ambition to focus on fleet renewal
UK: The Scottish government has issued a revised rail decarbonisation plan that shifts the focus away from electrification to emphasise a reduction of rolling stock emissions.
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In depthFreight: A fresh approach to wagon bearing health
Flats on wagon wheelsets continue to pose a derailment risk to railways around the world. Technology company Trilogical believes its novel approach to monitoring vibration could offer more reliable insights into wheelset condition.
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In depthAustralia: Melbourne’s Suburban Loop reaches lift-off
Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop is ultimately expected to add 90 km of 1 435 mm gauge automated rail service to the city’s rail mix, but project promoter SRLA is currently focusing on delivering the first 26 km section. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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NewsDiesel locomotive battery tender to be tested in Western Australia
AUSTRALIA: Freight operator Aurizon is to trial the use of a Battery Electric Tender intended to reduce emissions from heavy haul rail operations.
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Rail Business UKInterview: ‘We are waking Merseyrail up’
As its 25-year agreement to run electric suburban services around Liverpool nears its end, Merseyrail has become a model for how local control of rail operations can bring tangible benefits to the community, as its Managing Director Neil Grabham explains to Nick Kingsley.
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NewsFirst section of Indian high speed railway to open in 2027
INDIA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced the planned opening date for the first section of the Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line.
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NewsPhú Quốc island metro to be developed through PPP
VIETNAM: The People’s Council of An Giang Province has approved plans to develop a metro line on Phú Quốc island through a PPP concession running for up 40 years.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate railway land
UK: Network Rail had officially launched Platform4, a brownfield property development company created though the merger of its Property Development business with government-owned London & Continental Railways.
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TenderRFI No. 611/2025- for Technological and Innovative Solutions for Depot Equipment and Machinery Plant for the Metro Network
Organisation: NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System
Location: Israel
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News‘Drones-in-a-box’ to inspect Spanish railways
SPAIN: Aviation safety body AESA has granted Ineco authorisation to use autonomous drones to inspect railway infrastructure.
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NewsKnorr-Bremse and VTG Rail UK sign long-term wagon digitalisation agreement
UK: Leasing company VTG Rail UK has signed a long-term framework agreement for Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK to supply its FreightControl Sentinel system, which forms the backbone of VTG’s iWagon platform for the digitalisation of wagons.
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NewsKiwiRail welcomes Interislander train ferry replacement agreement
NEW ZEALAND: The government has announced an order for two rail-equipped replacement ferries for the Interislander service, along with agreements for associated landside works which will reuse existing infrastructure where possible.