All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 6
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NewsIran completes Mianeh – Ardabil railway construction
IRAN: Construction of a 175 km line from Mianeh north to Ardabil was completed at the end of 2025, connecting Ardabil province to the national rail network.
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NewsPPP light rail route opens in St Petersburg
RUSSIA: PPP concessionaire BaltNedvizhService has inaugurated the first phase of the Kupchino – Shushary – Slavyanka fast light rail route to the south of St Petersburg.
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NewsAarhus light rail operations to be taken in-house
DENMARK: The Aarhus Letbane partnership of the city of Aarhus and Midtjylland region has decided to terminate the contract for Keolis to operate the 114 km light rail network, and is to bring operations in-house from December 20 2026.
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Johor Bahru electric services start
MALAYSIA: Electric trains have started running between Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru following the completion of work to rebuild and electrify the final section of the west coast corridor.
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News‘Fast, comfortable and reliable’ urban rail services launched in Madagascar
MADAGASCAR: A passenger train service has launched in Antananarivo to offer ‘a fast, comfortable and reliable alternative for daily commutes’.
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NewsTransfer bogies allow standard gauge rolling stock to reach Finland’s workshops by rail
FINLAND: National operator VR’s rolling stock maintenance business VR FleetCare has developed transfer bogies to enable the movement of foreign 1 435 mm standard gauge rolling stock to its workshops on Finland’s 1 524 mm broad gauge network.
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NewsDaegu underground suburban railway construction starts
SOUTH KOREA: Construction has started on the fully underground Daegu Industrial Line suburban rail corridor that will link Seodaegu main line station with the Daegu National Industrial Complex southwest of the city.
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NewsGATX and Brookfield Infrastructure acquire Wells Fargo wagon fleets
USA: Wells Fargo has completed the sale of its wagon and locomotive leasing fleets as part of a strategy of simplifying its businesses and focusing on products and services that are core to its clients.
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News‘The future of rail in Bayern is electric’ says minister
GERMANY: Bayern’s Ministry of Housing, Building & Transport has commissioned rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO to produce plans for the elimination of diesel train operations in the north of the Land.
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NewsSaudi Arabia Railways seeks more passenger trains
SAUDI ARABIA: National railway Saudi Arabia Railways has called tenders for the supply and maintenance of 10 passenger trainsets to increase capacity on its Northern Network.
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NewsTrans-European Transport Network core completion date cannot be met
EUROPE: The 2030 target date for completing the core Trans-European Transport Network is now clearly out of reach, the European Court of Auditors says in a report into eight megaprojects including six rail schemes.
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NewsBroken rail suspected in Spanish high speed crash
SPAIN: More than 40 people were killed and 120 injured when two high speed trains collided on the Madrid – Sevilla line near Córdoba on January 18.
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NewsSNCF Voyageurs orders 15 more high speed trainsets
FRANCE: National passenger train operator SNCF Voyageurs has approved a €600m firm order for Alstom to supply a further 15 Avelia Horizon high speed trainsets.
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NewsModertrans to supply more trams to Łódź
POLAND: Modertrans Poznań has signed a contract with MPK Łódź for the supply of 15 Moderus Gamma LF 11 AC trams.
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NewsRiyadh metro Red Line extension contact awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has awarded a design and build contract for an extension of the automated metro’s Red Line west to Diriyah Gate.
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NewsHungary to purchase Chinese trains ahead of Budapest – Beograd reopening
HUNGARY: Minister of Construction & Transport János Lázár has announced plans for the purchase of ’100 Chinese trains’ as he confirmed the Hungarian section of the modernised Budapest – Beograd railway is to open by March 15.
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NewsDB Cargo UK sells surplus locomotives to Romania’s GFR
ROMANIA: DB Cargo UK has announced a multi-million-pound deal to sell 25 surplus EMD Class 66 diesel locomotives previously used in the UK to Romanian private freight operator Grup Feroviar Român.
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NewsChannel Tunnel ERTMS deployment project gets underway
EUROPE: Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel and signalling company Compagnie des Signaux have begun the first phase of the roll-out of ERTMS across the fixed link.
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NewsIndian rolling stock engineers trained in Russia
INTERNATIONAL: Indian rolling stock producer Kinet Railway Solutions and its Russian parent Transmashholding have launched a training programme for technicians from India.