Modi inaugurates Bengaluru’s Yellow Line driverless metro
INDIA: Revenue operations have begun on Bengaluru’s first driverless metro line, after a formal inaugration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Horizon Scanning Service to highlight emerging risks to rail freight
UK: A Horizon Scanning process has been launched to help rail freight companies identify emerging and future risks to the sector, including extreme weather conditions and cyberattacks.
ADIF awards €6m Spanish FRMCS pilot scheme contract
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Sistemas & Montajes Industriales a €6m contract to support pilot testing of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System on a metre-gauge line.
New Taipei metro extension to Taoyuan approved
TAIWAN: The government has approved a 4 km extension of the Sanying (Light Blue) line metro in New Taipei.
World rail freight news round-up
News from the world rail freight market.
Alvance takes delivery of alumina powder tank wagons
UK: Alvance British Aluminium has take delivery of 20 powder tank wagons as the latest step in a project to increase the efficiency of the transport of alumina between the port of Blyth in Northumberland and its Fort William smelter at Lochaber.
Rolling stock sought as Mexican passenger projects progress
MEXICO: Railway regulatory agency ARTF has invited bids to supply trains for an extension of Mexico City’s Tren Suburbano network, as plans to restore inter-city services elsewhere in the country make progress.
New Taipei: Urban rail supports low-density growth
Regiotram de Occidente groundbreaking ‘is symbol of a country moving on rails again’
FTAI Infrastructure to acquire Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway for $1·05bn
Indian Railways plans artificial intelligence centre of excellence
Nairobi Railway City regeneration project approved
