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November 22, 2018 | Freight

Czech government scraps CD Cargo privatisation plan

CZECH minister of transport, Mr Dan Ťok, announced at a press conference in Prague on November 21 that the government has decided to abandon plans to privatise rail freight operator CD Cargo.

November 16, 2018 | Freight

Dutch trial slower freight trains in bid to reduce noise

DUTCH state secretary for infrastructure Mrs Stientje van Velthoven has instructed infrastructure manager ProRail to trial a reduction in night time freight train speeds on the Meteren - ’s-Hertogenbosch - Boxtel line in a bid to mitigate noise and vibration.

November 8, 2018 | Freight

Rail Cargo Group boosts European intermodal network

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways’ subsidiary, Rail Cargo Group (RCG), is set to expand intermodal operations to 35 frequent routes by adding new routes between the Netherlands and Austria; Hungary and northern Italy; and Turkey and Poland.

November 8, 2018 | Freight

DB revives plans for freight tunnel in Fürth

GERMANY’s infrastructure manager, DB Network, has resumed planning of a new 7.6km tunnel for freight trains to relieve congestion and reduce noise levels in the Fürth/Nuremberg area.

November 8, 2018 | Signalling

ERTMS centre in Amersfoort inaugurated

A cross-industry ERTMS testing centre was inaugurated in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, on November 5.

November 7, 2018 | Commuter Rail

North West Rail wins Hannover S-Bahn contract

TRANSDEV subsidiary North West Rail (NWB) has been awarded a contract to operate S-Bahn services in and around Hannover from December 2021, following an unsuccessful appeal. The €1.5bn, 12.5-year contract has an annual average of 9.6 million train-km on the 385km regional network.

November 6, 2018 | Main line

NS tests faster trains to Groningen

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) is planning a ‘once-only’ test run early next year to establish the viability of accelerating inter-city services between Amsterdam, Zwolle and Groningen.

November 5, 2018 | Freight

Germany rail freight volumes hit record levels

GERMAN rail freight operators carried a record volume of 401 million tonnes in 2017, the first time that more than 400 million tonnes has been transported by rail, according to figures released in October by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The figure is 0.5% higher than previous record set in 2016, when 399 million tonnes were transported.

November 5, 2018 | Fleet

Settlement reached in SBB Twindexx accessibility dispute

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) and lobby group Inclusion Handicap have reached an out-of-court settlement partially ending a dispute over accessibility for passengers with reduced mobility on the new fleet of Bombardier RABDe and RABe 502 Twindexx double-deck EMUs.

November 2, 2018 | Fleet

Škoda NIM Express receives TSI High Speed certification

ŠKODA Transportation confirmed on November 2 that German notified body Eisenbahn Cert has granted TSI High Speed certification for the type 109E3 (class 102) electric locomotives and double-deck coaches ordered by DB Regio for Nuremberg - Inglostadt - Munich NIM Express high-speed regional services.

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