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QBUZZ, the Dutch subsidiary of Trenitalia’s bus subsidiary Busitalia, has won a contract to operate regional public transport services in the province of South Holland.

DB CARGO has launched an international project to equip 1200 of its locomotives with ETCS by 2026, with the aid of grants from the European Union (EU).

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has issued calls for tender for the operation of two networks in the Augsburg area: E-Network electric services and the D-Network Augsburg II diesel services.

BERLIN Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB) has issued a call for tender for the operation of two regional lines comprising the Prignitz network.

RHINE-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) has invited bids for the operation of four regional lines in the Lower Rhine area.

DUTCH rail infrastructure manager Prorail plans to start trials with automatic train operation (ATO) in 2018 on the Betuweroute freight line between the port of Rotterdam and the German border near Emmerich.

BIDS have been invited by May 9 2018 for the operation of Network 7b of the EBO regional rail network in the Karlsruhe area of Germany. The tender is split in two lots and both concessions will be for 12 years starting in December 2022.

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has invited bids for the operation of regional passenger services on the Chiemgau-Berchtesgader network in Germany.

THE project to convert the Schiedam - Hook of Holland Line from heavy rail to light metro and connect it to the Rotterdam metro has been delayed for a second time and is not expected to be completed before the end of 2018. Moreover, the cost of the project has risen by €90m to €490m.