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Robert Preston

April 25, 2025 | Central/South America

Ecuador’s government to fund reopening of Devil’s Nose line

$US 685,000 will enable tourist services to resume on scenic line in the Andes.

April 25, 2025 | Financial

EIB lends €450m for Polish line upgrade

European funding for upgrade of 120km Skarżysko-Kamienna - Kozłów line.

April 24, 2025 | Metros

Inglewood scales back people mover project

City in Los Angeles County opts for street improvements to reduce disruption and cost.

April 24, 2025 | Metros

Madrid Metro opens Line 3 extension to El Casar

3.5km extension improves metro links to the southern suburbs.

April 24, 2025 | Infrastructure

Hitachi Rail commissions first Argos digital interlocking in France

Pilot site for SNCF Network’s national interlocking replacement programme.

April 23, 2025 | Fleet

DB Regio orders Stadler BEMUs for Central Thuringia battery network

Stadler will supply 19 Flirt Akkku trains with a range of 80km on battery power.

April 23, 2025 | Technology

SNCF launches project to automate high-speed line inspection

Prototype autonomous inspection vehicle to be developed under Mars LGV project by 2030.

April 23, 2025 | Financial

Philippines project nets $US 1.45bn of ADB funding

Final tranche of funding for 53.1km section of North-South Commuter Railway.

April 22, 2025 | Commuter Rail

Île-de-France orders more RER NG EMUs

Latest batch of 96 ordered for €2.1bn will complete RER Line D fleet renewal.

April 21, 2025 | Signalling

R2Dato: accelerating the digitalisation and automation of Europe’s railway network

A major Europe’s Rail research project is underway to deliver automatic train operation (ATO) on the mainline network in order to increase capacity and reduce costs. Robert Preston reports on FP2-R2Dato.

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