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Robert Preston

October 27, 2023 | Financial

Contractor works to fill $US 1.8bn funding gap in Tanzania SGR

Yapi Merkezi joins government to seek European finance for Standard Gauge Railway.

October 26, 2023 | Fleet

Railpool creates French subsidiary to serve growing leasing market

New subsidiary based in Paris will offer full-service locomotive leasing.

October 26, 2023 | Freight

Dual-fuel concepts to decarbonise British rail freight

G-volution and SBL-Rail have developed concepts for repowering class 66 diesel locomotives with new dual-fuel engines that could cut carbon emissions by up to 81%. Robert Preston spoke to G-volution research director, Shimon Shapiro.

October 25, 2023 | Fleet

First ICE with new interior design enters service

Siemens is delivering 74 ICE 3neo trains with the new interior to DB by 2028.

October 19, 2023 | Financial

DB sells Arriva to I Squared Capital

Sale to infrastructure investment manager will enable DB to focus on core German market.

October 17, 2023 | Main line

RFP launched for Canada’s High Frequency Rail project

HFR will see dedicated passenger tracks provided in the Quebec City - Toronto corridor.

October 13, 2023 | Infrastructure

€540m contract awarded for Montcada i Reixac tunnel project

New 4km tunnel to place railway underground through town centre.

October 13, 2023 | Light Rail

Helsinki launches €1.6bn tender for 63 new LRVs

Contract to supply 30 unidirectional and 33 bi-directional LRVs.

October 12, 2023 | Infrastructure

Feasibility study completed for Oslo - Gothenburg upgrade

Four concepts identified to increase capacity of existing infrastructure.

October 12, 2023 | Analysis

Rail Baltica moves into the construction phase

With another major tranche of European Union funding secured, RB Rail is working to start construction of priority sections of the Rail Baltica main line in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia this year. Robert Preston reports.

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