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January 18, 2019 | Europe

Spain to ramp up rail spending in 2019

SPAIN’s minister of public works Mr José Luis Ábalos unveiled details of the Ministry of Development’s €9.97bn 2019 budget on January 14, confirming a significant increase in public spending in the rail sector.

January 17, 2019 | Fleet

Greek DMUs to be converted to electric trains?

GREEK state-owned rolling stock company Gaiaose has issued a tender notice for a contract to carry out a feasibility study into the conversion of 17 Stadler GTW 2/6 (class 560) DMUs to electric traction.

January 17, 2019 | Metros

First Hohhot metro train revealed

THE first train for the inaugural metro line in the Inner Mongolian capital Hohhot was officially presented to local government and transit officials at a ceremony at the CRRC Changke Railway Vehicles plant on January 13.

January 17, 2019 | Fleet

Testing of SNCB M7 coaches begins at Velim

TESTING of new-generation M7 double-deck coaches for Belgian National Railways (SNCB) is underway at the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic.

January 16, 2019 | Asia

PT Inka and Stadler to build Indonesian rolling stock plant

INDONESIAN rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka and Stadler Rail have unveiled plans to build a joint production facility at Secang near Banyuwangi in eastern Java.

January 16, 2019 | Main line

Stadler to supply additional narrow-gauge DMUs to southern Italy

APPULO Lucane Railway (FAL) has awarded Stadler a €22.8m contract to supply four three-car narrow-gauge DMUs, with an option for four additional DMUs.

January 15, 2019 | Asia

Taiwan Railway Administration orders 50 EMUs from Hitachi

TAIWAN Railway Administration (TRA) and its procurement agent the Bank of Taiwan signed a $NT 44.3bn ($US 1.6bn) contract with Hitachi on January 15 for 50 12-car inter-city EMUs.

January 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail

CAF to refurbish Paris RER double-deck EMUs

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded CAF a €121.3m contract to refurbish its fleet of 43 five-car MI2N Altéo (class Z 1500) double-deck EMUs.

January 14, 2019 | Light Rail

Automatic braking system to be installed on Croydon LRV’s following fatal derailment

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has awarded Engineering Support Group (ESG) a contract to install an automatic braking system on London’s Croydon tram network, the first time the system has been used in Britain.

January 11, 2019 | Locomotives

Beacon leases dual-mode locomotives to SNCF Captrain Spain

BEACON Rail Leasing has acquired nine CAF Bitrac broad-gauge electro-diesel locomotives for lease to SNCF Captrain Spain.

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