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May 1, 2020 | Infrastructure

DB steps up noise abatement investment in 2019

GERMAN Rail (DB) spent €118.6m on noise abatement in 2019, up from €97.8m in 2018, with 53km of soundproof walls installed along existing lines, taking the total to more than 600km.

April 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica project unaffected by coronavirus pandemic

RB Rail’s chairperson Mr Agnis Driksna says the Rail Baltica high-speed rail project linking Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland is not being disrupted by Covid-19.

April 30, 2020 | Financial

Precision Scheduled Railroading allows NS to cut locomotive fleet

US Class 1 railway Norfolk Southern (NS) says the successful introduction of Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) is allowing it to dispose of 703 excess locomotives.

April 29, 2020 | Financial

CN increases operating income despite blockades and Covid-19

CANADIAN National Railway (CN) achieved a 13% increase in operating income to $C 1.22bn ($US 875.5m) for the first quarter of 2020 despite blockades of its network and the impact of coronavirus.

April 27, 2020 | Podcasts

Canadian Pacific positioning for growth

Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel, Executive Vice President Operations Mark Redd and Executive Vice President Marketing John Brooks talk with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono about business growth, capital investment and today’s challenging operating environment. Sponsored by The Greenbrier Companies.

April 27, 2020 | Financial

UP reports record first quarter operating ratio

UNION Pacific (UP) achieved an all-time best operating ratio of 59% for the first quarter of 2020, and an increase in net income from $US 1.4bn in 2018 to $US 1.5bn.

April 25, 2020 | Europe

IRJ In-brief - Coronavirus: CD partially resumes services; NS builds ventilator powerpacks; China donates face masks to MÁV

CZECH Republic: Czech Railways (CD), working with the Ministry of Transport, will partially resume operation of long-distance passenger services from April 26.

April 25, 2020 | Freight

New European multimodal freight route swings into action

A freight wagon developed at the turn of the century looks set to finally come into its own, as a new service launches to improve intermodal freight movements between Germany and Austria. David Burroughs looks at how Helrom plans to use this to carve itself a place in the market.

April 24, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Adani awards second contract for Queensland coal line

ADANI Australia, the developer of the controversial Carmichael coal mine in northern Queensland, has awarded a $A 220m ($US 140m) construction contract to Martinus Rail for its 200km 1067mm-gauge coal railway linking the mine to Abbott Point port.

April 24, 2020 | Financial

CSX sets new operating ratio record in first quarter

CSX set a Class 1 railway first-quarter operating ratio record of 58.7%, improving 80 basis points from its 59.5% operating ratio in the first quarter of 2019.

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