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January 26, 2021 | Policy

New Estonian government signals renewed support for rail

RAIL projects in Estonia, including the cross-border Rail Baltica and Finland - Estonia tunnel projects, have seen renewed support following the appointment of a new government in Estonia.

January 26, 2021 | Fleet

Bombardier to begin conversion of ACG EMUs to battery operation

BOMBARDIER has announced it will install batteries on the first five of 700 AGC regional EMUs built at its Crespin plant in northern France for the French regions between 2005 and 2011, ahead of trials before the battery trains enter passenger service in 2023.

January 26, 2021 | Main line

Argentinean Trains restores long-distance Pinamar connection

ARGENTINA’s national operator Argentinean Trains (TA) has re-launched regional passenger services on the 100km line from General Guido junction station on the Buenos Aires - Mar del Plata mainline to the Atlantic coast resort town of Pinamar, a decade after they were withdrawn.

January 26, 2021 | Europe

Chinese DMUs to save Hungarian branch lines?

HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) signed a letter of intent with China’s CRRC Changchun on January 21 to develop a DMU for operation on regional lines in Hungary, which will be manufactured at MÁV-Start’s Szolnok works.

January 26, 2021 | Financial

Alstom acquires B&C Transit

ALSTOM has acquired California-based transit signalling engineering, design and construction firm B&C Transit.

January 26, 2021 | Europe

DSB awards contract for Copenhagen S-Bane automation project

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has awarded a multidisciplinary framework contract to support the automation of Copenhagen’s 170km S-Bane network to a joint venture of Cowi, Parsons, Systra and Implement Consulting.

January 25, 2021 | Metros

Shanghai Metro inaugurates Line 15

SHANGHAI Metro opened its 42.3km, 30 station Line 15 on January 23.

January 25, 2021 | Light Rail

Dynamic tests completed for Constantine Tramway extension

A consortium of Alstom and Cosider Public Works has successfully completed dynamic tests on a new 3.4km, six-station section of Algeria’s Constantine Tramway light rail line, which connects Ali Mendjeli to Abdelhamid Mehri University.

January 25, 2021 | Europe

Norway to operate reduced timetable until April

NORWAY’s Railway Directorate has reached agreement with the country’s rail operators to reduce the number of services on the network until April because of reduced demand for travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

January 25, 2021 | Metros

Wiener Linien awards contract for U-Bahn extensions

VIENNA public transport authority Wiener Linien has awarded a €242m contract for the construction of two packages to extend lines U2 and U5 to a consortium of Hochtief Infrastructure Austria, Swietelsky, and Habau Hoch und Tiefbau.

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