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January 6, 2021 | News

Belgian government boosts rail budget

THE Belgian federal government has increased the 2021 rail budget by €75m to provide additional funding to infrastructure manager Infrabel ‘Boost Plan’ for infrastructure investment, taking the total budget to €894.2m.

January 6, 2021 | Central/South America

Vale rail concessions extended

BRAZILIAN mining company Vale has signed an agreement with the federal government to extend its concession to operate the Carajás Railway (EFC) and Vitória-Minas Railway (EFVM) by 30 years.

January 6, 2021 | Financial

Phoenix light rail project receives full funding

THE South Central Extension/Downtown Hub light rail project in Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a final $US 530m tranche of funding by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

January 6, 2021 | Light Rail

Istanbul opens first LRT line with ground power supply

ISTANBUL officially opened Line T5, the city’s first light rail line equipped with Alstom’s APS ground-power-supply system, on January 1.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

LTG Link to acquire 30 new electric trains

LITHUANIAN state-owned operator LTG Link has announced the launch of a public procurement process to purchase 30 new electric trains worth around €200m.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

IRJ In Brief – Fleet: CD Regioshuttles enter service; GySEV expands Desiro fleet; Sinara and Sakhalin sign LNG loco agreement

Czech Republic: Czech Railways (ČD) has begun operation of 22 Regioshuttle DMUs, formerly used by German regional rail operator Southwest Germany Transport (Sweg). The vehicles were purchased via an intermediary, with 13 sets delivered to ČD at the end of 2020. Nine more will be delivered this year, following major maintenance and/or revision. The new vehicles will expand ČD’s fleet of Regioshuttles to 55.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

Bart suspends delivery of new metro cars

SAN Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has announced that it will temporarily halt delivery of its new Fleet of the Future (FOTF) metro cars from January 8 to allow the manufacturer, Bombardier, the time to address two reliability issues.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

Korail launches new high-speed trains

KOREAN national operator Korail has begun operating services on the Seoul - Gyeongju Jungang line using a fleet of 260km/h distributed-traction EMU-250 high-speed trains built by Hyundai Rotem.

January 5, 2021 | Infrastructure

TfL completes test run on Northern Line extension

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has announced the successful completion of an initial test run on the 3.2km Kennington - Battersea Power Station extension to London Underground’s Northern Line, ahead of the line’s opening in the autumn.

January 4, 2021 | High-speed

Singapore - Kuala Lumpur high-speed project cancelled

THE governments of Malaysia and Singapore have announced the termination of the 350km Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed rail project, following a failure to reach an agreement on proposed changes by the deadline of December 31.

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