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December 4, 2020 | Technology

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric unveils smart maintenance platform

ZHUZHOU CRRC Times Electric has launched Foresee, a new condition-based maintenance platform, which the supplier says can facilitate intelligent operation and smart maintenance of urban rail networks and assets.

December 3, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB completes three month iLint hydrogen test

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has completed three months of testing with Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on four regional lines in Lower Austria, Vienna and eastern Styria.

December 3, 2020 | Fleet

NS withdraws DDZ double-deck fleet to investigate vibrations

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) withdrew its fleet of 140km/h DDZ double-deck trains from commercial operation on December 3 while it investigates the source of vibrations present when the trains operate at higher speeds.

December 3, 2020 | Policy

European rail alliance launches four-year skills project

AN alliance of rail industry organisations has officially launched a four-year programme to develop a long-term strategy to address skill shortages in the sector.

December 3, 2020 | High-speed

Preliminary work begins on Verona - Vicenza high-speed line

THE Iricav 2 consortium has begun preliminary work on the €2.7bn Verona - Vicenza section of the €4.8bn Verona - Padua high-speed line ahead of schedule.

December 3, 2020 | Light Rail

Moscow Metro to take over city’s light rail network

MOSCOW’s deputy mayor for transport, Mr Maxim Liksutov, announced on November 27 that management of the city’s 168km light rail network will transfer from Mosgortrans to Moscow Metro.

December 3, 2020 | Fleet

NS begins delivery of DM 90 DMUs to Poland

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has begun delivering 32 DM 90 diesel hydraulic two-car DMUs to the privately operated Association of Local Railroad Transport (SKPL), Poland, following a court ruling lifting a sequestration order brought by Ferotrans-TFI, Romania.

December 3, 2020 | Commuter Rail

La Plata’s University Train network to be extended

THE provincial government of Buenos Aires and Argentina’s national government have signed agreements with the La Plata National University to expand the University Train service from April 2021.

December 2, 2020 | Technology

Battery system for French regional hybrid trains clears initial tests

ALSTOM announced the successful completion of tests of a prototype battery system for use in regional diesel-electric hybrid Regiolis trains on December 1.

December 2, 2020 | Main line

International team to study Budapest tunnel project

THE Hungarian government’s Budapest Development Centre (BFK) has selected several national and international partners to study the feasibility of an underground link between Budapest-Déli and Budapest-Nyugati stations, as well as carry out a preliminary impact assessment for the project.

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