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November 19, 2020 | Fleet

China Railways to receive new high-speed trains

CHINA National Railways (CR) will receive a new fleet of 14 eight-car high-speed trains from Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) by January 2021, under a Yuan 1.6 billion ($US 248m) contract agreed in 2018.

November 19, 2020 | Fleet

MTR deploys new LRVs

HONG Kong’s MTR began operating the first two of its new Phase 5 single-car LRVs on November 17, following the completion of testing and certification.

November 19, 2020 | Fleet

Warsaw EMU order secures €46m EU grant

THE European Commission (EC) has approved €46m in funding to support Warsaw commuter rail operator SKM’s purchase of 21 EMUs from Newag.

November 18, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Talks continue for new Miami-Dade Brightline commuter service

FLORIDA’s Miami-Dade County board of county commissioners has agreed to continue talks with Brightline over a new commuter rail service along the Brightline/Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) corridor.

November 18, 2020 | News

Pakistan to seek reduced Chinese loan for Mainline-1 project

THE government of Pakistan is reportedly planning to seek a reduced $US 2.7bn loan from China to support the construction of package 1 of its $US 7.2bn Karachi - Peshawar Mainline-1 (ML-1) project.

November 18, 2020 | Asia

Taichung opens first metro line

THE Taiwanese city of Taichung opened its first metro line for a four-week period of passenger trials on November 16, ahead of the launch of full services next month.

November 18, 2020 | Fleet

CFL Cargo orders 10 Traxx locomotives

LUXEMBOURG freight operator CFL Cargo has ordered 10 Traxx MS multi-system electric locomotives from Bombardier, following the signing of a contract on November 18.

November 18, 2020 | Technology

Cummins to open German fuel cell factory in 2021

ENGINE manufacturer Cummins, United States, has announced that it will open a new hydrogen fuel cell systems factory in Herten, Germany, in July 2021.

November 18, 2020 | High-speed

DB confirms new Frankfurt - Mannheim high-speed route

GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has announced the final route for the new Rhine Main - Rhine Neckar high-speed line connecting Frankfurt and Mannheim following a four-year public consultation period.

November 18, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Victoria allocates $A 2.2bn to kick-start Melbourne suburban loop

THE Victorian state government will allocate $A 2.2bn ($US 1.6bn) in the state budget for early preparatory work on the ambitious 90km, $A 50bn Melbourne suburban rail loop.

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