News Archives - Page 537 of 1851 - International Railway Journal

News

November 16, 2020 | Technology

Wuhan tests driverless suspended monorail

TESTING of a driverless suspended monorail vehicle with a design speed of 80km/h on an 800m elevated track has been carried out in Wuhan, China.

November 16, 2020 | Fleet

Île-de-France orders 13 more tram-trains

PARIS transport operator Île-de-France Mobility and Transilien SNCF have ordered a further 13 Citadis Dualis tram-trains from Alstom for €70m, under a framework contract for up to 200 sets signed by Transilien SNCF in 2007.

November 16, 2020 | Financial

ÖBB and Westbahn secure Austrian government support

THE Austrian government has reintroduced a subsidy to Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Westbahn to operate their respective passenger services on the Vienna - Salzburg route as the country enters a second national lockdown.

November 15, 2020 | Technology

UIC to roll out new pan-European tariff distribution platform

THE International Union of Railways (UIC) has announced it will introduce a new Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) platform supplied by Hit Rail to replace the existing Price and Fare Information Storage (PRIFIS) international tariffs distribution tool.

November 14, 2020 | Metros

VDV predicts €3.5bn revenue loss in 2021

GERMANY’s urban public transport operators expect to lose up to €3.5bn in revenue in 2021, even in the event a vaccine is developed by spring, a study from the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) says.

November 14, 2020 | Locomotives

LA and Long Beach port railway purchases battery locomotive

CALIFORNIA shortline Pacific Harbour Line (PHL) has reached an agreement with Progress Rail to receive its new EMD Joule battery-electric locomotive for a demonstration project in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

November 13, 2020 | Fleet

Czech Railways orders new Škoda EMUs

CZECH Railways (ČD) has awarded a Koruna 9.6bn ($US 429.17m) framework contract for the supply of up to 60 RegioPanter EMUs to a consortium of Škoda Transportation and Škoda Vagonka.

November 13, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 Phase 2b bill to be split

THE British government has confirmed that the eastern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b from Birmingham to Leeds will now be split into a second parliamentary bill, separate from the western section of Phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester.

November 13, 2020 | Light Rail

LRTC Consortium completes Lusail LRT phase 1

THE LRTC Consortium has completed phase 1 of the turnkey Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Lusail, a planned city currently under construction near Doha, Qatar.

November 13, 2020 | Africa

Egypt and Sudan to cooperate on international rail link

THE governments of Egypt and Sudan have signed a joint cooperation agreement to carry out economic, social and environmental feasibility studies for the creation of a new cross-border railway between the two countries.

« Previous 1 … 535 536 537 538 539 … 1,851 Next »

Rail market intelligence to unlock your business potential.

Sign up for the IRJ Rail Brief Newsletter