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November 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

Zambia Northwest Rail Phase 1A agreement signed

ZAMBIA’s Northwest Rail (NWR) has signed a cooperation agreement with Uroven, Britain, and Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiary Smart Operations to build the first phase of the 590km east-west railway.

November 11, 2020 | Main line

Setrag’s new CEO set to oversee Gabon line modernisation

THE board of directors of Gabon passenger and freight railway Setrag has appointed Mr Christian Magni as CEO.

November 11, 2020 | Main line

Mayan Train rolling stock and equipment tender announced

MEXICO’s National Fund for Tourism Promotion (Fonatur), which is overseeing construction of the 1452km Mayan Train project on the Yucatan peninsula, has released details of the international public tender to supply rolling stock and signalling and operations equipment for the first five sections of the project.

November 11, 2020 | Fleet

IRJ In-Brief - Fleet: Skoda trains finally authorised in Germany; Perm to purchase 15 LRVs; New EMUs on their way to Israel

Germany: DB Regio will begin operating services in the state of Bavaria using six Škoda double-deck push-pull trains from November 12. Following testing on the Munich - Ingolstadt -Treuchtlingen line that is due to begin on November 16, they will enter service from December 13 on Nuremberg - Munich Express regional services.

November 10, 2020 | High-speed

Italo-NTV cuts services and staff

ITALIAN private high-speed operator Italo-NTV suspended most of its services across the country on November 10 following the reintroduction of nationwide measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.

November 10, 2020 | Metros

Minsk Metro opens third line 

MINSK Metro has opened the first section of the cross-city Line 3 on November 6, following an inauguration attended by Belarusian president, Mr Alexander Lukashenka, with full operation beginning the next day.

November 10, 2020 | Financial

Adif and Renfe announce major investments for 2021

SPANISH infrastructure managers Adif and Adif High-Speed (Adif AV) have announced plans to invest €4.86bn in the nation’s rail infrastructure in 2021, while Renfe will invest €857m.

November 10, 2020 | Main line

European operators reduce services again as passenger numbers drop

EUROPEAN operators have cut back national and cross-border passenger services in response to a number of national lockdowns instituted to curb the second wave of Covid-19.

November 10, 2020 | Freight

EC approves German single wagon load support scheme

THE European Commission (EC) has approved a €600m German scheme to support operators providing single wagon load services.

November 10, 2020 | Signalling

JR East to trial ATO and 5G on Joetsu Shinkansen

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) has announced plans to test Automatic Train Operation (ATO) at GoA 4 and 5G telecommunications on E7 series trains on a section of the Joetsu Shinkansen.

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