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July 13, 2020 | Financial

MRT Jakarta seeks funding for network expansion

MRT Jakarta will apply for an additional Rupiah 10 trillion ($US 698m) loan from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for the development of Phase 2 of its metro network.

July 13, 2020 | Fleet

First train for Italy’s Lazio region delivered

TRENITALIA has received its first new Hitachi Rock EMU for the Lazio region in central Italy.

July 13, 2020 | Fleet

Wheel crack investigation underway as Ottawa’s Confederation Line services reduced

THE Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has launched an investigation after cracks were found on four wheels on three separate Alstom Citadis Spirit LRVs used on the Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) Confederation Line, which opened in September last year.

July 13, 2020 | Main line

Passenger numbers drop, but freight traffic up as China recovers from Covid-19

CHINA National Railways (CR) recorded a 53.9% drop in passenger numbers in the first half of 2020, due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, volumes of freight transported by the national operator increased slightly.

July 12, 2020 | News

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Coronavirus: Prasa and Grand Central resume services, sleeper services return

South Africa: National operator Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) resumed services from July 6, starting with the Umlazi - KwaMashu corridor.

July 11, 2020 | High-speed

India-Japan logjam over Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed

A continuing stalemate between the Indian and Japanese governments over the revised cost of the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line is threatening to derail the ambitious project and push the 2023 projected completion date back by at least a few years.

July 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Taipei Metro awards €424m contract to equip metro line

TAIPEI’s city government has awarded a contract to equip Phase 2 of its Wanda - Zhonghe - Shulin Line metro extension to an Alstom-led consortium with Taiwanese firm CTCI.

July 10, 2020 | Metros

Athens metro Line 3 extension opens

THE 4km extension of Athens’ Metro Line 3 from Aghia Marina to Nikaia was inaugurated by Greek prime minister, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on July 6, with passenger services beginning the next day.

July 10, 2020 | High-speed

Eurostar to reduce staff costs following falling passenger numbers

EUROSTAR says it is considering introducing reduced and part-time working hours to avoid redundancies as part of cost cutting measures initiated in response to Covid-19.

July 10, 2020 | Asia

New RTRI president sets out priorities

THE new president of Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Dr Ikuo Watanabe, has vowed to follow through with the principles of the institute’s Research 2025 agenda despite the “unprecedented predicament” posed to the industry by Covid-19.

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