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June 5, 2020 | Main line

Network Rail completes Great Western electrification

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has successfully electrified the Severn Tunnel, completing the truncated Great Western electrification programme and enabling direct London Paddington - Cardiff Central electric services to operate for the first time.

June 5, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom and Snam partner to introduce hydrogen trains in Italy

ALSTOM has signed a five-year agreement with energy infrastructure company Snam to develop hydrogen trains in Italy.

June 5, 2020 | Freight

China - Europe rail freight up 48% in May

CHINA National Railway (CR) says 93,000 TEUs of container freight were transported between China and Europe in May, a year-on-year increase of 48%.

June 5, 2020 | Commuter Rail

DB wins VVO diesel network concession

DB Regio has been selected by Oberelbe Transport Authority (VVO) for a 10-year concession to operate the VVO-diesel network in the Dresden area.

June 5, 2020 | Technology

IRJ In-Brief - Technology: Teltronic unveils communications rack; Luxembourg signs up to Erex; Wabtec launches onboard air-filtration system

Spain: Teltronic has unveiled the RTP-800, a new generation onboard system that integrates Tetra, LTE and Wi-Fi for critical voice and data communications into a single rack.

June 4, 2020 | Financial

Rail to benefit from German stimulus package

RAIL transport will benefit from the German federal government’s €130bn economic stimulus package through a cut in VAT and funding for local public transport.

June 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

First Grand Paris Line 18 construction contract awarded

SOCIETE du Grand Paris has awarded the first civil works contract for construction of part of Line 18 of the Grand Paris metro network.

June 4, 2020 | Freight

CP completes Central Maine & Quebec Railway acquisition

CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has completed the acquisition of the US portion of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway (CMQ), finalising CP’s purchase of the entire CMQ network. CP purchased the 381 route-km Central Maine & Quebec Railway Canada network in Quebec in December 2019.

June 4, 2020 | Main line

Indonesia combines Jakarta - Bandung and Jakarta - Surabaya projects

INDONESIA is reportedly combining the Chinese-led Jakarta - Bandung high-speed project with the Japanese-led Jakarta - Surabaya project, in order to ensure they remain economically viable.

June 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail tasks Fugro for west of England survey

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded Fugro a contract to use the supplier’s Rila system to conduct a survey of 1600km of infrastructure in the west of England. The data will provide asset and track position information to support a gauging and track validation programme.

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