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May 20, 2020 | Infrastructure

Approval granted for Old Oak Common HS2 station in west London

THE Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) approved plans on May 19 to build a new station at Old Oak Common in west London for HS2.

May 20, 2020 | Infrastructure

Colombia annuls Pacific Railway concession

COLOMBIA’s National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has terminated Pacific Railway SAS’ 30-year concession for “serious and direct” breach of contract.

May 20, 2020 | Fleet

First Alstom Prima electric locomotive enters service in India

INDIAN Railways (IR) has put into service the first of 800 WAG-12 or Prima T8 electric two-section locomotives supplied by Alstom.

May 19, 2020 | Freight

LG Cargo, PKP Cargo and CargoBeamer pilot intermodal service to the Baltics

LITHUANIAN Railways subsidiary LG Cargo, PKP Cargo and CargoBeamer have operated a pilot intermodal train from Germany to Lithuania, the first such service to reach the Baltic States.

May 19, 2020 | Fleet

Three Swiss operators launch joint EMU tender

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB), Thurbo and Region Alps have launched a joint tender for 194 single-deck S-Bahn EMUs to replace life-expired trains.

May 19, 2020 | Fleet

Lower Saxony iLint testing completed

ALSTOM’s iLint hydrogen-powered multiple units have successfully completed 18 months of testing in Lower Saxony, Germany, and will now move to the next phase of the project.

May 19, 2020 | Infrastructure

Paris metro Orly extension track contract let

THE Colas Rail-ETF consortium has won a contract for the detailed design and installation of track for an extension to Line 14 of the Paris metro.

May 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail

VRR tells Abellio to improve Ruhr rail services

RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) issued a formal warning to concessionaire Abellio on May 12 requiring significant improvement to service reliability.

May 18, 2020 | Fleet

Baselland Transport invites bids for new LRVs

BASELLAND Transport (BLT) has issued a call for tender for 25 LRVs with an option for an additional 15 units for its 65km metre-gauge network.

May 18, 2020 | Freight

China - Europe rail freight flows buck economic trend

CHINA National Railway says 2920 trains carrying 262,000 TEU ran between China and Europe from January to April, a 24% increase year-on-year. In April alone westbound volumes were up 58% and eastbound 29% for a total of 88,000 TEU.

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