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May 6, 2020 | Policy

SCI Verkehr forecasts huge drop in 2020 European passenger rail traffic

RAIL market analysis specialist SCI Verkehr has published an assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on European rail traffic, which predicts a 30-50% drop in passenger traffic for 2020 and a slow recovery.

May 6, 2020 | Financial

Berlin and Brandenburg confirm start of S-Bahn tendering process

BERLIN’s Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection and the Ministry of Infrastructure and State Planning for the state of Brandenburg have confirmed details of the tendering procedure for two Berlin S-Bahn operating concessions and an associated fleet maintenance contract, which is set to commence “as soon as possible.”

May 6, 2020 | High-speed

SŽ publishes tender for Prague - Poříčany high-speed alignment

CZECH infrastructure manager SŽ has republished a tender to prepare documentation on the alignment for the initial 23km section of the country’s first high-speed line

May 6, 2020 | Financial

Loan agreed for $US 1.78bn Budapest - Belgrade upgrade

THE Hungarian government signed a loan agreement with the Chinese Exim Bank on May 4 to finance 85% of the Forints 578bn ($US 1.78bn) cost of upgrading the Budapest - Belgrade main line, with the remaining 15% to be financed by the Hungarian government.

May 6, 2020 | Infrastructure

Singapore Circle Line ATO support agreement signed

SMRT Trains, Singapore, has awarded Alstom a 16-year contract to guarantee the reliability of the Circle Line driverless train control system.

May 5, 2020 | Main line

Chinese passenger rail hit hard by coronavirus pandemic

CHINA National Railway (CR) made a loss of Yuan 611.8bn ($US 86.6bn) in the first quarter of 2020 due to a huge drop in passenger traffic as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

May 5, 2020 | Commuter Rail

VR wins tender to operate Helsinki commuter trains

HELSINKI Regional Transport (HSL) has awarded VR Group a 10-year contract to operate commuter services around the Finnish capital, the first time the contract has been put out to competitive tender.

May 5, 2020 | Policy

Mofair questions government funding for DB Long Distance

GERMAN pressure group Mofair is calling for fair government treatment of all train operators and complete transparency in providing extra funding for German Rail (DB).

May 5, 2020 | Infrastructure

Colombia signs Regiotram del Norte supervision contract

THE president of Colombia, Mr Iván Duque Márquez, has presided over the signing of a studies, design and supervision contract for the $US 1.5bn Regiotram del Norte rail project.

May 5, 2020 | Fleet

DB Regio wins Franconia and South Thuringia concession

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has awarded DB Regio the Franconia and South Thuringia contract to operate 5.7 million train-km annually to connect Nuremberg and Bamberg with Würzburg, Saalfeld, Sonneberg and Erfurt.

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