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March 31, 2020 | Infrastructure

Texas Central says coronavirus could impact high-speed project delivery

TEXAS Central, the company developing a 390km, 320km/h high-speed line from Dallas to Houston, says it is likely that the coronavirus pandemic will impact delivery of the project because of the number of international partners involved.

March 31, 2020 | Freight

Transnet scales back rail operation as South Africa enters lockdown

TRANSNET, South Africa, says it has scaled back rail operations as part of a larger decision to limit activities during the country’s 21 day lockdown to minimise the spread of Covid-19.

March 31, 2020 | Infrastructure

Costs of Norwegian rail infrastructure projects to increase - report

NUMEROUS projects underway across Norway are expected to cost more than previously budgeted, a report from the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications has found.

March 31, 2020 | Light Rail

Three consortia in running for Edmonton light rail project

THREE consortia have been shortlisted for a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to design, build and partially finance the City of Edmonton’s Valley Line West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, following a request for submissions which closed on February 24.

March 31, 2020 | Metros

Copenhagen opens Nordhavn metro extension

IN a low-key event, Copenhagen officially opened the metro line M4 on March 28, extending the network by 2.2km to the Nordhavn reclamation district.

March 30, 2020 | Freight

Wuhan Metro reopens as mainline and freight services resume

THE Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, resumed partial operation of its six-line metro network on March 28 while mainline and high-speed trains are also stopping at Wuchang station for the first time since the city was locked down on January 23.

March 30, 2020 | Policy

European rail associations call for action from European Commission

FIVE European rail associations have sent a joint letter to the European Commission (EC) calling for concrete measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

March 30, 2020 | Metros

Moscow Metro Line 15 second phase opens

THE second and final 14.4km phase of the Nekrasov metro Line 15 was opened by the mayor of Moscow, Mr Sergey Sobyanin, on March 27.

March 30, 2020 | News

Southeastern and Great Western franchisees secure direct award contract extensions

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued direct award contracts to Govia, a joint venture of Go Ahead (65%) and Keolis (35%), to continue to operate the Southeastern franchise, and FirstGroup to continue to operate the Great Western Railway franchise from April 1.

March 30, 2020 | News

Hull Trains temporarily suspends all services

BRITISH open-access operator Hull Trains, which is owned by FirstGroup, temporarily suspended operation of its Beverley/Hull - London King’s Cross service on March 30, becoming the first British operator to cancel all trains in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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