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March 3, 2020 | Main line

First French regional rail concession tenders launched

PROVENCE-Alpes Côte d'Azur is the first region in France to launch a competition for 10-year concessions to operate TER regional rail services.

March 3, 2020 | Fleet

Strasbourg orders 17 additional Alstom Citadis LRVs

STRASBOURG Transport Company (CTS) has ordered 17 additional Citadis LRVs from Alstom for €52m.

March 3, 2020 | Metros

Tenders issued for technical advisors for Ontario metro projects

INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) has launched a number of tenders to further progress four metro expansion projects across Toronto announced in April 2019.

March 3, 2020 | North America

Amtrak and New York City Transit announce senior appointments

AMTRAK has named Mr William Flynn as its next CEO and president, while New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) has appointed Ms Sarah Feinberg as interim president of New York City Transit (NYCT).

March 3, 2020 | High-speed

Agreement for new Dresden - Prague high-speed line signed

GERMANY and the Czech Republic have reached an agreement to construct a high-speed line, including a 25km tunnel, between the German city of Dresden and the Czech capital of Prague.

March 3, 2020 | Locomotives

Sellafield orders hybrid locomotives

CLAYTON Equipment, Britain, has won a contract from Sellafield, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Britain’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, to supply two CBD80 diesel-hybrid locomotives.

March 2, 2020 | Financial

December strikes result in €614m loss for SNCF

STRIKES in December 2019 by employees of French National Railways (SNCF) against proposed pension reforms in France caused a €690m drop in revenue and an operating loss of €614m for SNCF in 2019.

March 2, 2020 | Technology

3D printing aids Sapsan maintenance

SIEMENS has purchased two Fortus 450mc 3D printers from Stratasys to support maintenance of Russian Railways’ (RZD) Sapsan Velaro high-speed fleet in St Petersburg and Moscow.

March 2, 2020 | Main line

New managing director appointed as Northern franchise enters public ownership

THE British government’s operator of last resort (OLR) took over operation of the Northern franchise on March 1, after secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, transferred control from Arriva Rail North.

March 2, 2020 | Infrastructure

Work on final section of Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven upgrade gets underway

A ceremony was held on February 28 to mark the start of work to electrify and track double the 9km Oldenburg - Rastede section of the 70km Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven line, the final phase of a project to improve rail freight connections to Germany’s JadeWeserPort at Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast.

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