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February 3, 2020 | Freight

CFL starts piggyback freight service to Poland

LUXEMBOURG National Railways (CFL) subsidiary CFL Multimodal, working in cooperation with Polish intermodal company Clip, has launched a “rail motorway” piggyback freight service between the Bettembourg-Dudelange and Swarzedz intermodal hubs in Luxembourg and Poland.

February 3, 2020 | Main line

Passenger services from China to Russia and Mongolia cut

PASSENGER rail services from China to Russia and Mongolia have been suspended as the impact of the Coronavirus grows, with internal passenger numbers also decreasing sharply.

February 3, 2020 | Freight

DB receives 11,000 applications for 30 trainee driver roles from Spain

GERMAN Rail (DB) has welcomed 30 new trainee drivers from Spain, after running a successful campaign to attract new drivers from outside the country that saw 11,000 Spanish applicants apply for 30 advertised positions.

February 3, 2020 | High-speed

Budapest - Cluj high-speed design tender gets underway

HUNGARY’s National Infrastructure Agency (NIF) issued a call for tenders for a detailed feasibility study of the proposed high-speed line from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 28.

February 3, 2020 | Financial

India announces $US 22.4bn 2020-21 rail budget

INDIA’s finance minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an outlay of Rs 1610bn ($US 22.4bn) for Indian Railways (IR) for the 2020-21 financial year on February 1, including a gross budgetary support of Rs 700bn. This is up slightly from the Rs 1600bn provided for 2019-20.

February 3, 2020 | Metros

Keolis withdraws from Buenos Aires Subte tender

KEOLIS, which was bidding with Transport for London (TfL) and Argentinian civil engineering company Helport for a 12-year contract to operate the Buenos Aires Subte metro, has announced to local media that it will not continue to the final stage of the tender process due to economic uncertainty, joining a consortium led by RATP in dropping out of the competition.

February 3, 2020 | Metros

São Paulo Metro awards new Line 17 monorail systems contract

SÃO Paulo Metro has awarded BYD, China, a contract worth around Reais 1bn ($US 233.4m) to supply the systems and trains for Line 17/Gold, after the Signalling Consortium was disqualified for not meeting the tender’s technical and financial requirements.

February 1, 2020 | News

Kevin Smith named IRJ editor-in-chief

IRJ is delighted to announce the appointment of Kevin Smith as its new editor-in-chief with effect from February 1.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

DB suspends delivery of IC2 trains from Bombardier

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance has stopped acceptance of the remaining 25 IC2 double-deck push-pull trains on order from Bombardier following a series of high-profile failures in recent weeks.

January 31, 2020 | Financial

European Investment Bank lends €600m for Pune metro

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan agreement with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro), including a first tranche of €200m, to finance two new metro lines currently under construction in the city, as well as 30 stations and 102 metro cars.

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