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January 28, 2020 | Metros

Stadler wins Tyne and Wear Metro fleet contract

NEXUS, the local transport authority owner and operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro in northeast England, has selected Stadler to supply and maintain 42 new five-car articulated light metro trains worth £300m and build a new £70m depot.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain launches line and station reopening initiative

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated an initial £500m to a new scheme to reopen lines and stations, the British government announced on January 28.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Portugal awards new line construction contract

INFRASTRUCTURE Portugal has awarded a €46.6m contract for the construction of a new 20.5km line between Évora North and Freixo as part of the future South International Corridor to Spain.

January 27, 2020 | Infrastructure

Spain to use Erex train energy control system

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has signed a contract to begin using the Erex energy control programme developed by the European Partnership for Railway Energy Settlement Systems (Eress).

January 27, 2020 | Infrastructure

Tender for Beira Alta Line upgrade released

INFRASTRUCTURE Portugal has published a tender worth around €80m for the modernisation of the Pampilhosa - Santa Comba Dão section of the Beira Alta Line, along with the construction of a new line and viaduct to connect with the North Line as part of the Mealhada Agreement project.

January 27, 2020 | Financial

Union Pacific revenues fall in 2019

UNION Pacific’s (UP) operating revenue was $US 21.7bn in 2019, down from $US 22.8bn the previous year, the US Class 1 railway revealed in its full year results released on January 23.

January 27, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier’s delivery schedule for Abellio’s delayed EMUs “unrealistic”

BOMBARDIER has promised to provide the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg (ABRB) a binding, feasible delivery schedule by the end of January for the 21 delayed Talent 2 EMUs on order, after ABRB said it was not confident the vehicles would be delivered within Bombardier’s previous delivery timetable.

January 27, 2020 | High-speed

First Renfe Avlo high-speed train completed

SPAIN’s national passenger operator Renfe has completed the conversion of the first series 112 high-speed train for its new Avlo service which will launch in April.

January 25, 2020 | Main line

RegioJet starts depot development in Prague

CZECH and Slovak private operator RegioJet has launched a project to build a new maintenance centre to the east of Prague, purchasing a 2.4 hectare plot in Dolní Měcholupy, near the Prague - České Budějovice main line and Prague Hostivař station.

January 24, 2020 | Light Rail

Seattle secures $US 1.4bn in federal funding

CENTRAL Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has secured $US 1.4bn in US federal government funding for a light rail extension in Seattle.

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