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September 10, 2019 | Fleet

Nuremberg secures funding for new trains and trams

NUREMBERG Transport Company (VAG) has secured more than €25m in grant funding from the state of Bavaria to help fund the acquisition of new trams and U-Bahn trains.

September 9, 2019 | Rolling stock

Transmashholding displays RA-3 DMU at Shcherbinka

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) displayed the new RA-3 DMU at the Pro.Motion.Expo in Shcherbinka, Russia, at the end of August. The prototype was completed in February, and has recently received regulatory approval.

September 9, 2019 | Light Rail

Testing begins on Nice tram Line T3

DYNAMIC testing was officially launched on the third tram line in Nice on September 9, when an Alstom Citadis X05 LRV made an inaugural test run from Arboras-Université station to the terminus at Saint Isidore on the western side of the city.

September 9, 2019 | Light Rail

First Odense tram ready for testing

THE first Variobahn low-floor LRV for the Danish city of Odense was moved by road from Stadler’s Pankow facility to the firm’s test track at nearby Velten at the start of September.

September 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB signs five-year renewable energy contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) has signed a five-year contract starting from 2024 for the supply of electricity from the Nordsee-Ost wind farm located off the northwest coast of Germany.

September 9, 2019 | Central/South America

Chilean president unveils $US 5bn rail investment plan

CHILE’s president Mr Sebastián Piñera travelled from Santiago to Melipilla on September 3 to reveal plans for a $US 5bn investment in the country’s railway network.

September 9, 2019 | Main line

Norway announces details of Traffic Package 4 tender

NORWAY’s Railway Directorate has announced details of the tender for Traffic Package 4, which encompasses the operation of all passenger services on the Østfold Line and Gjøvik Line as well as part of the Oslo suburban network.

September 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Funding allocated to renew Auckland - Whangarei line

NEW Zealand’s national railway KiwiRail has received an additional $NZ 94.8m ($US 60.8m) to upgrade the North Auckland Line (NAL) between Swanson in West Auckland and Whangarei.

September 6, 2019 | Europe

Banedanmark to develop digital twin of railway infrastructure

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Fugro, the Netherlands, a four-year framework agreement to produce digital surveys of infrastructure using the supplier’s Rila train-border lidar scanning system.

September 6, 2019 | Main line

German states to study Aar Valley Railway reopening

THE German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are set to commence a feasibility study for a project to reinstate the 53.7km Aar Valley Railway from Wiesbaden to Diez and Limburg, which closed in 1986.

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