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August 22, 2019 | Main line

SBB and BLS reach compromise on inter-city concessions

THE Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications announced on August 22 that the BLS and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have reached a compromise agreement on the operation of the country’s inter-city network.

August 21, 2019 | Fleet

DB breaks ground on Berlin ICE depot expansion

GERMAN Rail (DB) held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 21 to officially launch construction on a €260m project to expand Berlin Rummelsburg ICE depot.

August 21, 2019 | Fleet

Alpha Trains upgrades Flirt EMUs for Keolis

ROLLING stock leasing company Alpha Trains has completed a project to upgrade 44 Stadler Flirt EMUs used by Keolis on the Teutoburger Wald and Hellweg regional networks in Germany.

August 21, 2019 | Main line

Lithuanian Railways to establish passenger subsidiary

THE passenger operations of Lithuanian Railways (LG) will be transferred to a new subsidiary under plans approved by the company’s board earlier this month.

August 21, 2019 | High-speed

Terms of independent HS2 review released

BRITISH secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, announced the terms of an independent review into the High Speed 2 (HS2) project on August 21, which will consider the necessity, scope and cost of the project.

August 21, 2019 | Infrastructure

EU grants €114m to Naples - Cancello line upgrade

THE European Union (EU) has announced a €114m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to upgrade a 15.5km line between Naples and Cancello in southern Italy.

August 20, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier wins East Midlands train maintenance deal

ABELLIO, which took over the operation of the East Midlands Railway (EMR) franchise in Britain on August 18, together with rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail, have awarded a £133m three-year contract to Bombardier to maintain the fleet of class 222 200km/h DMUs.

August 20, 2019 | Europe

Dutch to increase train frequency with 2020 timetable

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has completed the planning for the 2020 timetable 2020 which comes into force on December 15. This will be the first timetable to be based on 10-second increments rather than per minute which will improve the accuracy of train scheduling.

August 20, 2019 | Freight

RTB Cargo to lease Siemens Smartron locomotives

GERMAN rail freight operator RTB Cargo has signed a five-year agreement with Paribus Group locomotive leasing subsidary Northrail to lease three Siemens Smartron electric locomotives.

August 20, 2019 | Financial

Pakistan Railways achieves record income in 2018-19

PAKISTAN Railways (PR) has announced its highest ever revenue of Rs 54.6bn ($US 340.5m) for the 2018-19 financial year which it says is Rs 10bn more than in 2017-18.

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