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August 7, 2019 | Main line

Strong growth for PKP Intercity in half-year figures

PKP Intercity carried 22.8 million passengers in the first half of 2019, 1.3 million or 6% more than the same period last year, making it the Polish long-distance operator’s best first six months in a decade.

August 7, 2019 | Fleet

Netherlands Railways orders 18 ICNGB EMUs

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has activated an option for 18 eight-car Intercity New Generation (ICNG) 200 km/h EMUs in addition to the 79 ordered and under delivery from Alstom. The new order is worth €200m.

August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Southeastern franchise bid cancelled

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cancelled the competition to operate the Southeastern franchise and awarded incumbent operator Go-Ahead Southeastern a direct-award contract extension that will run until April 2020.

August 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Gospel Oak - Barking line services fully electric

SERVICES over London Overground’s Gospel Oak - Barking line are now exclusively operated by four-car class 710 Aventra EMUs after the legacy two-car DMUs were phased out. One month free travel will be offered between August 31 and October 1 as compensation for the late delivery of the new fleet.

August 6, 2019 | Financial

Mixed bag for Adif in half-yearly results

SPANISH infrastructure managers Adif and Adif High Speed (Adif AV) recorded a combined Ebitda of €130.43m in the first half of 2019, a 10% decrease compared with the same period last year caused by measures taken to improve services across the Spanish network.

August 6, 2019 | Metros

São Paulo Metro begins studies to build Line 19

THE São Paulo state government has initiated steps to construct metro Line 19-Celeste (sky blue), with São Paulo Metro releasing bidding documents calling for studies and surveys that will outline the basic project.

August 6, 2019 | Main line

Malaysian construction companies pre-qualify for East Coast Rail Link

MALAYSIA’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project authority Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) has shortlisted 331 construction companies, or 25.1% of the country’s 1321 registered construction firms, as eligible to submit bids for the project’s civil works packages following a pre-qualification exercise.

August 6, 2019 | Technology

Siemens and Softil to cooperate with LTE-R development

SIEMENS and Softil have signed an agreement to provide next-generation communications solutions for use in LTE-R and mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) radio networks for metros.

August 6, 2019 | Freight

Thailand - Laos freight service launched

STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) launched a cross-border freight service between Thailand and Laos on August 1, operating across the Thai - Lao Friendship Bridge between Nong Khai station and Tha Na Laeng station.

August 5, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Contract signed to construct Cairo monorails

BOMBARDIER, Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors have signed an agreement with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels in Cairo to design and build two new monorail lines to connect East Cairo with the New Administrative Capital and 6th October City with Giza.

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