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July 19, 2019 | Main line

Competition authority raises concerns over East Midlands franchise

BRITAIN’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that the decision to award the East Midlands franchise to Netherlands Railways (NS) subsidiary Abellio could result in higher fares on services in eastern England.

July 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

ORR releases final Network Rail CP5 report

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released its final annual assessment of infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for Control Period 5 (CP5), which ran from 2014 to March 2019, highlighting good results in managing its infrastructure assets and for the freight sector, but continued underperformance in the key areas of passenger train performance and efficiency.

July 18, 2019 | Light Rail

Utrecht Uithof Line opening delayed again

A new light rail line linking Utrecht Central station with the university campus at De Uithof and Utrecht Science Park has suffered another setback with confirmation that the line will not open at the end of this month as previously planned.

July 18, 2019 | Europe

Subsidies could harm overnight train revival, AllRail warns

AS European operators signal their intention to increase the availability of overnight inter-city trains, the European alliance of new rail entrants, AllRail, has called on governments not to directly subsidise the services - a move which it says would create an uneven playing field.

July 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

ÖBB receives new snow plough from Aebi Schmidt

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has commissioned a new 1.64MW self-propelled snow plough from Aebi Schmidt Group.

July 18, 2019 | Asia

Malaysia approves Penang LRT project

MALAYSIA’s Ministry of Transport granted provisional approval for Penang’s Bayan Lepas LRT project on July 16.

July 18, 2019 | High-speed

MOU signed for Finland - Estonia undersea rail tunnel

PLANS to construct a rail tunnel between the capitals of Finland and Estonia have taken a step forward with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of the 100km Tallinn tunnel beneath the Gulf of Finland.

July 18, 2019 | Technology

Saudi Railway Company signs digital transformation MoU with Huawei

SAUDI Railway Company (SAR) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei to initiate a smart railway and digital transformation programme.

July 17, 2019 | High-speed

DB resumes acceptance of ICE 4s following reworking agreement

GERMAN Rail (DB) has resumed accepting new ICE 4 high-speed trains from Siemens and Bombardier, after the acquisition was put on holding following the discovery of quality problems in bodywork welding on some of the vehicles already in service.

July 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Manila North-South rolling stock contract signed

THE Philippines Department of Transportation (DOTr) signed a $US 230m contract with a joint venture of Sumitomo Corporation and Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) on July 16 for a fleet of 13 eight-car EMUs for the Manila North - South Commuter Railway (PNR Clark Phase 1).

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