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June 12, 2019 | Freight

Port of Hamburg rail freight volumes on the rise

A total of 11.3 million tonnes of freight was transported by rail between the Port of Hamburg and destinations within Germany and Europe in the first quarter of 2019, a 7.7% increase on the same period last year.

June 12, 2019 | Light Rail

CAF wins Docklands Light Railway train order

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has awarded CAF a contract to design, manufacture and supply a fleet of 43 driverless metro trains for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

June 12, 2019 | Europe

Fairtiq to launch in Finland

IRJ at the UITP 2019 Summit, Stockholm: Swiss ticketing start-up Fairtiq has announced it will be providing its ticketing service in Turku, Finland, marking its first launch in the Nordic country.

June 11, 2019 | Technology

Masabi launches Justride Validator ticket system

IRJ at the UITP Summit: Masabi has launched its Justride Validator, a multi-format ticket validation device for buses and LRVs designed to allow passengers to tap a contactless payment card, linked smartcard or mobile device to travel, without needing to purchase a ticket or understand the fare system.

June 11, 2019 | Technology

Huawei launches LTE-R solution

IRJ at the UITP Summit: Huawei, along with its partner Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting (TCB 712), have jointly released an LTE-R solution for rail wireless communications.

June 11, 2019 | High-speed

Operators resist plans for sharp increase in HS1 access charges

OPERATORS using the High-Speed 1 (HS1) link between London and the Channel Tunnel have reacted with frustration to plans for a significant increase in track access charges on the route.

June 11, 2019 | Light Rail

Stockholm passenger information framework extended

IRJ at the UITP Summit: Greater Stockholm Transport (SL) has extended its framework agreement with Teleste Corporation, which was signed in 2014 and includes the installation of Teleste’s latest RGB LED and TFT LCD passenger information displays at SL’s stations and platforms.

June 11, 2019 | Main line

Virgin Trains plans Liverpool - London open access service

VIRGIN Trains has applied to Britain’s rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), to operate an hourly open-access service between Liverpool and London from May 2021.

June 11, 2019 | Main line

Go-Ahead and Abellio launch Baden-Württemberg services

GO-AHEAD has launched operation of two regional concessions in the German state of Baden-Wüttemberg, marking the British operator’s entry into the German regional market.

June 11, 2019 | Metros

Stockholm model proves its worth

IRJ at the UITP summit: The so-called Stockholm model of outsourcing the operation and maintenance of public transport has proved its worth according to the Stockholm County minister of transport and chairman of Stockholm Public Transport, Mr Kristoffer Tamsons.

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