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June 10, 2019 | Technology

Organic waste proposal wins UITP hackathon

IRJ at UITP Summit: A team proposing the use of recycled organic waste to power vehicles has been named the winner of the third Global Transport Hackathon at the UITP Summit in Stockholm.

June 10, 2019 | Metros

MTR to resume Tuen Ma Line CBTC testing

MTR will resume dynamic testing of CBTC on the Tuen Ma Line on June 10 following a derailment and collision on the Tsuen Wan Line on March 18 during non-traffic hours, which prompted MTR to immediately suspend all further testing.

June 10, 2019 | Locomotives

Stadler and SNCF launch new freight locomotives

STADLER and SNCF Group freight subsidiaries VFLI and Captrain unveiled a new generation of six-axle locomotives at the Transport Logistic in Munich on June 5.

June 10, 2019 | Signalling

CRRC unveils SigThemis ETCS solution

IRJ at UITP Summit: CRRC presented its SigThemis ETCS solution at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm on June 10.

June 10, 2019 | Light Rail

Bombardier unveils Compas LRV safety system

IRJ at UITP Summit: Bombardier has presented its new Compas (Collision and Overspeed Monitoring and Prevention Assistance System) safety system for urban LRVs at the UITP Global Public Transportation Summit in Stockholm.

June 10, 2019 | Main line

Illinois to fund new Amtrak services

THE Illinois state legislature has appropriated $US 500m to begin two new Amtrak services from Chicago to the Quad Cities and Rockford, which will ultimately be extended to Dubuque.

June 10, 2019 | News

New Orleans - Mobile passenger service receives funding

EFFORTS to launch a passenger service between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, received a boost on June 4 when the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a $US 33m grant for the project.

June 7, 2019 | Fleet

Russian Railways orders 13 Velaro Rus trains for €1.1bn

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has ordered 13 high-speed Velaro Rus trains from Siemens and Ural Locomotives, a joint venture of the Sinara Group and Siemens. The order is worth around €1.1bn.

June 7, 2019 | Asia

RZD studies Nagpur - Secunderabad upgrade

A feasibility study into increasing speeds on India’s 575km Nagpur - Secunderabad line is due to be completed by September, first deputy director general of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Alexander Misharin, says.

June 7, 2019 | Europe

European Commission study suggests greater role for rail

A study on transport cost internalisation commissioned by the European Commission (EC) has found European railways are more compliant with the principles of ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ than other motorised modes of transport, for both passengers and freight.

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