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May 14, 2019 | Metros

Genoa metro extension secures key MoU

THE Municipality of Genoa and Italian State Railways (FS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop land owned by the railway to support the long-proposed extension of the city’s metro to Martinez and Canepari.

May 14, 2019 | Locomotives

RZD plans order for 1000 locomotives

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has announced plans to purchase up to 1000 new electric locomotives at a potential cost of around €2bn over the next three years.

May 14, 2019 | Policy

LDZ and Latvian government at loggerheads over alleged market abuse

LATVIA’s Privatisation Agency (PA) has requested that Latvian Railways (LDZ) board chairman Mr Edvins Bērziņš withdraw a statement alleging that the government is attempting to secretly privatise the state-owned railway, an act the PA says is designed deliberately to mislead the public.

May 13, 2019 | Financial

Arriva sues DfT over East Midlands franchise

ARRIVA has followed Stagecoach in launching legal action against the British government’s Department for Transport (DfT) over its failed bid for the East Midlands franchise.

May 13, 2019 | Central/South America

Buenos Aires opens rebuilt Mitre commuter line

ARGENTINEAN president Mauricio Macri officially opened the new elevated section of the Retiro Mitre - Tigre line on May 10, commenting in his speech that it is the first new railway viaduct in the city built in a century.

May 13, 2019 | Freight

Colombian open-access freight start-up reveals plans

COLOMBIAN start-up rail freight operator Holdtrade Atlántico has announced plans, in conjunction with the country’s largest road haulage and logistics operator, OPL Carga, to start open-access intermodal and general rail freight services.

May 13, 2019 | Financial

CAF revenue and profit up as order backlog exceeds €8.5bn

REVENUE at CAF, Spain, increased 45% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 to €636.4m while Editda increased by 29% to €57.4m. However, the manufacturer reported a total loss of €16.4m due mainly to the higher level of debt added following the acquisition of Solaris.

May 10, 2019 | Fleet

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté orders more Régiolis trains

THE French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has exercised a €170m option with Alstom for 16 additional Régiolis trains.

May 10, 2019 | Main line

BLS pauses plan to take on Swiss inter-city services

SWITZERLAND’s second-largest railway BLS announced on May 9 that it will not take over the operation of two inter-city routes it was awarded in June 2018 by the Swiss Transport Office (BAV) following a ruling by the Federal Administrative Court.

May 10, 2019 | Africa

Four shortlisted to build Ghana - Burkina Faso rail link

FOUR bidders have been shortlisted for a contract to build and operate a new railway linking Ghana and Burkina Faso, Ghana’s minister for railway development Mr Joe Ghartley confirmed on May 7.

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