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May 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards Dawlish sea wall contract

BRTAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail has awarded a contract to Bam Nuttall to construct the first phase of a new sea wall at Dawlish to protect the main line between Exeter and Plymouth and the town from extreme weather, high waves and predicted rising sea levels.

May 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica awards first Latvian design contract

THE RB Rail joint venture, which is responsible for implementing the Rail Balitca high-speed project linking Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has announced the winner of the first design and design supervision tender in Latvia.

May 10, 2019 | North America

Via Rail reports growth for fourth consecutive year

CANADA’s national passenger rail operator, Via Rail, reports an increase in ridership and revenue in 2018, marking the fourth consecutive year in which growth in traffic and turnover has been achieved.

May 10, 2019 | Technology

Potsdam autonomous light rail trial extended

THE autonomous tram trial in the German city of Potsdam has been expanded from the original 6km section of line in the city’s suburbs to 13km, extending all the way to the Line 96 terminus at Marie-Juchacz Strasse.

May 10, 2019 | Light Rail

Stuttgart Tramways receives funding for fleet expansion and new depot

STUTTGART City Council voted on May 9 to allocate €72.5m in grant funding to Stuttgart Tramways (SSB) for the acquisition of 23 new LRVs and the construction of a new depot.

May 10, 2019 | Europe

Contract awarded for Budapest - Warsaw high-speed study

HUNGARY’s Infrastructure Development Agency has awarded a contract to carry out a feasibility study for the proposed Budapest - Warsaw high-speed line to NSV Varsó, a consortium of consultancy firm Trenecon and design companies Főmterv and Utiber.

May 9, 2019 | Europe

Spanish competition authority approves Arriva open-access service

SPAIN’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved a resolution allowing Arriva to operate open-access services between A Coruña and Porto, Portugal.

May 9, 2019 | Main line

DfT and Abellio sign East Midlands franchise contract

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) and Abellio have signed a contract for the contract for the operation of East Midlands franchise from August 2019.

May 9, 2019 | Fleet

SBB Giruno inter-city EMUs enter commercial service

SWISS Federal Railways marked the entry into passenger service of its new fleet of RABe 501 Giruno inter-city EMUs on May 8 with a special run from Zürich to Erstfeld.

May 9, 2019 | Fleet

NS Intercity New Generation EMU begins testing at Velim

THE first Alstom Intercity New generation (ICNG) EMU for Netherlands Railways (NS) made its debut run on the VUZ test track at Velim in the Czech Republic on May 8.

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