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April 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Cost of Auckland City Rail Link increases by $NZ 1bn

THE cost of Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) has increased by more than $NZ 1bn ($US 673.9m) to $NZ 4.4bn following competitive pressures including an overcrowded construction market in New Zealand and Australia.

April 16, 2019 | Fleet

PKP Intercity to equip train fleet with energy meters

POLISH long-distance operator PKP Intercity has signed a contract with Sesto worth Zloty 5.8m ($US 1.5m) for the supply, installation and commissioning of 370 dc electricity meters across the company’s electric fleet.

April 16, 2019 | Financial

DfT confirms Arriva disqualification from East Midlands franchise

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed to IRJ that Arriva was also disqualified from bidding for the East Midlands passenger franchise along with Stagecoach ahead of awarding the franchise to Netherlands Railways subsidiary Abellio.

April 16, 2019 | Main line

DB Network receives 72,000 requests for 2020 timetable

GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Network has begun creating the 2020 timetable after receiving more than 72,000 requests for train paths for both passenger and freight traffic.

April 16, 2019 | Fleet

Irish Rail and Porterbrook order MTU Hybrid PowerPacks

IRISH Rail (IE) and British rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook have signed contracts with Rolls-Royce for the supply of 13 MTU Hybrid PowerPacks, the first firm orders for the hybrid rail drives.

April 16, 2019 | Infrastructure

Work begins on Zwolle - Herfte quadrupling

A ceremony was held in the Dutch province of Overijssel on April 11 to officially launch work on the quadrupling of the line between Zwolle station and Herfte junction.

April 16, 2019 | Technology

Rail Innovation Group launches Recognised Innovation Scheme

THE Rail Innovation Group and Hitachi Rail announced on April 15 the creation of the Recognised Innovation Scheme, a new programme aiming to open up the railway industry to new innovations to improve passenger experiences.

April 15, 2019 | Fleet

Rhaetian Railway unveils first Flügel EMU

SWITZERLAND’s Rhaetian Railway (RhB) and Stadler celebrated the unveiling of the first Flügel EMU on April 15 at an event in Altenrhein attended by around 120 guests.

April 15, 2019 | Fleet

NS receives €21m for V250 Fyra debacle

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has received €21m in compensation from Finmeccanica as part of a 2014 settlement between the two companies following the cancellation of NS’ order for 16 AnsaldoBreda V250 Fyra high-speed trains.

April 15, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Duagon Men Group acquires OEM Technology Solutions

DUAGON Men Group signed an agreement at the beginning of April to acquire 100% of the shares of OEM Technology Solutions, Australia, which develops and produces control and automation products including controllers, I/O products and gateways and cloud software services for diagnostics and condition-based monitoring.

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