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April 12, 2019 | Asia

Malaysia and China agree revised budget for East Coast Rail Link

WORK is set to resume on Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) following the signing of an agreement with China to reduce the cost of the project by a third.

April 11, 2019 | Infrastructure

Go-ahead for Swiss quadrupling project

SWITZERLAND’s Federal Office of Transport (BAV) issued a construction permit on April 8 for a SFr 365m ($US 364m) project to quadruple a section of the Basle - Olten line through Liestal.

April 11, 2019 | Light Rail

FTA approves Seattle light rail extension

SOUND Transit confirmed on April 10 that the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted Entry into Engineering approval for Seattle’s Federal Way Link light rail extension.

April 11, 2019 | High-speed

Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services stepped up

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) have stepped up the frequency of Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services on April 7 to effectively offer a two-hourly service between the two cities.

April 11, 2019 | High-speed

Ramboll and Atkins win Swedish high-speed design contract

SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has commissioned Ramboll and Atkins to research and design the 160km Järna - Linköping high-speed line, the first section of a proposed 440km high-speed network linking Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.

April 11, 2019 | Asia

Harbin extends metro Line 1

THE capital of China’s northern Heilongjiang province Harbin added 8.6km to its metro network on April 10 with the opening of the southern extension of Line 1 from Harbin South main line station to Xinjiang Dajie.

April 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

New Berlin S-Bahn trains on test at Wildenrath

SIEMENS, Stadler and German Rail (DB) presented the first operational next-generation Berlin S-Bahn EMU at Siemens’ Wildenrath test centre in northwest Germany on April 9.

April 10, 2019 | Asia

Malaysia studies options for reducing KL - Singapore high-speed costs

MALAYSIA High Speed Rail Corporation (MyHSR) has launched a tender seeking a technical advisory consultant to review options for reducing the cost of the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed project.

April 10, 2019 | High-speed

Study finds increased demand for Texas high-speed line

A NEW study has found annual ridership on the Houston and North Texas high-speed service is expected to reach nearly 6 million by 2029, and 13 million by 2050. The Transforming Travel in Texas study carried out by LEK Consulting and released by Texas Central also found 16 million people travelled between Houston and North Texas annually in 2017, up from 14 million in 2015.

April 10, 2019 | Locomotives

Metrans orders 10 Vectron MS locomotives

GERMAN rail freight operator Metrans, a subsidiary of Hamburg Port and Logistics (HHLA), has ordered 10 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility Czech Republic, marking the 900th Vectron sold.

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