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November 21, 2018 | Commuter Rail

Keolis awarded Tours public transport contract extension

TOURS Métropole Val de Loire has awarded Keolis a contract starting from January 1 2019 to operate the “Fil Bleu” Tours Metropole public transport network in France, with the tram line and 26 bus services expected to generate €427m in revenue over the seven year duration of the agreement.

November 21, 2018 | Fleet

Stadler bids for Taiwanese rolling stock contracts

STADLER confirmed on November 20 that it is looking to move into the Taiwanese rail market, and has submitted bids for three tenders from the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).

November 21, 2018 | Technology

Russian Railways to invest Roubles 150bn in digitalisation by 2025

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has indicated it intends to spend up to Roubles 150bn ($US 2.2bn) on digitalisation up to 2025.

November 21, 2018 | Track

Pandrol Rahee Technologies JV opens Indian rail fastening plant

PANDROL Rahee Technologies, a joint venture (JV) between elastic rail fastenings and aluminothermic welding supplier Pandrol and railway infrastructure supplier Rahee Group, has established a new fastening production plant in Hyderabad.

November 21, 2018 | Fleet

Bombardier wins LNVG fleet modernisation contract

LOWER Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG) has awarded Bombardier a €80m contract to modernise 37 Traxx electric locomotives and 51 double-deck push-pull coaches, which are used on regional services in the German state.

November 21, 2018 | Financial

Australian competition authority approves Vossloh’s Austrak acquisition

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced on November 15 that it will not oppose Vossloh’s proposed acquisition of Austrak.

November 20, 2018 | Freight

Traffic up at Russian - China border crossing

MORE than 2.5 million tonnes of freight has been transported through the Makhalino - Hunchun border crossing between China and Russia since the beginning of 2018, surpassing the total amount transported in 2017 with a month and a half remaining in the year.

November 20, 2018 | Europe

European rail safety continuing to improve, UIC report finds

RAIL safety is continuing to improve despite the frequency of accidents remaining steady, the International Union of Railways’ (UIC) annual report on railway accidents in Europe shows.

November 20, 2018 | Metros

TfL and Siemens sign £1.5bn New Tube for London contract

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on November 20 that it has signed a contract with Siemens for 94 New Tube for London trains for London Underground’s (LU) Piccadilly Line.

November 20, 2018 | Main line

France - Belgium regional services to resume next month

THE government of the French region of Hauts de France confirmed on November 16 that cross-border regional passenger services on two routes into Belgium will resume with the start of the 2019 timetable on December 9.

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