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April 3, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Crossrail project likely to open in 2021 and cost more

COMPLETION of London’s Crossrail project is likely to be further delayed until 2021 and cost even more according to a scathing report by the British parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published on April 3.

April 1, 2019 | Africa

Cape Town plans takeover of commuter rail services

THE City of Cape Town announced on March 25 that it will appoint a multi-disciplinary team of rail professionals to support planning for its proposed takeover of commuter rail services from Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).

March 27, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Mayor of London calls for ‘metroisation’ of suburban lines

THE mayor of London Mr Sadiq Khan has called for the British government to make Transport for London (TfL) the infrastructure manager for its devolved suburban services as a step towards the introduction of ‘metro-style’ services in south and southeast London.

March 25, 2019 | Fleet

Renfe approves tender for 211 suburban trains

THE board of Renfe has approved a tender for a contract to supply 211 high-capacity EMUs for Cercanías suburban services.

March 25, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Salzburg Local Railway to be extended

A letter of intent was signed by the city of Salzburg, the province of Salzburg and Austria’s Federal Ministry of Transport on March 25 on the extension of the Salzburg Local Railway (SLB) to the city centre.

March 21, 2019 | Fleet

Metra calls for new designs to replace double-deck coaches

CHICAGO commuter rail operator Metra issued a request for proposals (RFP) on March 20 for at least 200 new coaches, and has called on manufacturers to propose alternative designs that may address its needs better than the legacy double-deck gallery cars that have been used in Chicago for nearly 70 years.

March 19, 2019 | Fleet

Transmshholding to supply 21 EMUs to CPPK

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) subsidiary Demikhovsky Machine-Building Plant (DMZ) has won a contract to supply 21 11-car EP2D dc EMUs to Central Suburban Passenger Company (CPPK), Russia.

March 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Turkish president opens full Istanbul Marmaray rail link

THE president of Turkey Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially opened the 63km Halkali - Istanbul - Gebze railway on March 12 marking the completion of phase two of the Marmaray project to connect Turkey’s European and Asian rail networks.

March 7, 2019 | Fare collection

Singapore to launch contactless bank card ticketing system

SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) will launch SimplyGo, a contactless bank card based ticketing, on April 4 following a successful pilot of the system launched in March 2017.

February 28, 2019 | North America

Chicago’s Metra to order remanufactured locomotives from Progress Rail

THE board of Chicago commuter rail operator Metra has approved a $US 70.9m contract with Progress Rail to purchase 15 remanufactured diesel locomotives to modernise its ageing fleet.

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