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December 30, 2020 | Freight

US completes PTC rollout ahead of deadline

THE US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced on December 29 that Positive Train Control (PTC) is now in operation on all 92,575 required freight and passenger railway route-km, ahead of the federal deadline of December 31.

December 26, 2020 | Commuter Rail

China opens three urban rail lines

TWO new urban rail lines have opened in in Qingdao, China, and another in Ningbo, with a total length of more than 100km.

December 23, 2020 | Commuter Rail

RATP and SNCF challenge tender court ruling

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) and French National Railways (SNCF) will appeal a decision by the Paris Judicial Court on December 17 to partially suspend a modification to their procurement process for the supply of new trains for Paris RER Line B.

December 22, 2020 | Asia

Viaduct contract awarded for Philippines’ NSCR

BOUYGUES Construction subsidiary VSL International has been awarded a €100m contract to construct a 16km-long viaduct for the Philippines’ North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project.

December 22, 2020 | Financial

US pandemic relief package includes $US 15bn for transit

THE United States congress has approved a near $US 900bn pandemic relief package, which includes $US 14bn for transit and $US 1bn for Amtrak.

December 18, 2020 | Central/South America

São Paulo launches tender for concession to operate two commuter lines

SÃO Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), which operates commuter services in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, has published a tender for a 30-year concession to operate and maintain the 41.6km Line 8-Diamond and the 32.5km Line 9-Emerald.

December 15, 2020 | Technology

Sensor4Rail project to start testing next year

GERMANY’s Sensors4Rail development project has announced that it will begin testing its sensor-based train traffic technology on the Hamburg S-Bahn from early next year.

December 13, 2020 | Europe

European timetable changes set to enter force: Part 2

EUROPEAN operators Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Swiss Southeastern Railways (SOB), Sweden’s SJ, and French National Railways (SNCF) have announced new timetable changes ahead of the start of the 2021 timetable on December 13.

December 11, 2020 | Financial

Bolsonaro vetoes Reais 4bn rescue bill for public transport operators

BRAZILIAN president, Mr Jair Bolsonaro, has vetoed a bill approved by the national congress that would have provided Reais 4bn ($US 794.6m) in relief for public transport operators, saying the bill was unconstitutional and contradictory to the public interest.

December 9, 2020 | Europe

DB awards Stuttgart S-Bahn EMU refurbishment contract

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Bombardier a €103m contract to modernise a fleet of 157 EMUs currently operated by DB on the Stuttgart S-Bahn network.

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