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January 24, 2020 | High-speed

National Audit Office reveals uncertainty over HS2 costs

A report on High Speed 2 (HS2), published on January 24 by Britain’s National Audit Office (NAO), says there is huge uncertainty around the Department for Transport’s (DfT) latest estimate of the cost of HS2.

January 22, 2020 | Asia

China ramps up metro and high-speed construction

China will continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in 2020 with new waves of metro expansion and high-speed rail development. Oscar Sinclair examines what lies ahead.

January 21, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier-CRRC joint venture awarded high-speed train maintenance contract

CHINA Railway has awarded Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST), a 50:50 joint venture between Bombardier and CRRC Sifang Rolling Stock, a Yuan 2.45bn ($US 354.9m) contract to maintain 656 high-speed coaches.

January 20, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 could cost up to £106bn, draft review finds

BRITAIN’s controversial High Speed 2 (HS2) project could cost up to £106bn, but should still proceed, a draft review of the project led by former HS2 chairman Mr Doug Oakervee has found.

January 16, 2020 | Financial

Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway IPO raises $US 4.5bn

BEIJING-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Company made a strong debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 16 selling 6.29 billion shares for Yuan 30.7bn ($US 4.46bn) making it one of China’s largest IPOs in the last four years.

January 15, 2020 | Signalling

Xrail to maintain Haramain signalling

SIEMENS has awarded Xrail a seven-year contract to provide corrective and preventive maintenance services for the signalling systems and technical buildings on Saudi Arabia’s Medina - Jeddah - Mecca Haramain high-speed line.

January 8, 2020 | High-speed

SŽDC releases design tender for high-speed line

THE Czech Republic’s infrastructure manager SŽDC has published a tender to prepare documentation to apply for planning permission to construct the 23km Prague-Běchovice - Poříčany section of the planned Prague - Brno high-speed line.

January 8, 2020 | Main line

20 rail projects to watch in 2020

IRJ market analyst, Oscar Sinclair, profiles the 20 rail projects to watch in the next 12 months.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

ORR reduces increase in British high-speed access charges

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has cut the proposed increase in track access charges requested by HS1 by 32% or £12.3m per year.

January 6, 2020 | High-speed

Opening of Semmering Base Tunnel delayed

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced that the opening of Semmering Base Tunnel will be delayed by a year as geological problems in the northern section of the tunnel excavations cannot proceed as planned. Opening is now expected in 2027.

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