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October 31, 2019 | High-speed

Contract for Stuttgart airport line awarded

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Strabag subsidiary Züblin and Max Bögl a €500m contract to construct a line connecting Stuttgart airport to the new Stuttgart - Ulm high-speed line, which is part of the Stuttgart 21 project.

October 29, 2019 | High-speed

Trenitalia to test ETR 1000 between Paris and Lille

IRJ at WCRR 2019: Trenitalia is set to begin dynamic tests next week on the French high-speed network as the operator steps up the certification process for use of ETR 1000 trains in France.

October 26, 2019 | Technology

DB unveils new ICE seats alongside technology advances

GERMAN Rail (DB) has presented the latest generation of ICE seats alongside around 40 other innovations at its Experience Mobility 2019 event in Berlin.

October 25, 2019 | High-speed

Japan resumes Hokuriku Shinkansen services to Kanazawa

JR East and JR West reopened the Nagano - Kanazawa section of the Hokuriku Shinkansan, which was damaged by Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month, on October 25, albeit with a reduced frequency.

October 24, 2019 | High-speed

Thailand signs three-airport high-speed rail link deal

STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) and a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group signed a Baht 224.5bn ($US 7.4bn) public-private partnership (PPP) deal to build a high-speed line linking Thailand’s three main airports.

October 24, 2019 | High-speed

RZD seeks approval for 1000km high-speed rail project

ACCORDING to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Russian Railways (RZD) has submitted plans to Russia’s deputy prime minister, Mr Maxim Akimov, to build a 1080km high-speed line from St Petersburg via Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod.

October 23, 2019 | High-speed

Testing underway as China prepares to open 13 high-speed lines

TEST running is underway on 13 new sections of high-speed railway in China as the country prepares to open the next batch of high-speed lines before the end of the year.

October 23, 2019 | Freight

China reports strong rail traffic growth up to September

CHINA State Railway Group (CR) says it achieved a 9.4% increase in passenger journeys and a 6.1% rise in freight tonnage for the first nine months of 2019.

October 23, 2019 | High-speed

Renfe applies for additional high speed paths

SPANISH national operator Renfe has announced it will request the maximum number of high-speed paths from infrastructure manager Adif from 2020, which would result in a 20% increase in services.

October 22, 2019 | Technology

Hardt Hyperloop project receives investment boost

DUTCH energy company Koolen Industries has agreed to make a multi-million-euro investment in Hardt Hyperloop, the company which has created Europe’s first full-scale hyperloop test facility.

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