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October 19, 2019 | Locomotives

Adif signs €115m locomotive deal with Stadler

SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has signed a €115m contract with Stadler and Erion for 22 diesel-electric rescue and maintenance locomotives.

October 18, 2019 | High-speed

Construction of Southern California - Las Vegas high-speed line to start next year

CONSTRUCTION on Virgin Trains USA’s Southern California - Las Vegas high-speed line could begin in the middle of next year, with operation due to begin at the end of 2023.

October 15, 2019 | Infrastructure

Testing completed on Vandellós - Tarragona line

ADIF High Speed (Adif AV) has completed 15,000km of tests on the 64.1km Vandellós - Tarragona section of the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor in north-eastern Spain, paving the way for the line to open by the end of the year.

October 14, 2019 | Asia

Typhoon Hagibis causes major rail disruption in Japan

TRAIN services have been severely disrupted on the main Japanese island of Honshu by Typhoon Hagibis which struck on October 12 causing widespread flooding.

October 11, 2019 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica launches tender for notified body

THE Rail Baltica Joint Venture (RB Rail) invites Notified Bodies (NoBo) to bid by November 4 for a contract to assess and verify conformity of the infrastructure of the new high-speed line with European Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI).

October 11, 2019 | High-speed

DB to improve international passenger services

GERMAN Rail (DB) plans to introduce its new ICE 4 high-speed trains on services from northern Germany to Switzerland with the start of the new timetable on December 15.

October 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Adif orders high-speed inspection train from Talgo

SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has awarded Talgo a €39m contract to supply a 330km/h inspection train to monitor the condition of Spain’s high-speed rail network.

October 4, 2019 | Asia

China to build high-speed maglev test line

CHINA plans to start construction next year of a 200km maglev line in Hubei province to test operation of a prototype maglev train at speeds in excess of 600km/h.

October 3, 2019 | Middle East

Haramain HS services suspended for one month following Jeddah fire

TRAIN services on Saudi Arabia’s 449km Haramain high-speed line linking Medina, Jeddah and Mecca have been suspended following a major fire at Jeddah station.

October 2, 2019 | Fleet

DB to order up to 400 locomotives and 90 high-speed EMUs

DB Cargo has issued a call for tenders for a framework agreement to supply up to 400 dual-mode locomotives, while DB has also issued a call for expressions of interest in a tender for a framework agreement to supply up to 90 high-speed EMUs.

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