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August 8, 2019 | Europe

FS seeks to benefit from Milan Linate Airport closure

ITALIAN State Railways’ (FS) subsidiary Trenitalia is increasing the number of trains which serve Milan Rogoredo station in a bid to encourage airline passengers to switch to rail during the temporary closure of Milan Linate Airport.

August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Southeastern franchise bid cancelled

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cancelled the competition to operate the Southeastern franchise and awarded incumbent operator Go-Ahead Southeastern a direct-award contract extension that will run until April 2020.

August 6, 2019 | Financial

Mixed bag for Adif in half-yearly results

SPANISH infrastructure managers Adif and Adif High Speed (Adif AV) recorded a combined Ebitda of €130.43m in the first half of 2019, a 10% decrease compared with the same period last year caused by measures taken to improve services across the Spanish network.

August 5, 2019 | North America

Virgin Trains seeks $US 3.6bn bonds for California - Las Vegas line

PRIVATELY-funded inter-city passenger operator Virgin Trains USA, previously known as Brightline, is seeking approval from the states of California and Nevada to raise as much as $US 3.6bn in tax-exempt bonds for a high-speed line linking southern California with Las Vegas.

August 1, 2019 | Financial

SNCF traffic recovers strongly following 2018 strikes

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) reports a strong passenger traffic recovery for the first half of 2018 following the long period of strikes in 2018 over the reform of SNCF which is due to be finalised in 2020.

July 31, 2019 | High-speed

SNCF orders more Euroduplex trains

ALSTOM confirmed on July 31 that French National Railways (SNCF) has placed a €331m order for 12 additional TGV Euroduplex trains.

July 26, 2019 | Europe

Renfe ridership growth continues

RENFE carried 262 million passengers in the first half of 2019, a 2.6% year-on-year increase, according to ridership figures released by the Spanish national train operator on July 26.

July 26, 2019 | North America

Amtrak to launch non-stop New York - Washington Acela services

AMTRAK has announced plans to launch non-stop New York - Washington DC Acela services, which from September 23 will reduce the fastest journey time between Manhattan and the US capital to 2h 35min.

July 22, 2019 | High-speed

California issues RFQ for high-speed rail systems contract

CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has released a request for qualification (RFQ) on July 17 for a $US 1.6bn design-build-maintain contract to equip the 191km Merced - Bakersfield Central Valley section of the state’s high-speed rail project.

July 18, 2019 | High-speed

MOU signed for Finland - Estonia undersea rail tunnel

PLANS to construct a rail tunnel between the capitals of Finland and Estonia have taken a step forward with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of the 100km Tallinn tunnel beneath the Gulf of Finland.

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