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June 8, 2021 | High-speed

Preparation contract signed for Czech high-speed station

The station is part of the pilot project for the Czech high-speed network.

June 8, 2021 | High-speed

HS2 launches £370m competition to build Birmingham Interchange station

British organisation HS2 Ltd has begun the search for a contractor to build its £370m Interchange station near Birmingham Airport.

June 7, 2021 | Passenger

Breaking down Europe’s ambitious targets for rail

The European Union has set some ambitious targets to increase high-speed and conventional passenger rail traffic by the end of the decade. Kevin Smith examines the challenges to achieving these objectives and asks what the European Commission is doing to make this possible.

June 2, 2021 | High-speed

Cracks halt Britain’s entire class 80X fleet

The discovery of cracking in lifting points on class 80X trains and the subsequent withdrawal of the entire Hitachi-built fleet last month is continuing to cause problems for Britain’s Great Western Railway (GWR), one of four operators impacted. Kevin Smith reveals what went wrong.

June 2, 2021 | Fleet

Siemens delivers final Velaro high-speed train to Turkey

Entire fleet set to enter traffic later this month

June 1, 2021 | Fleet

Talgo Avril reaches 363km/h on test run

Talgo achieves a milestone in the commissioning of its fleet of Avril trains for Spanish national operator Renfe.

May 28, 2021 | Main line

Swiss Federal Railways unveils 2022 timetable plans

The plan includes a number of planned changes to provide faster or simpler journeys.

May 28, 2021 | Fleet

Renfe awards €281.5m high-speed power car contract to Talgo

Talgo is also converting surplus conventional night-train coaches into high-speed day coaches for use with the new power cars.

May 26, 2021 | Fleet

Alstom and SNCF unveil new TGV M power car

The unveiling of the first power car follows the presentation of the first TGV M bodyshell on July 16 2020.

May 20, 2021 | High-speed

India’s first high-speed project falls behind

Completion of India’s first high-speed line, linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, could take five years longer than expected, mainly due to delays in acquiring land in the state of Maharashtra. Srinand Jha explains the ramifications of the delay and the problems this will cause.

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