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December 18, 2020 | Europe

Vy launches new services for 2021 timetable

NORWEGIAN state-owned operator Vy has launched operation of four new service contracts, following the introduction of the 2021 rail timetable on December 13, including three in Sweden.

December 18, 2020 | Europe

Improvements for Ulm - Aalen line approved

GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks, the state of Baden-Württemberg, and local officials have agreed to the modernise and electrify the 72.5km Brenz Railway between the cities of Ulm and Aalen.

December 17, 2020 | Signalling

Hyundai Rotem awarded KTCS-2 signalling system trial

KOREAN national operator Korail has awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to verify the stability and compatibility of the Korea Train Control System 2 (KTCS-2) signalling system, which will be used to standardise signalling across the country.

December 17, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier completes first train for Västtrafik

BOMBARDIER has completed the first 200km/h three-car Zefiro Express train from an order for 45 placed by Swedish regional transport authority Västtrafik in 2018.

December 16, 2020 | Africa

Kenya reintroduces Nairobi - Nanyuki passenger services

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) reintroduced commercial passenger services on the 177.2km Nairobi - Nanyuki metre-gauge line on December 11, more than two decades after they were withdrawn.

December 16, 2020 | Locomotives

SNCF successfully tests mainline autonomous train at GoA2

A consortium led by French National Railways (SNCF) has successfully operated a locomotive at Grade of Automation (GoA) 2 under real mainline operating conditions using ERTMS.

December 16, 2020 | Africa

Ethiopia - Djibouti line reports reduced revenue due to vandalism

ETHIOPIAN Railway Corporation (ERC) has reported that the 752.7km Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Djibouti, Djibouti cross-border standard-gauge line has suffered increased journey times and reduced revenues, following criminal damage to infrastructure.

December 15, 2020 | Policy

Britain’s National Infrastructure Commission publishes rail needs assessment report

INTER-city links in northern and central England should be prioritised, possibly at the expense of High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b, according to the Rail Needs Assessment published by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) on December 15.

December 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

Estonian Railways awards electrification planning contract

INFRASTRUCTURE manager Estonian Railways (EVR) has awarded a contract to draw up detailed plans to electrify its network to a joint venture of Spanish engineering firms Ardanuy and Ayesa.

December 15, 2020 | Fleet

Hitachi and Eversholt Rail to trial battery-equipped class 802

HITACHI Rail and British rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a battery pack that can be installed on a five-car class 802 inter-city train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) on the 480km journey between London and Penzance in the southwest of England.

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