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September 24, 2020 | Fleet

Croatian Railways secures funding for 21 EMUs

CROATIAN Railways (HŽ) passenger subsidiary HŽ Putnički Prijevoz (HŽPP) has secured a grant from the European Union to support the purchase of 21 new EMUs.

September 24, 2020 | Main line

Germany calls for a new Trans Europe Express TEE 2.0 network

GERMANY’s transport minister Mr Andreas Scheuer presented proposals to EU transport ministers on September 21 to create a new Trans Europe Express (TEE) network.

September 23, 2020 | Infrastructure

CFR awards contract for Caţa - Apaţa line upgrades

ROMANIA’s national infrastructure manager CFR has awarded a Lei 2.72bn ($US 655m) contract for Lot 2 of the Sighișoara - Brașov line modernisation project to the Asocierea RailWorks consortium.

September 23, 2020 | Rolling stock

Lower Saxony orders 14 more double-deck coaches

LOWER Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG), Germany, has ordered 14 Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches from Bombardier Transportation.

September 23, 2020 | Technology

Rail Vision and Knorr-Bremse trial remote shunting system

TECHNOLOGY start-up Rail Vision, Israel, in collaboration with Knorr-Bremse, has begun testing a new remote control shunting system on several shunting locomotives employed by Swiss freight operator SBB Cargo.

September 23, 2020 | Main line

ŽSSK and ÖBB to operate Bratislava - Komárno services

THE Slovakian Ministry of Transport has selected a joint offer by national passenger operator ŽSSK and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to replace RegioJet as the operator on the 100km unelectrified Bratislava - Komárno line.

September 22, 2020 | Infrastructure

ÖBB starts construction of key Koralm railway section

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has commenced construction of the Feldkirchen - Weitendorf section of the Koralm railway, linking Graz with Klagenfurt via the Koralm tunnel.

September 22, 2020 | Asia

Philippines awards contract for Malolos - Clark project

THE Philippines has awarded a $US 573m contract to construct a section of the Malolos - Clark Railway project to a Hyundai-led consortium.

September 22, 2020 | Freight

Rail freight industry leaders sign digital coupling MoU

MEMBERS of the European campaign group Rail Freight Forward (RFF), as well as seven industry associations, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) expressing their support for the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) on all European freight trains by 2030.

September 21, 2020 | Track

Network Rail reopens Glasgow - Edinburgh main line

SCOTLAND’s Glasgow - Falkirk - Edinburgh main line has been reopened following heavy damage to around 300m of track due to the breaching of the adjacent Union Canal on August 12.

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