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March 3, 2020 | Main line

First French regional rail concession tenders launched

PROVENCE-Alpes Côte d'Azur is the first region in France to launch a competition for 10-year concessions to operate TER regional rail services.

March 3, 2020 | North America

Amtrak and New York City Transit announce senior appointments

AMTRAK has named Mr William Flynn as its next CEO and president, while New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) has appointed Ms Sarah Feinberg as interim president of New York City Transit (NYCT).

March 2, 2020 | Main line

New managing director appointed as Northern franchise enters public ownership

THE British government’s operator of last resort (OLR) took over operation of the Northern franchise on March 1, after secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, transferred control from Arriva Rail North.

March 2, 2020 | Infrastructure

Work on final section of Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven upgrade gets underway

A ceremony was held on February 28 to mark the start of work to electrify and track double the 9km Oldenburg - Rastede section of the 70km Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven line, the final phase of a project to improve rail freight connections to Germany’s JadeWeserPort at Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast.

March 2, 2020 | Financial

NS records strong profit growth in 2019

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) achieved a €6.66bn turnover in 2019, the operator’s annual results show, up 12.4% from €5.92 in 2018.

March 2, 2020 | Fleet

Austria to test hydrogen traction

ALSTOM has won a tender from Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), which called for the hire of two hydrogen-powered multiple units. This follows the use of an iLint by ÖBB for a short test run in December 2019.

February 28, 2020 | Financial

CAF records 27% revenue increase in 2019

SPANISH manufacturer CAF recorded €2.56bn in revenue in 2019, a 27% increase from the €2bn in revenue recorded in 2018.

February 28, 2020 | Main line

Controversy over Indian project

DOUBTS have emerged over plans to build a 577km standard-gauge 200km/h mainline in the southern Indian state of Kerala following discrepancies in two back-to-back preliminary survey reports submitted by Systra, France in 2019.

February 27, 2020 | Locomotives

Newag Griffin locomotives receive Polish authorisation

POLISH railway authority UTK issued an authorisation to place into service for Newag’s EU160 Griffin electric locomotive on February 24, in line with the Technical Specifications for Interoperability.

February 27, 2020 | Infrastructure

Testing of Switzerland’s Ceneri Base Tunnel set to begin

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) is set to commission ETCS Level 2 in the Ceneri Base Tunnel on the night of February 29 ahead of the start of line testing by Alp Transit Gotthard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBB and the developer of the 15.4km tunnel, the following day.

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