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February 4, 2020 | Main line

Czech Railways reports growth in 2019

CZECH Railways (ČD), the state-owned operator and largest passenger train operator in the Czech Republic, carried 182 million passengers in 2019, a 1.6% increase year-on-year, with passenger-km increasing by 5.6% to 8.685 billion.

February 3, 2020 | Main line

Passenger services from China to Russia and Mongolia cut

PASSENGER rail services from China to Russia and Mongolia have been suspended as the impact of the Coronavirus grows, with internal passenger numbers also decreasing sharply.

February 3, 2020 | Freight

DB receives 11,000 applications for 30 trainee driver roles from Spain

GERMAN Rail (DB) has welcomed 30 new trainee drivers from Spain, after running a successful campaign to attract new drivers from outside the country that saw 11,000 Spanish applicants apply for 30 advertised positions.

February 3, 2020 | Financial

India announces $US 22.4bn 2020-21 rail budget

INDIA’s finance minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an outlay of Rs 1610bn ($US 22.4bn) for Indian Railways (IR) for the 2020-21 financial year on February 1, including a gross budgetary support of Rs 700bn. This is up slightly from the Rs 1600bn provided for 2019-20.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

DB suspends delivery of IC2 trains from Bombardier

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance has stopped acceptance of the remaining 25 IC2 double-deck push-pull trains on order from Bombardier following a series of high-profile failures in recent weeks.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB orders more Siemens Desiro ML trains

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has exercised an option for 11 Desiro ML trains from Siemens, fully exercising a framework agreement for 200 trains signed in 2010.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

Arriva’s Czech subsidiary leases Desiro DMUs from Alpha Trains

CZECH open-access operator Arriva Vlaky, a subsidiary of Arriva, will lease five two-car Desiro Classic class 642 DMUs from leasing company Alpha Trains under a 10-year contract from December 2020.

January 30, 2020 | Main line

VR Group reports strong passenger growth in 2019

FINNISH operator VR Group carried 14.2 million passengers on long-distance rail services in 2019 a 9% increase compared with 2018. Total passenger-km also increased by 39% during the year as the operator reported a 10% year-on-year increase in passenger journeys to 1.2 million in December.

January 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Alignment chosen for Bedford - Cambridge line

THE British government has selected the preferred route for a new line from Bedford to Cambridge as part of the plan to reopen the Oxford - Cambridge railway.

January 30, 2020 | Financial

DB confirms record €12.2bn rail infrastructure investment in 2020

GERMAN Rail (DB) is set to invest €12.2bn in railway infrastructure in 2020, a €1.5bn increase compared with 2019, as the new 10-year LuFV III government funding agreement takes hold.

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