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January 29, 2020 | Main line

Mexico’s Mayan Train project construction set to start in April

CONSTRUCTION of the first 951km phase of Mexico’s Mayan Train project is set to begin in April after the government revealed the tendering process for the controversial scheme.

January 28, 2020 | High-speed

Coronavirus: China National Railway cuts services and Hong Kong set to halt cross-border traffic

CHINA National Railway (CR) has introduced a five-step plan to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus including cancelling more than 250 services as Hong Kong’s government announced plans on January 28 to limit cross-border rail crossings from mainland China from midnight on January 30.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain launches line and station reopening initiative

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated an initial £500m to a new scheme to reopen lines and stations, the British government announced on January 28.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Portugal awards new line construction contract

INFRASTRUCTURE Portugal has awarded a €46.6m contract for the construction of a new 20.5km line between Évora North and Freixo as part of the future South International Corridor to Spain.

January 27, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier’s delivery schedule for Abellio’s delayed EMUs “unrealistic”

BOMBARDIER has promised to provide the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg (ABRB) a binding, feasible delivery schedule by the end of January for the 21 delayed Talent 2 EMUs on order, after ABRB said it was not confident the vehicles would be delivered within Bombardier’s previous delivery timetable.

January 27, 2020 | Europe

FlixTrain sets sights on European expansion

Matthias Müller, head of FlixTrain, talks to David Burroughs.

January 25, 2020 | Main line

RegioJet starts depot development in Prague

CZECH and Slovak private operator RegioJet has launched a project to build a new maintenance centre to the east of Prague, purchasing a 2.4 hectare plot in Dolní Měcholupy, near the Prague - České Budějovice main line and Prague Hostivař station.

January 24, 2020 | Technology

Vy launches Scandinavian-wide MaaS project

VY, formerly Norwegian State Railways (NSB), has awarded SkedGo a contract to develop a new Mobility as a Service (MaaS) journey planner for the Scandinavian region.

January 24, 2020 | Middle East

Traffic soars on Israel’s extended A1 link to Tel Aviv

TRAFFIC increased by 76% in the first month of operating a through service on Israel’s A1 link between Jerusalem Navon and Tel Aviv Hahagana, without passengers having to change trains at Ben Gurion Airport.

January 23, 2020 | Europe

Birmingham Airport and Midlands Connect partner to improve rail links

BIRMINGHAM Airport and Midlands Connect have signed a collaboration agreement to improve road and rail access to the airport.

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