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January 7, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB to procure new EMUs

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced plans to purchase 39 single-deck EMUs, including 11 75m-long sets and 28 100m-long sets, following a market investigation launched in November last year.

January 7, 2020 | Fleet

MÁV-Start signs contract for final Stadler Kiss EMUs

HUNGARIAN national passenger operator MÁV-Start and Stadler have signed a contract worth €313m for 21 additional Kiss EMUs, under a framework agreement signed in April 2017 for 40 double-deck EMUs.

January 6, 2020 | Locomotives

ONCF receives first of 30 new Alstom locomotives

THE first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives ordered by Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) from Alstom arrived in Morocco on December 30.

January 3, 2020 | Financial

EIB to fund Berlin regional train fleet

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend €185m to Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing (DAL) for trains it will lease to East German Railway (ODEG) to operate on the Elbe-Spree network.

January 1, 2020 | Asia

China expands high-speed and overnight sleeper services

A new national timetable was introduced in China on December 30 2019 which increases the number of passenger trains by 263.5 per day to reach 4816.5 daily round trips.

December 31, 2019 | News

DB opens fibre optic network to third parties

GERMAN Rail (DB) has opened its fibre optic network, which parallels the 18,500km railway network, for use by third-parties.

December 24, 2019 | North America

Virginia and CSX agree $US 3.7bn investment to improve passenger infrastructure

THE Commonwealth of Virginia and CSX have agreed a $US 3.7bn investment programme to separate freight and passenger traffic on the Washington, DC - Richmond corridor, which will double the number of Amtrak services on the route to a near hourly service and offer a 75% increase in Virginia Railway Express (VRE) services on the I-95 corridor.

December 24, 2019 | Fleet

Adif orders new diagnostics trains

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded a joint venture of Stadler and MerMec a €74.4m contract for the supply, equipment and certification of three new diagnostics trains, and five years maintenance.

December 24, 2019 | Main line

AŽD Praha relaunches daily services on Plum Railway

CZECH signalling manufacturer AŽD Praha has begun operating a daily service on the U10 Litoměřice - Most line, known as the Plum Railway, in Labem Region, Czech Republic.

December 23, 2019 | Main line

NS: More international passengers in 2019

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) reported a strong increase of international passengers in 2019, with the NS International subsidiary seeing a 13% increase in the sale of international tickets to four million.

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