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December 9, 2019 | Main line

Avanti West Coast launched in London

THE West Coast Partnership (WCP) of First Group and Trenitalia officially launched operation of Avanti services on Britain’s West Coast Main Line at an event held at London Euston station on December 9.

December 9, 2019 | Main line

Austria pushes ahead with direct-award train operating contracts

AUSTRIA’s Ministry of Transport has decided to award a one-year stop-gap contract to Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to run services in the Vienna region followed by a nine-year contract.

December 8, 2019 | Main line

Initial tender for Bremen regional express services published

LOWER Saxony public transport authority LNVG has published advance information about the planned tender for the Express Cross Bremen/Lower Saxony routes which will be undertaken in 2020.

December 7, 2019 | Fleet

Baden-Württemberg plans large EMU order

BADEN-Württemberg has announced a market consultation for the possible purchase of more than 200 electric trains for regional passenger services in the near future.

December 6, 2019 | Main line

Snälltåget to launch daily overnight Malmö - Berlin service

SWEDISH open-access operator Snälltåget will introduce a daily overnight Malmö - Berlin service next summer, up from the thrice weekly service it has operated in previous years.

December 6, 2019 | Africa

First 10 Wabtec locomotives arrive in Egypt

EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) and Egypt’s Ministry of Transport have taken delivery of the first batch of 10 ES30ACi Light Passenger Evolution Series locomotives from Wabtec.

December 6, 2019 | Fleet

Hitachi awarded £350m Avanti West Coast fleet contract

FIRST Trenitalia, which will launch its Avanti West Coast franchise in Britain on December 8, has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract worth more than £350m to provide and maintain 23 200km/h inter-city trains, which will enter service from 2022.

December 5, 2019 | Fleet

CRRC unveils 250km/h EMU

CRRC has unveiled its CJ2 inter-city and inter-urban EMU, for which it has been granted a manufacturing license.

December 4, 2019 | Main line

Trenitalia signs new 15-year operations contract for Campania

THE Campania region in southern Italy signed a new 15-year direct-award train operating contract with Trenitalia worth €680m on December 3.

December 4, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier train delivery delays affect Baden-Württemberg operators

LATE delivery of new EMUs by Bombardier to Abellio and Southwest German Transport (Sweg) will mean several new operating contracts in Baden-Württemberg, which are due to begin on December 15, will launch without the new fleets ordered by operators on behalf of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport.

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