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August 6, 2019 | Main line

Malaysian construction companies pre-qualify for East Coast Rail Link

MALAYSIA’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project authority Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) has shortlisted 331 construction companies, or 25.1% of the country’s 1321 registered construction firms, as eligible to submit bids for the project’s civil works packages following a pre-qualification exercise.

August 5, 2019 | Europe

Westbahn to operate Austrian section of Regiojet’s Vienna - Prague service

CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet will end its co-operation with Graz-Köflacher Rail (GKB), which currently operates the Austrian section of Regiojet’s Vienna - Brno - Prague services, at the end of the year. These services will instead be operated by Austrian open-access operator Westbahn.

August 5, 2019 | Middle East

Iran to complete Chabahar - Zahedan line by end of 2019

THE Iranian government has announced plans to finish construction of the 750km Chabahar - Zahedan line by the end of the year.

August 2, 2019 | Fleet

Alstom to supply CDG Express trains

ALSTOM has been selected to supply a fleet of 13 trains for the new CDG Express rail link between central Paris and Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport.

August 1, 2019 | Financial

SNCF traffic recovers strongly following 2018 strikes

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) reports a strong passenger traffic recovery for the first half of 2018 following the long period of strikes in 2018 over the reform of SNCF which is due to be finalised in 2020.

August 1, 2019 | Main line

SBB to continue operating German regional services

SBB Deutschland, the German subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), is set to continue operating regional services in Baden-Württemberg until December 2027 under a new agreement with the state’s Ministry of Transport.

July 31, 2019 | Main line

Eight-car trains introduced on Edinburgh - Glasgow route

ABELLIO ScotRail introduced eight-car trains on the Edinburgh - Falkirk High - Glasgow route on July 29 following the completion of platform extension works at Glasgow Queen Street station.

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

Abellio orders Hitachi trains for East Midlands franchise

ABELLIO announced on July 30 that it has selected Hitachi Rail for a £400m contract to supply a fleet of 33 bi-mode (diesel/25kV ac) inter-city trains for East Midlands Railway (EMR).

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

CAF rolls out extra EMUs for Auckland Transport

AUCKLAND Transport (AT) has released a photo of the first of a second batch of AM class EMUs currently being built by CAF in Spain, which is currently undergoing final electrical testing before being shipped to New Zealand.

July 29, 2019 | Europe

VAT cut on train fares could boost German passenger numbers by 5 million, says DB

REDUCING VAT on long-distance train fares in Germany could bring millions more passengers to the rail network and stimulate additional fleet investment, according to German Rail (DB).

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