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June 14, 2019 | Technology

DB tests AI-equipped customer service robot

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun testing a Socio Empathic Human-Machine Interaction (Semmi) customer service robot which, using artificial intelligence, is able to answer customer queries.

June 14, 2019 | North America

Federal Railroad Administration awards $US 326m in grants

THE United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced the recipients of more than $US 326m in grants to fund 45 projects in 29 states under the consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (Crisi) Program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program.

June 13, 2019 | Main line

Milwaukee - Chicago Amtrak service receives $US 35m boost

THE Wisconsin State Legislature’s budget committee has included $US 35m in the state’s transport budget to expand Amtrak Hiawatha services between Milwaukee and Chicago.

June 13, 2019 | Fleet

Stadler to supply EMUs for Bremen S-Bahn

TRANSDEV has awarded Stadler a €100m contract to supply 16 Flirt EMUs for use on the Bremen S-Bahn network.

June 11, 2019 | Main line

Virgin Trains plans Liverpool - London open access service

VIRGIN Trains has applied to Britain’s rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), to operate an hourly open-access service between Liverpool and London from May 2021.

June 11, 2019 | Main line

Go-Ahead and Abellio launch Baden-Württemberg services

GO-AHEAD has launched operation of two regional concessions in the German state of Baden-Wüttemberg, marking the British operator’s entry into the German regional market.

June 10, 2019 | Main line

Illinois to fund new Amtrak services

THE Illinois state legislature has appropriated $US 500m to begin two new Amtrak services from Chicago to the Quad Cities and Rockford, which will ultimately be extended to Dubuque.

June 10, 2019 | News

New Orleans - Mobile passenger service receives funding

EFFORTS to launch a passenger service between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, received a boost on June 4 when the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a $US 33m grant for the project.

June 7, 2019 | Asia

RZD studies Nagpur - Secunderabad upgrade

A feasibility study into increasing speeds on India’s 575km Nagpur - Secunderabad line is due to be completed by September, first deputy director general of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Alexander Misharin, says.

June 7, 2019 | Europe

European Commission study suggests greater role for rail

A study on transport cost internalisation commissioned by the European Commission (EC) has found European railways are more compliant with the principles of ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ than other motorised modes of transport, for both passengers and freight.

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