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March 15, 2019 | Main line

Govia Thameslink Railway fined for timetable disruption

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced on March 14 that Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) faces a £5m fine after it failed to provide appropriate, accurate and timely information to passengers following the severe disruption caused by the introduction of the May 2018 timetable.

March 14, 2019 | Main line

Dutch to restore passenger services to Stadskanaal

AN agreement to reinstate regular passenger services on the 26km Veendam - Stadskanaal line has been reached between the Dutch government, the province of Groningen, infrastructure manager ProRail and heritage railway association Star.

March 14, 2019 | Main line

DB Long-Distance orders new digital planning platform

IVU Traffic Technologies, Berlin, has won a Europe-wide call for tenders from German Rail (DB) to supply a new digital planning platform for DB’s long distance division, which will be used to gather and process all operational information relevant to the deployment of long-distance trains.

March 13, 2019 | Europe

NSB and Nettbuss merge to become Vy

NORWEGIAN State Railways (NSB) has merged its train and bus operations in Norway and Sweden under the new common brand Vy, with the goal of providing a single multi-modal door-to-door transport service.

March 13, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Governments agree $A10bn funding for Melbourne Airport Rail Link

THE Australian federal and Victorian state governments have signed a heads of agreement which sets out the strategic objectives, governance arrangements and information sharing processes for a $A 10bn ($US 7bn) joint commitment to building the Melbourne Airport Rail Link.

March 12, 2019 | Europe

Rail Baltica publishes passenger service plan

RB RAIL has released its 2026-2056 operational plan for the Rail Baltica (RB) project, with high-speed passenger trains due to connect the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 3h 38min.

March 8, 2019 | Financial

MTR reports slight drop in revenue and profit

HONG Kong-based operator MTR Corporation recorded a 2.7% drop in revenue in 2018, down from $HK 55.4bn ($US 7bn) to $HK 53.9bn, resulting in a 4.3% decrease in profit from $HK 16.8bn to $HK 16.1bn. The decrease in overall revenue was mainly caused by a sharp fall in revenue from MTR’s mainland China property development business, which dropped from $HK 6.9bn to $HK 60m.

March 8, 2019 | Main line

Details of British May timetable change released

BRITAIN’s train operators have confirmed the details of the summer 2019 timetable change, with more than 1000 extra services due to come into effect from May 19.

March 6, 2019 | Fleet

Emissions reducing technology begins British trial

BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook has partnered with South Western Railway (SWR) and Eminox to trial technology aimed at reducing diesel emissions.

March 6, 2019 | Africa

Togo reveals plans for 760km Lomé - Cinkassé main line

TOGO has announced plans to evolve itself into a major logistics hub, including the development of a 760km Lomé - Cinkassé heavy-rail line spanning the length of the country.

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