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March 6, 2019 | Main line

Poznań regional EMU contract awarded

THE Wielkopolska Province in Poland has awarded Pesa and ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki a Zloty 103.5m ($US 27.2m) contract to supply five five-car EMUs for regional operation on the Poznań metropolitan railway network.

March 6, 2019 | Europe

100,000th train travels through the Gotthard Base Tunnel

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has marked the 100,000th train to travel through the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) since it was commissioned on June 1 2016, with an SBB Cargo International freight service making the milestone journey.

March 5, 2019 | Main line

Midland Main Line electrification extension confirmed

THE British government has confirmed that electrification of the Midland Main Line (MML) will be extended to Market Harborough station as part of the MML Upgrade.

March 4, 2019 | Main line

Switzerland proposes SFr 90m cut in track access charges

SWITZERLAND’s Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has proposed reducing track access charges by up to SFr 90m ($US 89.8m) from 2021, and on March 4 launched a consultation with stakeholders.

March 4, 2019 | Europe

International expansion drives NS revenue growth

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) is now generating almost half of its turnover from international operations, according to the operator’s 2018 financial results, which were published on February 28.

March 4, 2019 | Fleet

Jazz EMUs enter service in Puglia

ITALIAN State Railways (FS) and the regional government in Puglia have officially unveiled the fleet of three new Jazz EMUs purchased for regional services such as Bari - Foggia/Taranto and Bari - Lecce.

March 1, 2019 | Fleet

Sweden’s Inland Railway acquires Alstom DMUs

SWEDEN’s Inland Railway announced on February 28 that its Inlandståg subsidiary has acquired five Alstom Coradia Lint 41 DMUs for use on Östersund - Mora services.

February 28, 2019 | Main line

Idom awarded two Rail Baltica design contracts

RB RAIL’s procurement commission has awarded Spanish company Idom two two-year design/design-supervision contracts for the Rail Baltica project, the first of seven such contracts due to be awarded.

February 28, 2019 | Main line

Small Dutch stations to benefit from €65m improvement programme

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has unveiled plans to invest €65m in improvements at around 200 small stations across the country.

February 27, 2019 | Main line

Follo Line tunnelling completed

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor completed the tunnelling for the Follo Line on February 26 when the last two of four 150m tunnel boring machines (TBM) broke through at Kvakestad in Ski, creating the Nordic region’s longest railway tunnel.

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