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January 18, 2019 | Main line

Study to plan reopening of Berlin-Wilhelmsruh - Basdorf line

THE German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, along with regional transport authority VBB and train operator and infrastructure manager Niederbarnimer Railway (NEB), have agreed to re-open the line from Berlin-Wilhelmsruh north to Schönwalde and Basdorf to passenger trains by December 2023.

January 18, 2019 | Fleet

Belarus Railways orders more Stadler Flirt EMUs

BELARUS Railways (BC) and Stadler signed a contract on January 17 for the delivery of 10 Flirt EMUs for inter-regional services, with the first trains due to be put into operation from 2020.

January 18, 2019 | Europe

Spain to ramp up rail spending in 2019

SPAIN’s minister of public works Mr José Luis Ábalos unveiled details of the Ministry of Development’s €9.97bn 2019 budget on January 14, confirming a significant increase in public spending in the rail sector.

January 17, 2019 | Main line

ODEG makes major gains in Berlin with new Elbe-Spree regional contracts

DB Regio and East German Railway Company (ODEG) will share the contracts to operate the future Elbe-Spree Network serving Berlin and Brandenburg from December 2022 to 2034. According to local media, the contracts have been provisionally awarded by Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB), but remain subject to a 10-day statutory cooling-off period.

January 16, 2019 | Main line

Stadler to supply additional narrow-gauge DMUs to southern Italy

APPULO Lucane Railway (FAL) has awarded Stadler a €22.8m contract to supply four three-car narrow-gauge DMUs, with an option for four additional DMUs.

January 14, 2019 | Main line

Brightline celebrates one year of operation

PRIVATELY-funded inter-city passenger operator Brightline celebrated one year of service on January 13, with nearly 600,000 passengers using the service between Miami and West Palm Beach in Florida.

January 10, 2019 | Europe

DB long-distance punctuality well below target in 2018

PUNCTUALITY on German Rail (DB) inter-city services continued to worsen in 2018, falling below 2017 levels and missing a target set in 2016 by more than 15%.

January 10, 2019 | Europe

Greece nears completion of Athens - Thessaloniki upgrade

GREEK infrastructure manager Ergose celebrated the launch of electrified services on a new section of the Tithorea - Domokos line between Leianokladi and Agiias on January 7, a key milestone as a two-decade long project to upgrade the Athens - Thessaloniki corridor nears completion.

January 9, 2019 | Europe

France to competitively tender loss-making inter-city services

THE French government announced on January 9 that it will publish a prior information notice in the next few days as a first step towards the competitive tendering of inter-city services on the Nantes - Bordeaux and Nantes - Lyon routes.

January 9, 2019 | News

RZD records growth in passenger and freight traffic

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) published its full-year traffic figures for 2018 on January 9, revealing a 3.4% increase in passenger numbers and a 2.2% rise in freight volumes.

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