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December 3, 2018 | Fleet

FNM orders nine Stadler EMUs for Tilo cross-border services

NORTH Milan Railway (FNM) and Stadler have signed a framework agreement worth €114.4m for the supply of nine interoperable EMUs approved for operation in Italy and Switzerland for use on the Tilo (Ticino - Lombardy) cross-border service.

November 30, 2018 | Main line

Virgin Trains USA enters negotiations for Orlando - Tampa right of way

FLORIDA Department of Transportation's (FDOT) Selection Committee has agreed to move forward in negotiating a lease agreement with Virgin Trains USA to allow the express inter-city operator to extend its Florida line from Orlando to Tampa.

November 29, 2018 | North America

FTA awards grants for US urban rail projects

THE United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced on November 28 that it has allocated $US 281m in Capital Investment Grants to five projects in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.

November 28, 2018 | Main line

Transdev Germany and Flixbus clash over rail-bus competition

TRANSDEV Germany has filed an appeal with Saxony’s State Office for Road Construction and Transport (LASuV) against a waiver enabling Flixbus to operate inter-city bus services on the Leipzig - Chemnitz route on the grounds that it establishes “unlawful” competition with publicly-funded train services.

November 27, 2018 | Middle East

UAE agrees finance for Etihad Rail Stage 2

THE UAE Ministry of Finance and the Abu Dhabi Department of Finance have signed an agreement to finance Stage 2 of the Etihad Rail network.

November 26, 2018 | Main line

Dutch plan turn-up-and-go main line services

PLANS to step up passenger train frequencies on the Dutch main line network to provide a turn-up-and-go service have been announced by Mr Pier Eringa, CEO of infrastructure manager Prorail.

November 22, 2018 | North America

Virgin Trains USA to launch IPO

VIRGIN Trains USA filed a prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16 in preparation for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

November 22, 2018 | Freight

Turkey awards contract for Cerkezkoy - Kapikule upgrade

A consortium consisting Gülermak Heavy Industry Construction and Alsim Alarko Industrial Plants & Trading has been awarded a contract to modernise a 200km stretch of mainline between Istanbul and the Bulgarian border, Turkey’s only rail connection with the European rail network.

November 21, 2018 | Fleet

Stadler bids for Taiwanese rolling stock contracts

STADLER confirmed on November 20 that it is looking to move into the Taiwanese rail market, and has submitted bids for three tenders from the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).

November 21, 2018 | Signalling

Network Rail seeks East Coast Main Line ETCS partner

NETWORK Rail (NR) announced on November 21 that it is seeking a private sector partner to develop and install ETCS on a 160km section of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London King’s Cross and just south of Grantham.

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