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January 15, 2021 | Fleet

In-Brief - Fleet: SNCF orders double-deck EMUs; Guinea locomotives delivered; Qingyuan maglev train complete

FRANCE: French National Railways (SNCF) has ordered an additional three class Z 57000 Omneo Régio 2N double-deck EMUs from Bombardier for use on lines D and R from Gare du Lyon, expanding the fleet serving the line to 72 sets.

January 15, 2021 | Europe

British operators reduce services in response to latest lockdown

BRITISH operators will introduce reduced timetables over the next few weeks in response to the latest national lockdowns, which came into force in England on January 6, Scotland on January 4, and Wales on December 20.

January 14, 2021 | Fleet

€2.56bn Paris RER Line B fleet contract award confirmed following court order

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) and SNCF Passenger have confirmed a Bombardier-CAF consortium as the preferred bidder for a €2.56bn contract to supply 146 trains for the Paris RER B suburban line, after the Administrative Court of Paris rejected an appeal filed by Alstom.

January 14, 2021 | Financial

RZD reports 27.4% decline in passenger numbers in 2020

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has reported a 27.4% decline in passenger numbers in 2020 compared with 2019, to 869.4 million passengers, primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

January 14, 2021 | Fleet

British inter-city fleet to receive updated brake pads and discs

KNORR-Bremse has agreed a framework contract with Hitachi Rail to supply a new generation of brake pads and discs for the fleet of 1200 class 800, 801 and 802 vehicles, which have been introduced on various inter-city routes in Britain since 2017.

January 14, 2021 | Fleet

Stadler to supply metre-gauge trains to Centovalli railway

TICINO Regional Railway (Fart) has awarded Stadler a SFr 94m ($US 105.9m) contract to supply eight metre-gauge EMUs to replace legacy equipment used on the Centovalli cross-border railway in Ticino, Switzerland, and Piedmont, Italy, from 2023.

January 13, 2021 | Metros

Tracklaying starts on Sydney’s City & Southwest metro

TRACKLAYING is underway on Sydney Metro’s 31km City & Southwest project at Chatswood following the completion of tunnelling for the project, which runs beneath Sydney harbour, in May 2020.

January 13, 2021 | High-speed

China approves new 342km HSL; trial operation on two lines underway

CHINA’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved the construction of a new Yuan 57.24bn ($US 8.86bn) east-west high-speed line connecting Xiong’an New Area, Hebei, and Xinzhou, Shangxi.

January 13, 2021 | Metros

PowerChina and Alstom to reportedly build Belgrade Metro

THE Serbian government, the city of Belgrade, PowerChina and Alstom are due to sign an agreement to construct the new Belgrade metro on January 22, finance minister Mr Sinisa Mali told Serbian state news agency Tanjug on January 5.

January 13, 2021 | Asia

Kaohsiung partially opens Circular line Phase 2

THE Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung partially opened Phase 2 of its Circular light rail line on January 12, taking the total length of the line to 12.8km.

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