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January 3, 2021 | Metros

China opens 18 metro and two LRT lines in 11 cities

WUHAN is the 11th Chinese city to open new metro and light rail lines since December 26 continuing a Chinese tradition of opening new lines during the New Year period.

January 2, 2021 | High-speed

Beijing Daxing Airport - Xiong’an HS line opens

CHINA National Railway opened the 59km high-speed line between Beijing Daxing Airport and Xiong’an on December 27 2020.

January 1, 2021 | Fleet

New Berlin S-Bahn trains enter service

SHORTLY after midnight on January 1, the first of 10 pre-series trains supplied by Siemens and Stadler entered service on the Berlin S-Bahn.

January 1, 2021 | Main line

RegioJet receives first two Traxx MS3 locomotives and plans further fleet and service expansion

CZECH private operator RegioJet has received the first two of 15 Bombardier Traxx MS3 multi-system locomotives with test runs and driver training now underway.

January 1, 2021 | Infrastructure

New York completes Moynihan Train Hall serving Penn station

NEW York City’s Moynihan Train Hall opened for Amtrak and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) services using Penn station on January 1.

December 31, 2020 | Infrastructure

France to upgrade Paris - Limoges - Toulouse main line

THE French government confirmed its commitment to modernise the 713km Paris Austerlitz - Orléans - Limoges - Toulouse line on December 18.

December 31, 2020 | Infrastructure

Colombia awards Caribbean Regional Train study contract

COLOMBIA’s Bank of Territorial Development (Findeter) has awarded a contract to Ardanuy Ingenieria and Coral Delgado & Associated Lawyers to determine the alignment for a new line running along the Caribbean coast.

December 31, 2020 | Light Rail

Electrification agreed as first step to new German tram-train network

THE Baden-Württemberg transport ministry has approved funding for 15kV ac electrification of the 10.4km Erms Valley Railway between Metzingen and Bad Urach, plus the electrification and expansion, with some new double track sections, of the 21.4km Ammer Valley Railway between Tübingen and Herrenberg.

December 30, 2020 | Freight

US completes PTC rollout ahead of deadline

THE US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced on December 29 that Positive Train Control (PTC) is now in operation on all 92,575 required freight and passenger railway route-km, ahead of the federal deadline of December 31.

December 30, 2020 | Financial

EC approves Danish Covid-19 compensation scheme

THE European Commission (EC) has approved a DKr 1bn ($US 160m) Danish government scheme under EU state-aid rules to compensate passenger rail transport operators which have suffered losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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