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December 17, 2020 | Metros

Hong Kong’s planned Northern Link makes progress

HONG Kong’s government has granted approval to MTR to proceed with detailed planning and design for the 10.7km Northern Link (NOL) metro line, which will connect the city’s West Rail and East Rail lines.

December 17, 2020 | Signalling

Hyundai Rotem awarded KTCS-2 signalling system trial

KOREAN national operator Korail has awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to verify the stability and compatibility of the Korea Train Control System 2 (KTCS-2) signalling system, which will be used to standardise signalling across the country.

December 17, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier completes first train for Västtrafik

BOMBARDIER has completed the first 200km/h three-car Zefiro Express train from an order for 45 placed by Swedish regional transport authority Västtrafik in 2018.

December 17, 2020 | Signalling

NYCT certifies Mitsubishi as CBTC supplier

NEW York City Transit (NYCT) has officially qualified Mitsubishi Electric, Japan, as a CBTC supplier after successfully testing and verifying the interoperability of the company’s solution with NYCT’s existing CBTC systems.

December 16, 2020 | Metros

Contract for Toulouse’ third metro line awarded

TISSEO Communities, the project manager of the 27km Toulouse Aerospace Express metro project, has awarded Alstom a €470m contract to design, build and maintain the line’s transport system.

December 16, 2020 | Africa

Kenya reintroduces Nairobi - Nanyuki passenger services

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) reintroduced commercial passenger services on the 177.2km Nairobi - Nanyuki metre-gauge line on December 11, more than two decades after they were withdrawn.

December 16, 2020 | Fleet

Berlin awards €571m LRV contract to Bombardier

BERLIN Transport Authority (BVG) has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €571m framework contract for the supply of up to 117 Bombardier Flexity low-floor LRVs, with an initial order for 20 vehicles.

December 16, 2020 | Locomotives

SNCF successfully tests mainline autonomous train at GoA2

A consortium led by French National Railways (SNCF) has successfully operated a locomotive at Grade of Automation (GoA) 2 under real mainline operating conditions using ERTMS.

December 16, 2020 | Africa

Ethiopia - Djibouti line reports reduced revenue due to vandalism

ETHIOPIAN Railway Corporation (ERC) has reported that the 752.7km Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Djibouti, Djibouti cross-border standard-gauge line has suffered increased journey times and reduced revenues, following criminal damage to infrastructure.

December 15, 2020 | Policy

Britain’s National Infrastructure Commission publishes rail needs assessment report

INTER-city links in northern and central England should be prioritised, possibly at the expense of High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b, according to the Rail Needs Assessment published by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) on December 15.

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