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December 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

Estonian Railways awards electrification planning contract

INFRASTRUCTURE manager Estonian Railways (EVR) has awarded a contract to draw up detailed plans to electrify its network to a joint venture of Spanish engineering firms Ardanuy and Ayesa.

December 15, 2020 | Technology

Sensor4Rail project to start testing next year

GERMANY’s Sensors4Rail development project has announced that it will begin testing its sensor-based train traffic technology on the Hamburg S-Bahn from early next year.

December 15, 2020 | High-speed

Consultation process launched for Hannover - Bielefeld HS line

GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has begun consultation with local authorities along the route of the planned high-speed line between Hannover and Bielefeld.

December 15, 2020 | Metros

Paris inaugurates Line 14 extension

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) inaugurated the 5.8km Gare Saint-Lazare - Mairie de Saint-Ouen northern extension to metro Line 14 on December 14.

December 15, 2020 | Fleet

Hitachi and Eversholt Rail to trial battery-equipped class 802

HITACHI Rail and British rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a battery pack that can be installed on a five-car class 802 inter-city train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) on the 480km journey between London and Penzance in the southwest of England.

December 15, 2020 | Passenger

Passenger liberalisation stumbles toward 2023 start

France is slowly gearing up to open up Public Service Obligation (PSO) passenger contracts to competition from 2023, in line with European legislation. David Haydock reviews the current situation.

December 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

China opens HS line and Xinzheng Airport link

CHINA opened the 432km high-speed line linking Taiyuan, Henan and Zhengzhou on December 12 together with a rail link between Zhengzhou and the city’s Xinzheng Airport.

December 14, 2020 | Asia

Knorr-Bremse awarded CRRC metro train systems contract

CHINESE manufacturer CRRC has signed a contract with Knorr-Bremse for the supply of braking, exterior doors, and air-conditioning systems to equip metro trains for two new lines in Beijing.

December 14, 2020 | Infrastructure

China plans 10,000km of new lines in three key regions

CHINA’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has published plans to start construction of 10,000km of new inter-city and urban rail lines in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay areas in the next five years.

December 14, 2020 | Financial

Rail Baltica awarded €214.3m grant agreements

RB Rail, the joint venture which oversees the Rail Baltica project, has been awarded two grant agreements worth €214.3m to support design, planning, construction, and land acquisitions for the project.

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