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October 1, 2020 | Central/South America

São Paulo to resume work on monorail project

THE Brazilian city of São Paulo will recommence work on its Line 17-Gold monorail project, following the removal of an injunction on a rolling stock and signalling contract and the awarding of a new construction contract.

October 1, 2020 | Metros

New metro lines open in two Chinese cities

CHENGDU Metro and Ningbo Rapid Transit opened new metro lines on September 27. Chengdu opened the 48.2km initial section of Line 18, while Ningbo inaugurated an extension to Line 3.

October 1, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Queensland commits additional $A 136m for station accessibility

QUEENSLAND state government, Australia, has committed another $A 136m ($US 97.8m) for accessibility upgrades to four stations - two in Brisbane suburbs and two in regional towns.

October 1, 2020 | Fleet

Dutch province to introduce regular hydrogen services

THE regional transport authority in the Dutch province of Groningen has announced plans to introduce hydrogen trains for its regional concession following a successful test earlier this year.

October 1, 2020 | Rolling stock

Milan signs LRV contract with Stadler

MILAN Transport (ATM) has signed a €172.6m six year framework agreement with Stadler for the supply of up to 80 low-floor bidirectional Tramlink LRVs on September 29, including an initial order for 30 LRVs.

September 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Extensive cable thefts and looting halts South African rail services

SOUTH Africa’s commuter rail services have all but ground to a halt following a cable theft epidemic and widespread vandalism that has prevented Metrorail services from operating across most of its network. Almost the entire Metrorail network, which is also partially used by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) services, has been affected.

September 30, 2020 | Financial

MTR revenue falls, Ebitda rises for first half of year

HONG Kong rail operator MTR has reported an overall fall in revenue for its business operations of 23%, to $HK 21.59bn ($US 2.79bn) for the first half of the year, compared with $HK 28.27bn for the same period in 2019.

September 30, 2020 | Fleet

Vias Rail invites bids to supply 15 to 20 EMUs

GERMAN operator Vias Rail has invited bids to supply between 15 and 20 EMUs for regional operations, as part of its strategy to win a tender to operate regional passenger services in the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

September 30, 2020 | Technology

Eurail launches digital Europe-wide ticket

EURAIL, the company providing the Eurail and Interrail Global Passes, has launched a mobile pass that allows passengers to plan and use their tickets across 33 European countries through a single app.

September 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

San Francisco’s Bart awards CBTC contract

SAN Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has awarded Parsons, United States, a $US 45m design contract for the implementation of CBTC signalling on the metro network, as part of its Train Control Modernisation Project (TCMP).

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