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July 11, 2020 | High-speed

India-Japan logjam over Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed

A continuing stalemate between the Indian and Japanese governments over the revised cost of the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line is threatening to derail the ambitious project and push the 2023 projected completion date back by at least a few years.

July 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Taipei Metro awards €424m contract to equip metro line

TAIPEI’s city government has awarded a contract to equip Phase 2 of its Wanda - Zhonghe - Shulin Line metro extension to an Alstom-led consortium with Taiwanese firm CTCI.

July 10, 2020 | Policy

End in sight for private passenger rail operation in Britain?

BRITAIN’s National Statistics Office (ONS) is conducting a review of the status of passenger rail franchises with a view to reclassifying them as public entities.

July 10, 2020 | Metros

Athens metro Line 3 extension opens

THE 4km extension of Athens’ Metro Line 3 from Aghia Marina to Nikaia was inaugurated by Greek prime minister, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on July 6, with passenger services beginning the next day.

July 10, 2020 | High-speed

Eurostar to reduce staff costs following falling passenger numbers

EUROSTAR says it is considering introducing reduced and part-time working hours to avoid redundancies as part of cost cutting measures initiated in response to Covid-19.

July 10, 2020 | Europe

Alpen-Sylt night trains begin operation

RDC Germany successfully operated the inaugural Sylt - Salzburg Alpen-Sylt overnight train on July 5, carrying 120 passengers.

July 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Contractors celebrate Brenner exploratory tunnel breakthrough

THE Brenner Base Tunnel project has reached a critical new stage after workers successfully bored through a 16.7km exploratory tunnel between the Tulfes-Pfons and Pfons-Brenner construction lots.

July 9, 2020 | Infrastructure

Dubai metro inaugurates extension to Red Line

DUBAI metro inaugurated its $US 2.9bn, 15km Red Line extension at a ceremony on July 8 attended by ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

July 9, 2020 | Main line

Via Rail temporarily lays off 1000 staff

CANADIAN passenger operator Via Rail has announced it will temporarily lay off approximately 1000 unionised employees, after passenger numbers dropped by up to 95%, with this unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels in the near future.

July 9, 2020 | Financial

Coronavirus hurts MTR’s performance in first half

MTR is expecting to report a loss of $HK 400m ($US 51.6m) for the first six months of 2020 due to the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the general deterioration of the economic environment. The loss compares with a profit of $HK 5.5bn in the same period in 2019.

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