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June 29, 2020 | High-speed

China opens Shangqiu - Hefei high-speed line

THE 309km Shangqiu - Hefei section of China’s Shangqiu - Hefei - Hangzhou (Shanghehang) high-speed railway opened on June 28. Full timetabled services are expected to commence in July.

June 29, 2020 | Metros

Changsha opens metro lines 3 and 5

CHANGSHA, China, opened the 36.4 km southwest-northeast Shantang - Guangsheng Line 3 and the first 22.5km phase of the north-south Line 5 between Shuiduhe and Maozhutang on June 28.

June 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

TSO awarded $US 142.2m in contracts in Egypt, Mexico and Panama

NGE rail subsidiary TSO has been awarded three contracts worth $US 142.2m in Latin America and Africa.

June 29, 2020 | High-speed

Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed project takes stock

India’s first high-speed project - a 508km new line linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad - faces major challenges to meet the December 2023 opening date.

June 28, 2020 | Main line

SNCB plans 4.7% increase in rail services by 2023.

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) plans to expand the number of regular services offered across its network by 4.7% by 2023, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 27, 2020 | Main line

Cross-border services resume as European borders reopen

SPANISH operator Renfe and French National Railways (SNCF) will reintroduce cross-border services between France and Spain from July 1, as other European cross-border rail connections such as Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) NightJet overnight trains begin to return across the continent.

June 26, 2020 | Main line

LNER secures three-year direct award extension

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded state-owned operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) a three-year direct award contract to continue operating InterCity East Coast services from London King’s Cross to the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.

June 26, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan Court of Appeal finds SGR construction contract illegal

THE Kenyan Court of Appeal has found that the Shillings 500bn ($US 4.7bn) construction contract for the country’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was made illegally.

June 26, 2020 | Policy

Completion of TEN-T reliant on member states - Vălean

MEMBER states will need to deliver on their obligations to deliver sections of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by the 2030 targeted completion data, says European commissioner for transport, Ms Adina-Ioana Vălean.

June 26, 2020 | Europe

Snälltåget announces new overnight service to the Austrian Alps

SWEDISH private operator Snälltåget will launch a new direct overnight service between Sweden and the Austrian Alps in February 2021.

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