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February 10, 2020 | Metros

Hyderabad Metro opens Green Line

HYDERABAD Metro successfully inaugurated the 11km Green Line of the automated metro on February 7, taking the total length of the network to 69km, the second longest in India behind Delhi.

February 10, 2020 | Policy

China rail traffic plummets in wake of coronavirus epidemic

CHINA National Railway (CR) is reporting huge reductions in passenger traffic due to the coronavirus epidemic and is stepping up measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

February 10, 2020 | Financial

West Midlands Trains instructed to invest £20m to improve performance

THE British government has instructed West Midlands Trains to invest an additional £20m to improve services for passengers following poor performance in the second half of 2019.

February 10, 2020 | Financial

DSB prepares to sell spare parts supply division

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has announced plans to restructure the operator’s rolling stock spare part supply division ahead of a market investigation exercise with a view to selling the business to a private party.

February 10, 2020 | Asia

Tokyo 2020 preparations ramp up

Tokyo is gearing up to host this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. With millions of extra people set to visit the Japanese capital for the sporting extravaganza, Tokyo Metro and JR East reveal to Kevin Smith how they are preparing their respective rail networks to cope.

February 9, 2020 | Light Rail

Birmingham Eastside light rail extension set for approval

WEST Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is this week expected to approve the Birmingham Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro, which will provide a branch from the existing light rail line at Bull Street to High Street Deritend in Digbeth, via the proposed High-Speed 2 (HS2) Curzon Street Station.

February 8, 2020 | Europe

Škoda-ŽOS Trnava begin delivery of Slovakian EMUs

SLOVAKIA’s national passenger operator ZSSK has received the first of 25 RegioPanther EMUs ordered under a €160m contract with a consortium of Škoda Transportation and Slovakian partner ŽOS Trnava in March 2018.

February 8, 2020 | Fleet

Transmashholding gets off to good start in 2020

RUSSIAN train builder Transmashholding (TMH) started 2020 with the delivery of new locomotives and passenger trains and refurbished metro trains for both domestic and foreign customers.

February 7, 2020 | Policy

Île-de-France to accelerate competitive tendering in Paris

ILE-de-France Mobility, which is responsible for commuter rail, RER, metro and light rail services in the Paris area, will ask the French government to bring forward the timetable to introduce competitive tendering for rail services.

February 7, 2020 | Main line

Two bids received to operate Helsinki regional services

HELSINKI Regional Transport (HSL) has received two bids to operate regional rail services around the Finnish capital from June 2021, with the winner of the tender due to be announced in May.

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