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January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain launches line and station reopening initiative

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated an initial £500m to a new scheme to reopen lines and stations, the British government announced on January 28.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Portugal awards new line construction contract

INFRASTRUCTURE Portugal has awarded a €46.6m contract for the construction of a new 20.5km line between Évora North and Freixo as part of the future South International Corridor to Spain.

January 27, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier’s delivery schedule for Abellio’s delayed EMUs “unrealistic”

BOMBARDIER has promised to provide the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg (ABRB) a binding, feasible delivery schedule by the end of January for the 21 delayed Talent 2 EMUs on order, after ABRB said it was not confident the vehicles would be delivered within Bombardier’s previous delivery timetable.

January 27, 2020 | High-speed

First Renfe Avlo high-speed train completed

SPAIN’s national passenger operator Renfe has completed the conversion of the first series 112 high-speed train for its new Avlo service which will launch in April.

January 27, 2020 | Europe

FlixTrain sets sights on European expansion

Matthias Müller, head of FlixTrain, talks to David Burroughs.

January 25, 2020 | Main line

RegioJet starts depot development in Prague

CZECH and Slovak private operator RegioJet has launched a project to build a new maintenance centre to the east of Prague, purchasing a 2.4 hectare plot in Dolní Měcholupy, near the Prague - České Budějovice main line and Prague Hostivař station.

January 24, 2020 | Light Rail

Seattle secures $US 1.4bn in federal funding

CENTRAL Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has secured $US 1.4bn in US federal government funding for a light rail extension in Seattle.

January 24, 2020 | Technology

Vy launches Scandinavian-wide MaaS project

VY, formerly Norwegian State Railways (NSB), has awarded SkedGo a contract to develop a new Mobility as a Service (MaaS) journey planner for the Scandinavian region.

January 24, 2020 | Middle East

Traffic soars on Israel’s extended A1 link to Tel Aviv

TRAFFIC increased by 76% in the first month of operating a through service on Israel’s A1 link between Jerusalem Navon and Tel Aviv Hahagana, without passengers having to change trains at Ben Gurion Airport.

January 24, 2020 | North America

Byford resigns as New York City Transit president

NEW York City Transit (NYCT) president, Mr Andy Byford, resigned unexpectedly on January 23, two years after taking up the role.

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