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January 9, 2020 | Asia

Indian Railways expands passenger privatisation plans

INDIAN Railways (IR) is expected to float tenders for the operation of 100 private services on 150 routes at the end of January, up from the 25 routes initially planned.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Indian railways to purchase 44 T-18 EMUs

INDIAN Railways (IR) has published global bids to procure 44 locally-built T-18 EMUs.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom wins £642m British train refurbishment and maintenance contract

BRITAIN’s new operator of the West Coast Main Line, Avanti West Coast, has awarded Alstom a seven-year contract worth around £642m to refurbish and maintain the 56 electric Pendolino tilting trains which Alstom originally supplied in 2003.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Stadler awarded Dart Flirt maintenance contract

DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) has awarded Stadler US a $US 112m, 15-year contract to maintain the eight Flirt DMUs and the Equipment Maintenance Facility (EMF) currently under construction. This is Stadler’s first maintenance contract in the United States.

January 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

SNCF Network set to appoint Lallemand as president

FRENCH infrastructure manager SNCF Network is on the verge of appointing Mr Luc Lallemand, CEO of Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel, as president.

January 8, 2020 | High-speed

SŽDC releases design tender for high-speed line

THE Czech Republic’s infrastructure manager SŽDC has published a tender to prepare documentation to apply for planning permission to construct the 23km Prague-Běchovice - Poříčany section of the planned Prague - Brno high-speed line.

January 8, 2020 | Main line

20 rail projects to watch in 2020

IRJ market analyst, Oscar Sinclair, profiles the 20 rail projects to watch in the next 12 months.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

South Western Railway on the brink after reporting £137m loss

BRITISH franchisee South Western Railway (SWR), a joint venture of First Group (70%) and MTR (30%), is on the brink of collapse after it reported a loss of £137m in its financial results up to March 31 2019.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

ORR reduces increase in British high-speed access charges

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has cut the proposed increase in track access charges requested by HS1 by 32% or £12.3m per year.

January 7, 2020 | Policy

Rail Baltica updates processes following audit results

THE Rail Baltica (RB) joint venture has responded to the results of a joint audit undertaken following the resignation of former CEO Ms Baiba Rubesa in September 2018, which highlighted both scheduling and budgeting risks for the cross-border project, saying that the targeted completion date of 2026 remains possible.

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