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October 29, 2019 | Infrastructure

Bane Nor awards Bergen - Fløen track doubling design contract

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane NOR has awarded Cowi a design contract for the track-doubling of the Bergen - Fløen line as part of the Arna - Bergen project, along with the construction of a freight terminal at Nygårdstangen.

October 29, 2019 | Light Rail

Rio de Janeiro LRT Line 3 opens

RIO de Janeiro’s Carioca LRT Line 3 opened on October 26. The 4km line runs from Central do Brasil station to Santos Dumont Airport, with a journey time of approximately 18 minutes.

October 29, 2019 | Fleet

Westbahn confirms December train service cutback

AUSTRIA’s open-access inter-city operator Westbahn has confirmed that it will withdraw its hourly Vienna Praterstern - Salzburg service on December 14, cutting the frequency between the two cities in half.

October 29, 2019 | Infrastructure

South Australia launches Gawler line electrification project

WORK is finally starting on a $A 615m ($US 421m) project to electrify the 78km Adelaide - Gawler commuter line in South Australia.

October 29, 2019 | High-speed

Trenitalia to test ETR 1000 between Paris and Lille

IRJ at WCRR 2019: Trenitalia is set to begin dynamic tests next week on the French high-speed network as the operator steps up the certification process for use of ETR 1000 trains in France.

October 28, 2019 | Technology

Shift2Rail launches inaugural Catalogue of Solutions

IRJ at WCRR 2019: Europe’s Shift2Rail joint technology research initiative has launched the inaugural edition of its Catalogue of Solutions, which executive director, Mr Carlo Borghini, says will offer railway executives and buyers a clearer picture of what the rail solutions of the future will look like.

October 28, 2019 | Fleet

First Nuremberg G1 metro train unveiled

THE first of 34 G1 metro trains for operation on Line U1 of the Nuremberg U-Bahn has been presented to Nuremberg Transport (VAG) by Siemens.

October 28, 2019 | Infrastructure

Initial works underway on Israel’s East Line

PREPARATORY earthworks have started on part of Israel’s Shekels 8.5bn ($US 2.4bn) East Line project to reopen a 64km line from Hadera East to Lod.

October 28, 2019 | Fleet

Refurbished SBB IC2000 coaches enter service

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) introduced the first refurbished IC2000 double-deck coaches between Zurich and Bern on October 25, marking a milestone in the operator’s SFr 300m ($US 301.4m) fleet modernisation project.

October 28, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Abellio subcontracts DB Regio for S-Bahn services due to driver shortage

ABELLIO Rail, a subsidiary of Netherlands Railways (NS), has announced in the Official Journal of the European Union that it has subcontracted DB Regio to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Line S3 (Oberhausen - Essen - Hattingen) between December 15 and March 1 2020.

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