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August 6, 2019 | Financial

Mixed bag for Adif in half-yearly results

SPANISH infrastructure managers Adif and Adif High Speed (Adif AV) recorded a combined Ebitda of €130.43m in the first half of 2019, a 10% decrease compared with the same period last year caused by measures taken to improve services across the Spanish network.

August 6, 2019 | Metros

São Paulo Metro begins studies to build Line 19

THE São Paulo state government has initiated steps to construct metro Line 19-Celeste (sky blue), with São Paulo Metro releasing bidding documents calling for studies and surveys that will outline the basic project.

August 6, 2019 | Main line

Malaysian construction companies pre-qualify for East Coast Rail Link

MALAYSIA’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project authority Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) has shortlisted 331 construction companies, or 25.1% of the country’s 1321 registered construction firms, as eligible to submit bids for the project’s civil works packages following a pre-qualification exercise.

August 6, 2019 | Technology

Siemens and Softil to cooperate with LTE-R development

SIEMENS and Softil have signed an agreement to provide next-generation communications solutions for use in LTE-R and mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) radio networks for metros.

August 5, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Contract signed to construct Cairo monorails

BOMBARDIER, Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors have signed an agreement with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels in Cairo to design and build two new monorail lines to connect East Cairo with the New Administrative Capital and 6th October City with Giza.

August 5, 2019 | Europe

Westbahn to operate Austrian section of Regiojet’s Vienna - Prague service

CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet will end its co-operation with Graz-Köflacher Rail (GKB), which currently operates the Austrian section of Regiojet’s Vienna - Brno - Prague services, at the end of the year. These services will instead be operated by Austrian open-access operator Westbahn.

August 5, 2019 | Middle East

Iran to complete Chabahar - Zahedan line by end of 2019

THE Iranian government has announced plans to finish construction of the 750km Chabahar - Zahedan line by the end of the year.

August 5, 2019 | North America

Virgin Trains seeks $US 3.6bn bonds for California - Las Vegas line

PRIVATELY-funded inter-city passenger operator Virgin Trains USA, previously known as Brightline, is seeking approval from the states of California and Nevada to raise as much as $US 3.6bn in tax-exempt bonds for a high-speed line linking southern California with Las Vegas.

August 2, 2019 | Europe

Munich U-Bahn to test platform screen doors

MUNICH public transport operator MVG has announced plans to pilot the use of platform screen doors on the city’s U-Bahn network alongside the introduction of CBTC, which is replacing the current LZB train protection system.

August 2, 2019 | Fleet

Alstom to supply CDG Express trains

ALSTOM has been selected to supply a fleet of 13 trains for the new CDG Express rail link between central Paris and Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport.

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