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May 15, 2019 | Asia

Thailand selects contractors to build 220km/h line between three airports

THE government of Thailand has selected a group of 13 companies led by the Chareon Pokphand Group (CP) conglomerate for a public-private partnership to develop a $US 6.8bn 220km/h railway between three of the country’s most important airports.

May 15, 2019 | High-speed

RB Rail awards technical design contract

THE RB Rail joint venture, which is responsible for implementing the Rail Baltica high-speed project linking Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has selected a consortium of Spanish companies Ineco and Idom Consulting to deliver the design contract for the 56km section of the route which passes through the Latvian capital Riga.

May 14, 2019 | Metros

Genoa metro extension secures key MoU

THE Municipality of Genoa and Italian State Railways (FS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop land owned by the railway to support the long-proposed extension of the city’s metro to Martinez and Canepari.

May 13, 2019 | Financial

Arriva sues DfT over East Midlands franchise

ARRIVA has followed Stagecoach in launching legal action against the British government’s Department for Transport (DfT) over its failed bid for the East Midlands franchise.

May 13, 2019 | Central/South America

Buenos Aires opens rebuilt Mitre commuter line

ARGENTINEAN president Mauricio Macri officially opened the new elevated section of the Retiro Mitre - Tigre line on May 10, commenting in his speech that it is the first new railway viaduct in the city built in a century.

May 10, 2019 | Main line

BLS pauses plan to take on Swiss inter-city services

SWITZERLAND’s second-largest railway BLS announced on May 9 that it will not take over the operation of two inter-city routes it was awarded in June 2018 by the Swiss Transport Office (BAV) following a ruling by the Federal Administrative Court.

May 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards Dawlish sea wall contract

BRTAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail has awarded a contract to Bam Nuttall to construct the first phase of a new sea wall at Dawlish to protect the main line between Exeter and Plymouth and the town from extreme weather, high waves and predicted rising sea levels.

May 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica awards first Latvian design contract

THE RB Rail joint venture, which is responsible for implementing the Rail Balitca high-speed project linking Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has announced the winner of the first design and design supervision tender in Latvia.

May 10, 2019 | North America

Via Rail reports growth for fourth consecutive year

CANADA’s national passenger rail operator, Via Rail, reports an increase in ridership and revenue in 2018, marking the fourth consecutive year in which growth in traffic and turnover has been achieved.

May 10, 2019 | Technology

Potsdam autonomous light rail trial extended

THE autonomous tram trial in the German city of Potsdam has been expanded from the original 6km section of line in the city’s suburbs to 13km, extending all the way to the Line 96 terminus at Marie-Juchacz Strasse.

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