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April 15, 2019 | News

Eurostar loses 110,000 passengers due to industrial action

EUROSTAR lost an estimated 110,000 passengers in March following strike action by customs officers in Paris, which began on March 4.

April 15, 2019 | Europe

Stagecoach presses DfT for answers following franchise disqualification

STAGECOACH Group has written to Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) calling for answers over the awarding of the East Midlands franchise after it was disqualified from participating in three franchise competitions, alleging changes to the bidding instructions and contradictions from DfT officials.

April 15, 2019 | Main line

Länderbahn wins Czech regional tender

THE Czech region of Ústí nad Labem has awarded Netinera subsidiary Länderbahn a contract to operate regional rail services around the town Louny in Northern Bohemia.

April 12, 2019 | Light Rail

Lyon to renegotiate Rhônexpress concession

LYON Metropolitan Council and the city’s public transport authority Sytral announced on April 12 that they are planning to renegotiate the concession for the Rhônexpress tram-train link between the city centre and Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport.

April 12, 2019 | News

Bane Nor awards contract for new Eidsvoll North - Langset line

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor has awarded a consortium of Hæhre and PNC ANS a contract worth NKr 2.2bn ($US 259m) to construct a double-track line from Eidsvoll North to Langset, which is due to open in autumn 2023.

April 11, 2019 | Light Rail

FTA approves Seattle light rail extension

SOUND Transit confirmed on April 10 that the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted Entry into Engineering approval for Seattle’s Federal Way Link light rail extension.

April 11, 2019 | High-speed

Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services stepped up

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) have stepped up the frequency of Frankfurt - Brussels ICE services on April 7 to effectively offer a two-hourly service between the two cities.

April 11, 2019 | High-speed

Ramboll and Atkins win Swedish high-speed design contract

SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has commissioned Ramboll and Atkins to research and design the 160km Järna - Linköping high-speed line, the first section of a proposed 440km high-speed network linking Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.

April 11, 2019 | Asia

Harbin extends metro Line 1

THE capital of China’s northern Heilongjiang province Harbin added 8.6km to its metro network on April 10 with the opening of the southern extension of Line 1 from Harbin South main line station to Xinjiang Dajie.

April 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

New Berlin S-Bahn trains on test at Wildenrath

SIEMENS, Stadler and German Rail (DB) presented the first operational next-generation Berlin S-Bahn EMU at Siemens’ Wildenrath test centre in northwest Germany on April 9.

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