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March 21, 2019 | Main line

FirstGroup orders Hitachi trains for open-access London - Edinburgh service

FIRSTGROUP has confirmed an order for five five-car AT300 200km/h intercity EMUs for a new low-fares London King’s Cross - Edinburgh open-access service due to launch in autumn 2021.

March 21, 2019 | High-speed

Ferrovial awarded €121m Spanish civil works contract

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded Ferrovial a €121m, 30-month contract to carry out civil works on the 25.7km Pulpí - Vera section of the Murcia - Almería high-speed line, which will form part of the Mediterranean Corridor.

March 21, 2019 | Fleet

DB seeks second-hand intercity trains for 2020 timetable

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking a second-hand fleet of 200km/h double-deck EMUs, the first of which must be available for operation on the German network in less than a year.

March 20, 2019 | Signalling

First section of London Underground SSL resignalling goes live

THE first section of the £1.6bn project to install Thales Sectrac ATO on London Underground’s Sub-Surface Lines (SSL) network went live at 14.00 on March 17 on the Hammersmith - Latimer Road section of the Hammersmith & City Line, which includes Hammersmith depot.

March 20, 2019 | Metros

Tianjin Metro releases tender for 41 trains

TIANJIN Metro has released two tenders for EMUs for operation on two extensions to the Tianjin metro: Line 4 southern section and Line 10 phase 1.

March 20, 2019 | Europe

Bombardier to overhaul Eurotunnel passenger shuttles

EUROTUNNEL has signed a €150m seven-year contract with Bombardier to overhaul nine 26-car passenger shuttle trains as part of its 2018-2026 mid-life programme.

March 20, 2019 | Fleet

Alstom to supply Transdev with 1000th Coradia Lint DMU

TRANSDEV has awarded Alstom a contract worth more than €150m to supply 41 Coradia Lint regional DMUs for operation in the German state of Bavaria. The trains will be operated by Transdev subsidiary Bavarian Regional Railways (BRB) on services from Augsburg to Weilheim, Schongau, Ingolstadt, Eichstätt and Langenneufnach.

March 20, 2019 | Financial

Cost efficiencies drive SBB to record profit

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) reported a record year in 2018, with operating revenue up by 2.2% to SFr 9.6bn ($US 9.6bn) and consolidated profit increasing by 42.5% to a record SFr 568.4m. This was achieved in spite of a 1.3% increase in operating expenses to SFr 9bn.

March 19, 2019 | Main line

Lausitz network services tendered

THE Brandenburg ministry of infrastructure and state planning and the Leipzig local transport authority ZVNL have issued a call for tenders for an operation contract on the Lausitz network via regional transport authority VBB.

March 19, 2019 | Fleet

Transmshholding to supply 21 EMUs to CPPK

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) subsidiary Demikhovsky Machine-Building Plant (DMZ) has won a contract to supply 21 11-car EP2D dc EMUs to Central Suburban Passenger Company (CPPK), Russia.

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