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January 10, 2019 | Europe

Greece nears completion of Athens - Thessaloniki upgrade

GREEK infrastructure manager Ergose celebrated the launch of electrified services on a new section of the Tithorea - Domokos line between Leianokladi and Agiias on January 7, a key milestone as a two-decade long project to upgrade the Athens - Thessaloniki corridor nears completion.

January 9, 2019 | Europe

France to competitively tender loss-making inter-city services

THE French government announced on January 9 that it will publish a prior information notice in the next few days as a first step towards the competitive tendering of inter-city services on the Nantes - Bordeaux and Nantes - Lyon routes.

January 9, 2019 | News

RZD records growth in passenger and freight traffic

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) published its full-year traffic figures for 2018 on January 9, revealing a 3.4% increase in passenger numbers and a 2.2% rise in freight volumes.

January 9, 2019 | Europe

German rail market report highlights continued growth

GERMANY’s railways continued to see growth in terms of revenue and traffic during 2017 according to the latest annual Railway Market Analysis from the Federal Networks Agency (BNetzA), which was published this week.

January 9, 2019 | News

Contract awarded for Manila MRT-3 rehabilitation

THE Philippines Department of Transport has selected a joint venture of Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for a maintenance and rehabilitation project on Manila metro Line MRT-3.

January 9, 2019 | Europe

Arriva and ČD win Zlín regional tenders

ARRIVA has been awarded a contract to operate regional services in the Zlín area in the eastern Czech Republic, although incumbent Czech Railways (ČD) will continue to operate local trains on several routes in the region until at least 2023.

January 8, 2019 | Main line

Croatia signs 10-year passenger rail operating contract

THE Croatian government has signed a public service obligation (PSO) contract with incumbent passenger operator HŽ Putnički Prijevoz (HŽPP), which will continue to operate the bulk of the country’s passenger trains for another decade.

January 8, 2019 | Europe

NS plans contactless bank card trial

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) is preparing to trial contactless bank and credit card payments for travel on its services.

January 8, 2019 | Metros

Jinan opens first metro line

THE first urban rail opening of 2019 took place on January 1, when Jinan, the capital of China’s eastern Shandong province, launched trial passenger operation on its first metro line.

January 8, 2019 | High-speed

Adif AV tenders for 22 service locomotives

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif AV has issued a tender for 22 standard-gauge locomotives, which will be used for services such as recovery, maintenance support, including hauling work trains of up to 600 tonnes, and snow ploughing.

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