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October 30, 2018 | Metros

Urumqi opens first metro line

TRIAL passenger operation began on October 25 on the first metro line in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

October 30, 2018 | Fare collection

Government-owned retailer takes over Norwegian ticket sales

ENTUR, a company owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, has taken over the sale of tickets at stations from national operator Norwegian State Railways (NSB) as part of the government’s effort to create a level playing field for all passenger operators.

October 29, 2018 | Track

Adif announces €126.8m high speed and conventional line tenders

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif announced on October 27 that it will tender €126.8m of railway construction and renewal contracts including three new sections of the Madrid - Extremadura high-speed line (LAV), and upgrades to the Ciudad Real - Badajoz conventional line.

October 29, 2018 | Europe

Budapest rail bridge to get third track

HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) has launched a project to add a third track on the sole electrified east-west railway bridge across the Danube in southern Budapest.

October 29, 2018 | Metros

Japan and Indonesia sign agreement for Yen 70bn loan for Jakarta MRT phase two

THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) signed loan agreements with the government of Indonesia on October 24 to provide official development assistance (ODA) loans of up to Yen 70bn ($US 623m) for phase two of the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project.

October 26, 2018 | Financial

British Government announces £350m loan for Crossrail

BRITAIN’s minister of state at the Department for Transport (DfT) and minister for London, Mr Jo Johnson, has announced that £350m of short term repayable financing will be made available for Crossrail, after the opening of the central section of London’s £14.8bn Elizabeth Line between Paddington and Abbey Wood was delayed from December until autumn 2019.

October 26, 2018 | Light Rail

Zaragoza LRV fitted with 3D-printed front end components

CAF subsidiary, RL Components, alongside Zaragoza Tram, has presented the first light rail vehicle to feature front end components produced entirely using additive manufacturing, or 3D printing.

October 26, 2018 | High-speed

Services on Cologne - Frankfurt HS line to resume from November 18

GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on October 26 that it plans to reinstate regular services on the Cologne - Frankfurt high-speed line from November 18, following a severe fire on a class 403 ICE 3 on October 12.

October 26, 2018 | Metros

Almaty Metro awards new train contract

ALMATY Metro has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 80.8m ($US 70.8m) order to supply 32 four-car trains by 2020 for use on the extension of Line 1, the only metro line in Kazakhstan.

October 26, 2018 | Metros

North-South metro finally gets over the line

Amsterdam’s new North-South metro line finally opened in July after 15 years of construction. Quintus Vosman reports on the challenges faced by the project, and the benefits the new metro line will deliver to the Dutch capital.

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