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October 18, 2018 | High-speed

China approves Shanghai - Huzhou high-speed line

CHINA’s top economic planning authority, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has approved the construction of a 163.5km high-speed line linking Shanghai Hongqiao station with Suzhou and Huzhou, a city of nearly 3 million inhabitants in northern Zhejiang province.

October 18, 2018 | Middle East

Contract awarded for Riyadh metro airport extension

ARRIYADH Development Authority has awarded the FCC-led Fast consortium a contract to build a 1.5km extension of Riyadh metro Line 4 to serve King Khalid International Airport.

October 18, 2018 | Main line

MÁV-Start to trial low-fares services

HUNGARIAN national passenger operator MÁV-Start has unveiled plans for an experimental low-fares inter-city service linking the northeastern city of Nyíregyháza with Budapest Nyugati.

October 18, 2018 | Policy

UITP backs sustainable transport to combat climate change

THE International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has welcomed calls in last week’s report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for significant modal shift in the transport sector to help combat climate change.

October 18, 2018 | Light Rail

Amsterdam urban rail switches to renewable energy

AMSTERDAM Municipal Transport (GVB) has announced all trams, metro trains and electric buses will operate exclusively on power drawn from renewable sources with effect from January 1 2019.

October 17, 2018 | Main line

Go-Ahead chosen for first Norwegian passenger concession

THE Norwegian Railway Directorate announced on October 17 that it has selected Go-Ahead Norge as the winner of the first competitively-tendered concession for the operation of passenger services on the national network.

October 17, 2018 | Metros

Construction begins on Taoyuan metro Green Line

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Bade district of Taoyuan on October 15 to officially launch construction of the Taiwanese city’s metro Green Line.

October 16, 2018 | Central/South America

Buenos Aires suburban electrification project completed

A milestone was reached in the modernisation of Buenos Aires’ suburban Roca Line on October 12 when passenger services resumed on the 8.3km section between Berazategui and Bosques following the completion of upgrading and electrification works.

October 16, 2018 | Metros

Automating Glasgow’s ‘Clockwork Orange’

Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, is home to one of the world’s smallest and oldest metro systems. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport senior director Charlie Hoskins tells Keith Barrow how modernisation and automation is bringing this technically-unique system into the 21st century.

October 16, 2018 | Light Rail

Ile-de-France to replace Paris Line T1 trams

ILE-de-France Mobility is planning to launch a tender for up to 115 low-floor LRVs to replace the Alstom Standard French Tram (TFS) vehicles used on Paris Line T1.

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