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October 11, 2018 | Metros

Belgrade Metro and Train to oversee city’s new network

BELGRADE’s city assembly has voted to establish a public utility company to construct and operate a passenger metro network and develop the city’s railway.

October 10, 2018 | Light Rail

Marta board approves $US 2.7bn transit expansion

LIGHT rail leads the $US 2.7bn in expansion projects unanimously approved by Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (Marta) board of directors on October 4.

October 10, 2018 | Fleet

Northern unveils first new DMUs and EMUs

ARRIVA Rail North (Northern) officially unveiled the first two new trains being introduced under its £500m modernisation programme at an event in Liverpool on October 4.

October 9, 2018 | High-speed

AllRail calls for changes to stop low-cost high-speed monopolies

THE European alliance of new rail entrants, AllRail, has called for changes to the way incumbent national railways run low-cost high-speed subsidiaries, which it says are unfairly stifling competition.

October 9, 2018 | Main line

Prague - Beroun tunnel feasibility study narrowed to three options

CZECH railway infrastructure manager SŽDC has narrowed the options available to fix the sinuous and congested Prague - Beroun section of the Prague - Pilsen main line down to three, the company confirmed during a meeting near Prague Smíchov station on October 4.

October 9, 2018 | Policy

New German rail alliance holds its first meeting

THE inaugural meeting of Germany’s Rail Future Alliance was staged in Berlin on October 9 by federal transport minister, Mr Andreas Scheuer, and the federal government commissioner for rail, Mr Enak Ferlemann.

October 9, 2018 | Infrastructure

Wellington network set for $NZ 193m upgrade

THE NZ Transport Association (NZTA) has allocated $NZ 193m ($US 124.3m) to renew existing rail infrastructure and upgrade the network around Wellington to allow for future growth in New Zealand’s capital city, New Zealand’s transport Minister, Mr Phil Twyford, announced on October 9.

October 8, 2018 | Metros

Vienna starts work on U-Bahn expansion project

A ceremony was held in Vienna on October 8 to mark the start of construction on a U-Bahn project to split Line U2 and build two extensions to create a longer Line U2 and a new Line U5.

October 8, 2018 | High-speed

Virtual reality takes training into a new dimension

With the technology used to operate high-speed trains constantly changing, the methods to train those tasked with operating and maintaining this equipment is also shifting. David Burroughs reports from Spain on how technologies such as virtual reality is changing the way Adif trains its employees.

October 5, 2018 | Metros

Lima metro launches first six-car train

A project to increase capacity on Lima metro Line 1 reached a milestone on October 4 with the start of six-car operation on the north-south line from Bayóvar to Villa el Salvador.

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