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November 17, 2020 | Technology

IRJ In-Brief - Technology: Shenzhen Metro tests smart windows; Bombardier's predictive maintenance service for signalling; Rumo start-up programme winners revealed

China: Shenzhen Metro, in collaboration with Wabtec and CRRC Nanjing Puzhen, will install and test six Wabtec Smart Windows in one of its six-car Type A trains which operate on metro Line 6.

November 17, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom unveils new trains for Montreal REM

THE first four-car driverless metro train for Montreal’s Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) automated light metro project were unveiled by Alstom on November 16.

November 16, 2020 | High-speed

Will California realise its high-speed ambitions?

After a roller coaster ride, California’s bold attempt to build America’s first high-speed railway is finally making good progress, as Brian Kelly, CEO of California High-Speed Rail Authority, explains to David Briginshaw.

November 14, 2020 | Locomotives

LA and Long Beach port railway purchases battery locomotive

CALIFORNIA shortline Pacific Harbour Line (PHL) has reached an agreement with Progress Rail to receive its new EMD Joule battery-electric locomotive for a demonstration project in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

November 12, 2020 | Metros

Chicago Transit Authority faces $US 375m operating deficit in 2021

THE Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has revealed its faces a $US 375m operating budget deficit in 2021 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

November 11, 2020 | High-speed

Five-point plan aims to accelerate US high-speed development

FOLLOWING the election of long-time passenger rail advocate, Mr Joe Biden, as president elect of the United States, the United States High Speed Rail Association (USHSR) has published a five-point plan to encourage the development of high-speed networks across the country.

November 11, 2020 | Main line

Mayan Train rolling stock and equipment tender announced

MEXICO’s National Fund for Tourism Promotion (Fonatur), which is overseeing construction of the 1452km Mayan Train project on the Yucatan peninsula, has released details of the international public tender to supply rolling stock and signalling and operations equipment for the first five sections of the project.

November 7, 2020 | Infrastructure

IRJ In-Brief - Projects: Bogestra extension opens; Adelaide’s Tonsley Line extension to open in December; bidders come forward for Chennai Line 4.

Germany: The 2.6km €59.3m extension of the Bogestra network between Bochum-Langendreer Markt and Papenholz, Witten, opened on November 1.

November 5, 2020 | Financial

Bombardier Transportation reports third-quarter revenues of $US 2.1bn

BOMBARDIER Transportation has reported $US 2.1bn in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, adjusted to exclude the impact of foreign exchange rates due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The result is a 5% drop compared with the same period in 2019.

November 5, 2020 | North America

Mixed results for US election transit initiatives

THERE were mixed results for transit funding measures included on election ballots in states and cities across the United States on November 3.

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