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March 27, 2019 | Financial

California issues $US 600m high-speed rail bond

CALIFORNIA sold $US 600m in bonds to fund the California high-speed rail project on March 26, as part of a wider $US 843m bond sale.

March 27, 2019 | Middle East

Israel Railways reports $US 91m loss in 2018

ISRAEL Railways (IR) reported a loss of Shekels 330m ($US 91.1m) in 2018, a sharp decline from the loss of Shekels 30m in 2017, a result which has prompted the company to introduce a series of cost-saving measures to improve the situation.

March 27, 2019 | Fleet

Occitanie orders 13 more Régiolis trains

THE French region of Occitanie has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €80m to supply 13 additional Coradia Polyvalent (Régiolis) four-car multiple units.

March 26, 2019 | Technology

German Aerospace Center and DB to test passenger comfort innovations

THE German Aerospace Center (DLR) and DB Systemtechnik (DB ST) signed a cooperation agreement for the Dirk project on March 19, which is developing a test vehicles to support innovations in passenger comfort and air conditioning.

March 26, 2019 | Asia

Japan reopens tsunami-damaged line

PASSENGER services on the 55.4km Miyako - Kamaishi line in Japan’s Iwate prefecture were restored on March 23, eight years after the line was severely damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

March 26, 2019 | Technology

Alstom and Eurostar to use Dassault Systèmes 3D digital platform

ALSTOM and Eurostar have signed contracts with Dassault Systèmes, France, to use its 3DExperience digital platform for train design and asset management.

March 26, 2019 | Fleet

ODEG orders Siemens Desiro EMUs for Elbe-Spree network

EAST German Railway Company (ODEG) has awarded Siemens a €300m contract to supply 23 Desiro high-capacity EMUs for services on lines RE1, RE8 and RB17 on the Elbe-Spree network.

March 26, 2019 | Central/South America

MRS Logística and Tora form São Paulo - Rio intermodal partnership

BRAZILIAN rail freight operator MRS Logística and road haulage firm Tora signed a partnership agreement at last week’s Intermodal South America and NT Expo in São Paulo with the aim of launching new intermodal services between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

March 25, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Salzburg Local Railway to be extended

A letter of intent was signed by the city of Salzburg, the province of Salzburg and Austria’s Federal Ministry of Transport on March 25 on the extension of the Salzburg Local Railway (SLB) to the city centre.

March 25, 2019 | Light Rail

Tokyo light rail line to run on renewable energy

JAPAN’s Tokyu Corporation announced on March 25 that Setagaya Line in Tokyo will become the first urban rail line in Japan to run entirely on renewable energy.

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