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February 8, 2019 | Light Rail

First tram tracks laid for Westside Metro extension in Birmingham

THE first tram tracks have been laid in Birmingham for phase one of the West Midlands Metro Edgbaston extension from Grand Central to Centenary Square.

February 8, 2019 | Main line

North of England leaders back Northern Powerhouse Rail

POLITICAL and business leaders from the north of England have backed a confidential document outlining several concepts for a proposed £39bn government investment in the region's railway infrastructure.

February 7, 2019 | Asia

Italian joint venture to design Himalayan rail tunnel

INDIAN Railways has awarded an Italian joint venture of Italferr and Lombardi a €5m design and project management contract for a 12km tunnel on the Rishikesh - Karnaprayag line in the Himalayas.

February 7, 2019 | Europe

European passenger rail market growing, says EU report

PASSENGER traffic in the European Union (EU) continued to grow by 1.7% per year between 2009 and 2011, the European Commission (EC) report on the state of the EU rail market shows, although freight traffic has failed to recover to pre-crisis levels.

February 7, 2019 | Freight

SBB Cargo extends contracts with Swiss Post and DB Cargo

SBB Cargo has signed multi-year contract extensions with Swiss Post and DB Cargo for domestic and international rail freight services.

February 7, 2019 | Light Rail

VHB to carry out Brooklyn-Queens Connector environmental review

NEW YORK City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has awarded engineering firm VHB a contract worth up to $US 7.2m to carry out an environmental review for the 17.7km Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) light rail line.

February 7, 2019 | Europe

Dutch extend plans for high-frequency operations

TRAINS will connect nine major Dutch cities every 10 minutes by 2040 under plans unveiled by state secretary to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Mrs Stientje van Veldhoven, on February 6.

February 6, 2019 | Fleet

CAF wins fleet maintenance contracts in Spain and Saudi Arabia

CAF announced on February 6 that it has been awarded four contracts with a total value of €240m to maintain rolling stock fleets in Spain and Saudi Arabia.

February 6, 2019 | Freight

80% of DB Cargo wagons now equipped with “whispering brakes”

A milestone was reached in Germany’s programme to reduce rail noise on February 5, when the country’s largest rail freight operator DB Cargo rolled out the 50,500th wagon equipped with so-called whispering brakes.

February 6, 2019 | Financial

European Commission blocks Siemens-Alstom merger

THE European Commission (EC) announced on February 6 that it has blocked the merger of Siemens Mobility and Alstom on the grounds that the two companies have failed to address its concerns over the potential impact of the deal on competition in the signalling and high-speed rolling stock markets.

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