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January 18, 2019 | Europe

Spain to ramp up rail spending in 2019

SPAIN’s minister of public works Mr José Luis Ábalos unveiled details of the Ministry of Development’s €9.97bn 2019 budget on January 14, confirming a significant increase in public spending in the rail sector.

January 18, 2019 | Europe

ProRail focuses on capacity and speed as Dutch ridership surge continues

Pier Eringa, CEO of ProRail, talks to Keith Barrow.

January 17, 2019 | Financial

Voith and Pilotfish announce strategic partnership

VOITH and Pilotfish, a Swedish cloud-based applications provider for public transport, announced a strategic partnership on January 17, with Voith acquiring a 56% stake in Pilotfish and consolidating the company.

January 17, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards Scotland and North East CP6 contracts

NETWORK Rail (NR) has awarded £467m of contacts for Control Period 6 (CP6), completing the procurement activity for the Scotland and North East (SNE) route which is expected to hold one of the largest work-banks for the coming five-year funding period.

January 17, 2019 | Metros

First Hohhot metro train revealed

THE first train for the inaugural metro line in the Inner Mongolian capital Hohhot was officially presented to local government and transit officials at a ceremony at the CRRC Changke Railway Vehicles plant on January 13.

January 17, 2019 | Main line

ODEG makes major gains in Berlin with new Elbe-Spree regional contracts

DB Regio and East German Railway Company (ODEG) will share the contracts to operate the future Elbe-Spree Network serving Berlin and Brandenburg from December 2022 to 2034. According to local media, the contracts have been provisionally awarded by Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB), but remain subject to a 10-day statutory cooling-off period.

January 17, 2019 | Freight

Rail Cargo Group performance bucks freight market trend

Clemens Först, CEO, Rail Cargo Group, talks to Kevin Smith

January 16, 2019 | Freight

Denmark lifts pocket wagon ban

DANISH transport safety authority Trafikstyrelsen has lifted a prohibition notice issued on January 8 banning the operation of pocket wagons used to transport lorry semi-trailers.

January 16, 2019 | Asia

PT Inka and Stadler to build Indonesian rolling stock plant

INDONESIAN rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka and Stadler Rail have unveiled plans to build a joint production facility at Secang near Banyuwangi in eastern Java.

January 16, 2019 | Africa

Financing agreed for Cairo interurban light rail line

EGYPT’s transport minister Mr Hisham Arafat announced on January 16 that China’s Exim Bank has agreed to provide a $US 1.2bn loan to finance an interurban light rail line linking Cairo with 10th of Ramadan City.

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