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January 14, 2019 | Central/South America

Brazil sets timetable for renewal of railway concessions

BRAZIL's National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) has released a new timetable for the early renewal of rail freight concessions, which is expected to unlock investment worth more than Reais 30bn ($US 8bn).

January 14, 2019 | Light Rail

Automatic braking system to be installed on Croydon LRV’s following fatal derailment

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has awarded Engineering Support Group (ESG) a contract to install an automatic braking system on London’s Croydon tram network, the first time the system has been used in Britain.

January 14, 2019 | Main line

Brightline celebrates one year of operation

PRIVATELY-funded inter-city passenger operator Brightline celebrated one year of service on January 13, with nearly 600,000 passengers using the service between Miami and West Palm Beach in Florida.

January 14, 2019 | Europe

DB’s troubles continue despite market growth

THE German rail market continued to grow in 2018. Figures for the first half of the year issued by the Federal Statistical Office Destatis showed expansion in the long-distance segment of 3.8% to 71 million passengers and 0.9% in regional and urban rail to 1.3 billion passengers.

January 13, 2019 | Policy

Is there finally light at the end of the tunnel for the Fourth Railway Package?

Elisabeth Werner, land transport director with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move), talks to David Briginshaw.

January 12, 2019 | Policy

Kapsch proposes ‘Made in Europe’ initiative

Kari Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch CarrierCom, talks to Kevin Smith

January 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Bengaluru suburban railway project approved

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Karnataka has approved a feasibility study for a 161km suburban rail network in the state capital Bengaluru.

January 11, 2019 | Metros

Engineering contract awarded for Bart Silicon Valley Phase 2 extension

CALIFORNIA’s Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) announced on January 10 that it has awarded a joint venture of Mott McDonald and PGH Wong a contract worth up to $US 125m to provide general engineering services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) Silicon Valley Phase 2 Extension.

January 11, 2019 | High-speed

Spain to cut high-speed track access charges in bid to boost competition

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and its high-speed subsidiary Adif AV have approved proposals to cut track access fees on high-speed lines by 9.2% with the aim of stimulating competition on Europe’s largest high-speed rail network.

January 11, 2019 | Locomotives

Beacon leases dual-mode locomotives to SNCF Captrain Spain

BEACON Rail Leasing has acquired nine CAF Bitrac broad-gauge electro-diesel locomotives for lease to SNCF Captrain Spain.

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