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January 3, 2019 | Track

Vossloh completes Strabag rail milling business acquisition

VOSSLOH has completed the acquisition of Strabag’s rail milling business unit, expanding its capabilities in rail and switch maintenance.

January 3, 2019 | Africa

Hyundai Rotem nets Cairo metro train contract

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 150.8bn ($US 130m) contract to supply 48 metro trains for Cairo Line 2.

January 2, 2019 | Main line

Prorail reports better performance on Dutch network

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail says that punctuality on the network improved in 2018. More trains ran on time while the number of large disruptions to train services dropped by 11% from 627 to 558.

January 2, 2019 | Metros

Delhi opens Pink Line extension

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation opened the final major section of the automated Pink Line on December 31, a 9.7km stretch from Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket-1.

January 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Construction starts on first GTX line in Seoul

KOREA’s minister of land transport and tourism Mr Kim Hyun-mi officially launched construction of Line A of the planned three-line GTX high-speed regional rail network at a ceremony at Kintex in Seoul on December 27.

January 2, 2019 | Asia

Chinese cities open urban rail lines

CHINA marked the end of 2018 with a flurry of urban rail project openings in cities across the country.

January 2, 2019 | Europe

Six dead in Danish train accident - updated

SIX passengers on a Danish State Railways (DSB) Aarhus - Copenhagen inter-city train were killed in the early morning of January 2 when the train was hit by an object while crossing the Great Belt fixed link between Funen and Zealand at around 07.45.

January 2, 2019 | Central/South America

São Paulo targets rail expansion

The state of São Paulo is investing more to expand the urban rail network in the São Paulo metropolitan area, build light rail lines and introduce a two-line inter-city network in the state. Renata Passos reports on the progress made so far and the challenges facing the expansion.

December 31, 2018 | Europe

Great Western electric operation extends west

BRITISH train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) extended electric train operation west from Swindon to Bristol Parkway and from Reading to Newbury on December 31 following the completion of electrification at 25kV ac by infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR).

December 31, 2018 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes automation of Pilbara rail network

RIO Tinto announced on December 28 that it has successfully completed its $US 940m AutoHaul project to automate the operation of its 1700km heavy-haul rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which it says is now the “world’s largest robot and first automated heavy-haul, long-distance rail network.”

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