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December 17, 2018 | High-speed

Acciona to take controlling stake in Spanish high-speed operator

SPANISH infrastructure group Acciona has reportedly reached an agreement with shareholders of Air Nostrum to take a controlling stake in open-access passenger operator Intermodalidad de Levante (Ilsa), which is planning to launch high-speed services in competition with incumbent carrier Renfe.

December 17, 2018 | Fleet

AVG exercises option for 20 Flexity tram-trains

BADEN-Württemberg municipal transport operator Albtal Transport (AVG) has exercised an €87m option with Bombardier for 20 Flexity tram-trains, the third order from a 2009 framework agreement for up to 75 vehicles.

December 17, 2018 | Central/South America

New Brazilian government to back rail freight development

Brazil’s president-elect is expected to maintain the country’s new line construction programme and continue the process to renew the regional rail freight concessions, the first of which are expected to be concluded soon. Renata Passos reports on the latest developments.

December 14, 2018 | Asia

Kars - Tbilisi - Baku coaches on test in Germany

DB Systemtechnik and Stadler Rail have been carrying out tests with new coaches for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) which will be introduced on international services on the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway next year.

December 14, 2018 | Freight

Rail Freight Forward coalition commits to cutting emissions

RAIL Freight Forward (RFF), a coalition of rail freight companies and federations from across Europe, has committed to work reducing transport emissions of C02 by up to 290 million tonnes over the next decade during the Katowice climate conference on December 14.

December 14, 2018 | Fleet

First LRV for Avignon tramway delivered

ALSTOM delivered the first of 14 Citadis X05 compact LRVs for Avignon, France, on December 13 after a three-day journey from La Rochelle where the LRV was designed and built, with the trams due to enter service in summer 2019.

December 14, 2018 | Metros

Israel announces three-line Tel Aviv metro network

A metro network consisting of three lines will be built in Tel Aviv, Israel’s minister of transport and intelligence, Mr Yisrael Katz, announced on December 12.

December 14, 2018 | Asia

Seoul high-speed regional network moves forward

KOREA’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure (MOLIT) announced on December 11 that it has approved the preliminary feasibility study for Line C of Seoul’s Great Train Express (GTX) high-speed regional rail network.

December 14, 2018 | Locomotives

UZ begins operation with first Evolution Series locomotive

UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) and GE Transportation have celebrated the introduction of the first Evolution Series locomotive into service in Ukraine as part of an ongoing effort to upgrade the country’s diesel-electric fleet.

December 14, 2018 | High-speed

Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high-speed rail

Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.

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