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November 2, 2018 | Freight

Cuban Railways orders 837 wagons from Russia

CUBAN Railways (UFC) signed a contract worth around €48m with RM Rail, Russia, for 837 freight wagons at this week’s Havana trade fair.

November 2, 2018 | Infrastructure

Serbia reopens Novi Sad - Zrenjanin line

SERBIA has completed the reconstruction of the 95km line linking Zrenjanin to Novi Sad following a seven year, Dinar 5.5bn ($US 53.1m) project.

November 1, 2018 | Fleet

Stadler presents battery electric Flirt

STADLER presented its prototype Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple units on October 25, when the train completed a trip from Stadler’s plant in Berlin-Pankow to Schildow in Brandenburg without an external power supply.

November 1, 2018 | Metros

Delhi metro network reaches 300km

LESS than 16 years after the opening of its first line, the Delhi metro network passed the 300km mark on October 31 with the inauguration of the 17.8km eastern section of the orbital Pink Line (Line 7) from Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake.

November 1, 2018 | Freight

Russia is finally unleasing its transit freight potential

The idea of developing Asia - Russia - Europe rail freight goes back nearly 20 years, but traffic has only recently started to grow strongly. Yuri Saakyan, director general of Russia’s Institute of Natural Monopoly Research (IPEM), outlines efforts to integrate rail into the world’s largest trade and transit system.

October 31, 2018 | Infrastructure

Network Rail to reinforce Dawlish sea wall

NETWORK Rail (NR) has announced that coastal, tunnel, cliff and railway engineers will undertake repairs to reinforce the London - Penzance main line connecting the southwest of England to the rest of the country.

October 31, 2018 | Rolling stock

Transmashholding finalises purchase of South African rolling stock plant

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has completed a deal with DCD Group to acquire DCD’s rolling stock factory in Boksburg, South Africa, for a reported Rand 500m ($US 33.9m).

October 31, 2018 | Technology

DB invests in satellite technology start-up

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced that its Digital Ventures business unit will make a strategic investment of several million Euros in Canadian start-up satellite telecommunications firm Kepler Communications.

October 31, 2018 | Africa

Tanzania - Rwanda railway set for December groundbreaking

THE governments of Tanzania and Rwanda confirmed on October 29 that the two countries will break ground next month on a new standard-gauge railway connecting landlocked Rwanda with the Indian Ocean.

October 30, 2018 | Locomotives

SBB to modernise Matterhorn Gotthard Railway locomotives

MATTERHORN Gotthard Railway (MGB), Switzerland, has awarded SBB a SFr 35.4m ($US 35.2m) contract to modernise nine HGe 4/4 II geared locomotives and three BDt driving cars, and supply a spare parts package for the vehicles. The vehicles will be refurbished at the SBB workshop in Bellinzona over the next four years.

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