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January 19, 2021 | Fleet

DB awards ICE 4 maintenance contract to Siemens

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to undertake IS 600-level maintenance on 40 series 412 ICE 4 high-speed trains, with an option to undertake maintenance on another 50 trains of the same type.

January 19, 2021 | North America

Major rail projects included in New York governor’s 2021 infrastructure agenda

NEW York governor Mr Andrew Cuomo outlined a $US 306bn infrastructure plan on January 14 as part of his 2021 agenda, which includes support for several rail projects.

January 19, 2021 | Main line

Welsh government accepts rail-based solution to tackle congestion

THE Welsh government has accepted in principle a rail-based solution to reduce congestion on the M4 corridor between Cardiff, Newport and Bristol.

January 19, 2021 | Policy

Preparing rail’s vision for the ‘New Normal’

THE importance of coming together to share ideas and best practice has never been so apparent as during the early days and weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus spread around the world in March and April, the International Union of Railways’ (UIC) newly created Covid-19 taskforce sought to connect railways so they could help each other to respond.

January 18, 2021 | Financial

China Railways to scale back network expansion in 2021

CHINA National Railways (CR) has announced that it will focus on increasing efficiency and revenue across its network in 2021 rather than network expansion, marking a change of course for the state-owned railway.

January 18, 2021 | Freight

VFLI becomes Captrain France

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) rail freight subsidiary VFLI has been rebranded as Captrain France in line with other SNCF freight subsidiaries, which operate in 11 countries, as the railway seeks to develop a pan-European operator.

January 18, 2021 | Financial

Railpool raises €150m to grow fleet

FOUR banks have arranged €150m in financing to allow European rolling stock leasing company (Rosco) Railpool to purchase new locomotives.

January 18, 2021 | Europe

Contracts awarded for section of Naples - Bari line

THE Italian government has signed a €470m contract with a joint venture of Italian companies led by Ghella to manage the design and construction of the 19.2km Telese Terme - Vitulano section of the 146.6km Naples - Bari new line project.

January 18, 2021 | Fleet

China unveils second prototype 620km/h maglev train

CHINA unveiled a prototype maglev car with a design speed of 620km/h in Chengdu, the capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, on January 13, along with a 165m-long test track.

January 18, 2021 | Middle East

Bombardier to carry out Israel Railways coach overhaul

ISRAEL Railways (IR) has selected Bombardier to carry out a $US 15m mid-life overhaul of 143 first-generation Twindexx double-deck coaches, originally delivered between 2002 and 2006.

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