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November 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Budapest city centre line upgrade tender announced

HUNGARY’s National Infrastructure Development Agency (NIF) has issued a call for tenders to rebuild the 5.7km Ferencváros - Budapest-Kelenföld line across the River Danube.

November 9, 2020 | Light Rail

Manchester set to receive new LRVs

TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is set to receive the first of 27 additional M5000 high-floor LRVs on order Bombardier this week.

November 9, 2020 | Telecoms

Ceneri Base Tunnel communication and control systems installation complete

INSTALLATION of communication and control systems has been completed on Switzerland’s Ceneri Base Tunnel in advance of the start of passenger operation next month.

November 9, 2020 | Fleet

Sardinia to order four additional DMUs with EU funding

THE regional council of the island of Sardinia, Italy, has announced it will order another four DMUs after the region received a €52.9m grant from the European Union’s Structural and Cohesion funds (FSC).

November 9, 2020 | Light Rail

CAF awarded two light rail contracts

CAF, Spain, has received two orders for LRVs worth a combined €45m from the Belgium’s Flemish Transport Company (De Lijn) and the Dutch province of Utrecht.

November 9, 2020 | Metros

Budapest metro Line 3 reconstruction enters final phase

THE southern 4.9km section of Budapest Metro Line 3 reopened at the end of last month after closing for reconstruction in April 2019.

November 9, 2020 | Passenger

Norway’s state operator rebrands and refocuses in new market

Norwegian State Railways’ (NSB) rebranding as Vy in mid-2019 reflects a radical transformation of the company over the past three years. Kevin Smith speaks with Arne Fosen, the head of Vy’s passenger train division, about its new strategy and the impact of coronavirus on the company and rail operations in Norway.

November 9, 2020 | Technology

Hyundai Rotem and KRRI sign hydrogen cooperation agreement

HYUNDAI Rotem, Korea, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korean Rail Research Institute (KRRI) to cooperate on the research and development of a hydrogen-based propulsion system for rail vehicles.

November 7, 2020 | Infrastructure

IRJ In-Brief - Projects: Bogestra extension opens; Adelaide’s Tonsley Line extension to open in December; bidders come forward for Chennai Line 4.

Germany: The 2.6km €59.3m extension of the Bogestra network between Bochum-Langendreer Markt and Papenholz, Witten, opened on November 1.

November 6, 2020 | Telecoms

FRMCS project takes key step forward

THE European Union-funded 5GRail project to validate specifications for the Future Railways Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) as well as develop and test prototypes for the successor to GSM-R was officially launched on November 1.

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