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September 18, 2020 | Africa

Egypt plans to build train factory in Port Said

EGYPT’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has announced plans to establish the country’s first plant to build EMUs, DMUs and monorail trains in East Port Said industrial zone.

September 18, 2020 | Light Rail

Lviv orders 10 low-floor LRVs

THE Ukrainian city of Lviv has awarded a contract for the supply of 10 new low-floor LRVs as part of the city’s public transport modernisation programme.

September 18, 2020 | Central/South America

Nuevo Leon awards contract for Monterrey commuter line project

THE Mexican state of Nuevo Leon has awarded a $US 810,000 contract to Sener Engineering Mexico to carry out technical studies for a planned commuter line in the city of Monterrey.

September 17, 2020 | Metros

Makati Subway awards construction contract

MAKATI Subway, a subsidiary of Philippine Infradev Holdings, has awarded a $US 1.21bn contract to China Construction Second Engineering Bureau for the construction of an 8km metro line in the city of Makati, southeast of Manila.

September 17, 2020 | Fleet

Saxony demonstrates Siemens battery train in Dresden

OBERELBE Transport Authority (VVO) and Siemens Mobility conducted a trial run with a battery-powered Desiro Main Line train between Dresden and Königsbrück on September 16.

September 17, 2020 | Technology

Scottish hydrogen train developers issue tender to convert class 314 EMU

SCOTLAND’s University of St Andrews issued a tender on September 10 for the conversion of a three-car class 314 EMU to hydrogen propulsion as part of its Zero Emission Train Project.

September 17, 2020 | Infrastructure

Lithuania awards design contract for Kaunas railway node

THE Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications and national infrastructure manager LTG Infra have awarded a €1.1m contract to Spanish engineering firm Ardanuy Ingenieria to prepare development plans for the Kaunas railway node as part of the Rail Baltica project.

September 17, 2020 | Fleet

Govia Thameslink Railway announces £55m fleet upgrade

GOVIA Thameslink Railway (GTR) and leasing company Porterbrook have announced a five-year, £55m programme to modernise the Southern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern ‘Electrostar’ fleets, a total of 270 trains.

September 17, 2020 | Freight

Learning the lessons of Rastatt

Developed following the Rastatt incident in 2017, the ICM Handbook is designed to improve responses to disruptions along the Rail Freight Corridor network. Christiane Warnecke and Alessandro Fattorini from the Rhine-Alpine Rail Freight Corridor talk with David Burroughs about how guidelines from the handbook and other lessons learned from the Rastatt incident were put into practice following an accident at Auggen in April.

September 16, 2020 | Financial

Alstom expects to acquire Bombardier Transportation for less than envisaged

ALSTOM has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Bombardier and Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec (CDPQ) for the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation for between €5.5bn and €5.9bn, and now says this could drop to €5.3bn.

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