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September 9, 2020 | Metros

Lisbon awards metro extension contract

LISBON City Council has announced the winner of a €73.5m contract for Lot 2 of the Lisbon Metro Yellow and Green Line extension project, following a decision on September 3.

September 9, 2020 | Financial

VDB - outlook for German rail industry exports bleak

THE German Railway Industry Association (VDB) has warned of long-term economic effects from the Covid-19 pandemic on the international railway market, with a large section of the industry anticipating a bleak outlook for the coming year.

September 9, 2020 | Financial

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Financial: VR reports loss; Fall in demand hurts PKP Cargo; DB offers inter-city discounts to young people

Finland: National operator VR has reported an operating loss of €19.5m for the first half of 2020, compared with an operating profit of €54.7m for the same period in 2019.

September 9, 2020 | Light Rail

Strasbourg launches Koenigshoffen light rail extension

THE French city of Strasbourg has launched services on a 1.7km extension to its light rail Line F, following an inauguration on August 29.

September 9, 2020 | Light Rail

Conversion of Amstelveen line to light rail complete

THE conversion of the Amstelveen hybrid LRV/light metro line linking Amsterdam South and Amstelveen Westwijk into a conventional light rail line has been completed, with the line due to reopen with the start of the 2021 timetable on December 13.

September 8, 2020 | Financial

Rail to benefit from French economic stimulus plan

FRANCE’s railways are set to benefit from a €4.7bn cash injection from the French government as part of its “Relaunch France” plan announced on September 3 to boost the French economy following the Covid-19 pandemic.

September 8, 2020 | Locomotives

DB Cargo awards Siemens 400 bi-mode locomotive framework contract

DB Cargo has awarded Siemens a framework contract worth more than €1bn for up to 400 bi-mode electro-diesel locomotives, including an initial order for 100 locomotives.

September 8, 2020 | Fleet

Athens receives first batch of new LRVs

ATHENS’ public transport operator Attiko Metro, Greece, has received the first two Alstom Citadis X05 low-floor LRVs out of an order for 25 placed in July 2018.

September 8, 2020 | Europe

Network Rail begins work to remove derailed train in Scotland

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has begun work to reopen the railway near Stonehaven, Scotland, following a fatal derailment on August 12 which killed three people.

September 8, 2020 | Technology

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Technology: Mapping trackside vegetation through machine learning; RZD and Tele2 model inter-city traffic flow; Sydney Trains deploys new safety systems.

Germany: German Rail (DB), in collaboration with technology startup LiveEO, is employing machine learning to analyse satellite images to create digital vegetation maps across its network. The intention is to identify trees that are especially vulnerable to extreme weather, to better manage potential disruption in the event of storms.

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