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August 18, 2020 | Financial

Amtrak releases plan to restore long-distance services

UNITED States national passenger rail operator Amtrak has released criteria for the restoration of regular long-distance services following an announcement that most daily services would be cut to three times a week from October due to the coronavirus pandemic.

August 18, 2020 | Europe

DB announces €40m station renovation scheme

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced a €40m scheme to renovate 167 train stations across its network as part of a programme for ‘attractive stations’.

August 17, 2020 | Metros

Cairo Metro inaugurates Phase 4B extension of Line 3

CAIRO Metro inaugurated the 7km Phase 4B section of Line 3 during a ceremony held on August 17 attended by Egyptian president, Mr Abdel Fattah El Sisi, and prime minister, Mr Moustafa Madbouli.

August 17, 2020 | Europe

RAIB confirms landslip caused Stonehaven derailment

BRITAIN’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has confirmed that the 06.38 southbound service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street, which derailed near Stonehaven on August 12, did so following a collision with a landslip.

August 17, 2020 | News

Rheinbahn halts acceptance of new Bombardier LRVs

RHEINBAHN, which operates light rail services in the Düsseldorf metropolitan area, has stopped accepting new Flexity HF6 LRVs from Bombardier until further notice following the discovery of manufacturing defects.

August 17, 2020 | Technology

Ulsan and Hyundai Rotem agree hydrogen tram project

THE Korean city of Ulsan and Hyundai Rotem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to produce and test the country’s first hydrogen-powered LRVs. The agreement was signed on August 13 at an event attended by Ulsan’s mayor, Mr Cheol-ho Song, and Mr Yong-bae Lee, Hyundai Rotem’s CEO.

August 17, 2020 | Europe

ÖBB tenders for 96 maintenance vehicles

ÖBB Infrastructure subsidiary Rail Equipment has published a tender for the supply of up to 96 infrastructure maintenance vehicles.

August 17, 2020 | Financial

NS reports significant loss in first half of 2020

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) says it would have recorded a €1.078bn loss in the first half of 2020 if it wasn’t for government subsides as passenger numbers plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic.

August 17, 2020 | High-speed

Pandemic fails to slow China’s high-speed network expansion

China is continuing the development of the world’s most extensive high-speed network at a breakneck pace. David Burroughs looks at the lines that have opened as the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and the sections nearing completion.

August 16, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Sydney port rail capacity upgrade gets green light

THE New South Wales state government has given the go ahead for the Port Botany track doubling and Cabramatta Loop projects in Sydney, which will vastly improve rail access to Australia’s second largest container port.

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