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June 27, 2020 | Main line

Cross-border services resume as European borders reopen

SPANISH operator Renfe and French National Railways (SNCF) will reintroduce cross-border services between France and Spain from July 1, as other European cross-border rail connections such as Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) NightJet overnight trains begin to return across the continent.

June 26, 2020 | Main line

LNER secures three-year direct award extension

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded state-owned operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) a three-year direct award contract to continue operating InterCity East Coast services from London King’s Cross to the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.

June 26, 2020 | News

Fourth Railway Package technical pillar transposition deadline extended

THE European Union (EU) has adopted emergency legislation to extend the deadline for member states to transpose the directives of the Technical Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package to October 31.

June 26, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan Court of Appeal finds SGR construction contract illegal

THE Kenyan Court of Appeal has found that the Shillings 500bn ($US 4.7bn) construction contract for the country’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was made illegally.

June 26, 2020 | Policy

Poupart-Lafarge elected Unife chairman

THE European Railway Industry Association (Unife) has elected Alstom chairman and CEO, Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge, as its new chair during its general assembly, which was held remotely on June 25.

June 26, 2020 | Fleet

CRRC successfully tests 600km/h maglev train

CHINA successfully completed low-speed dynamic testing of a 600km/h prototype maglev car developed by CRRC Sifang on a test track at Tongji University in Shanghai on June 21, a milestone for the project launched in June 2016.

June 26, 2020 | Policy

Completion of TEN-T reliant on member states - Vălean

MEMBER states will need to deliver on their obligations to deliver sections of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by the 2030 targeted completion data, says European commissioner for transport, Ms Adina-Ioana Vălean.

June 26, 2020 | Europe

Snälltåget announces new overnight service to the Austrian Alps

SWEDISH private operator Snälltåget will launch a new direct overnight service between Sweden and the Austrian Alps in February 2021.

June 25, 2020 | High-speed

Knorr-Bremse to support RZD to develop 400km/h trains

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has formed a strategic partnership with Knorr-Bremse and the Russian Engineering Centre for Rail Transport (ECRT) to develop the operator’s next-generation high-speed trains, which are planned to operate at speeds of up to 400km/h.

June 25, 2020 | Fleet

DSB removes 35 IC4 DMUs from service following braking issues

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has removed 35 of its troubled IC4 DMUs from service, after a potential flaw in some refurbished brake controls was identified.

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