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April 15, 2020 | Fleet

Manufacturers resume work following Covid-19 shutdowns

TALGO and Bombardier have resumed manufacturing at their facilities in Spain, Britain and Belgium after closing the factories in March in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

April 15, 2020 | Fleet

Oberelbe seeks consultant for hybrid train project

GERMANY’s Oberelbe Transport Authority (VVO) has published a tender in the Official Journal of the European Union for a consultant to help it procure a fleet of hybrid trains for operation in the Dresden area.

April 15, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 contractors set to proceed with phase one detailed design and construction

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a formal notice to proceed with detailed design and construction of the first 225km phase of HS2, the high-speed link between London, Birmingham and Lichfield, to the joint venture contractors working on the project.

April 15, 2020 | Fleet

Lower Silesian Railways rejects expensive dual-mode train bid

POLISH operator Lower Silesian Railways (KD) has rejected a bid from Newag for six dual-mode electro-diesel trains because the price was 44% above its budget.

April 14, 2020 | Fleet

Ural Locomotives unveils details of double-deck Swallow EMU

URAL Locomotives, a joint venture of Sinara Group and Siemens, has released details of its new double-deck Swallow regional EMU for Russian Railways (RZD).

April 14, 2020 | Freight

PKP Cargo and LG Cargo plan Poland-Lithuania intermodal JV

POLISH rail freight operator PKP Cargo and Lithuanian Railways’ subsidiary LG Cargo have signed a letter of intent to set up a joint venture to develop intermodal rail services between Poland and Lithuania.

April 14, 2020 | Fleet

NS launches tender process for new high-capacity EMUs

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has begun the process of ordering a new fleet of high-capacity EMUs to replace its existing DDZ fleet, issuing a request for information to select potential suppliers with a view to ordering the new trains in 2022.

April 14, 2020 | Europe

Record German long-distance passenger numbers in 2019

A record 151 million passengers used long-distance rail services in Germany during 2019 according to German Federal Statistical Office’s (Destatis) annual report.

April 11, 2020 | News

Construction progresses on Berlin U5 extension

CONSTRUCTION is nearing completion on the 2.2km extension of U-Bahn Line U5 from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

April 10, 2020 | Europe

IRJ in brief - Coronavirus: SNCF donates blankets; New Zealand speeds up payments; VR suspends overnight services

France: French National Railways (SNCF) has donated 3150 blankets from its night train services to the Samu social charity.

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