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April 8, 2020 | Freight

Brazil approves early renewal of Rumo Paulista concession

BRAZIL’s minister of infrastructure, Mr Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, has authorised the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) to renew Rumo’s Paulista concession early.

April 8, 2020 | High-speed

Test running starts on China’s Hefei - Huzhou HS line

CHINA National Railway started test running and debugging on the 311km high-speed line linking Hefei and Huzhou on April 7.

April 7, 2020 | Signalling

ERTMS launched on third Danish line

DENMARK’s infrastructure manager, Banedanmark, has launched ERTMS on the 73.6km single-track line between Thisted and Struer in northwest Jutland.

April 7, 2020 | Technology

Industry uses 3D printing capability in fight against Covid-19

SIEMENS and Alstom have begun using their 3D printing capabilities to produce items to protect passengers, staff and medical practitioners during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 7, 2020 | Infrastructure

Contract to construct southwestern Bari line awarded

ITALIAN State Railways (FS) engineering subsidiary Italferr has awarded D'Agostino Angelo Antonio Costruzioni Generali an €80m contract to construct a new 10km line providing additional capacity into Bari from the southwest.

April 7, 2020 | Metros

Hong Kong approves Tung Chung Line metro extension project

THE Hong Kong government has given MTR the green light to carry out detailed planning and design for the Tung Chung Line metro extension project.

April 7, 2020 | Middle East

Israel electrification programme accelerated as ETCS Level 2 tested

ISRAEL Railways (IR) has successfully extended electrification of the A1 Link to Tel Aviv Hashalom and Tel Aviv Savidor/Central stations and begun tests on the section on April 5, just days after announcing plans to revise and accelerate its network electrification programme.

April 7, 2020 | Fleet

BOB begins testing of new Lint DMU fleet

ALSTOM has delivered the first of 31 Coradia Lint DMUs to Bavarian Oberland Railway (BOB) ahead of the start of testing on the Oberland network.

April 7, 2020 | Fleet

United Wagon wins two wagon orders in Azerbaijan

UNITED Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, has secured contracts from two Azerbaijani rail freight operators to supply 25-tonne axleload freight wagons of three types.

April 6, 2020 | Main line

Vy lays off another 400 employees as passenger numbers plummet by 80%

NORWEGIAN rail and bus operator Vy has announced that it has been forced to lay-off a further 400 employees from its rail and administration sectors.

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