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March 16, 2020 | Commuter Rail

New Zealand investigating fast Auckland - Hamilton services

NEW Zealand’s Ministry of Transport has announced it is investigating ways to introduce “rapid rail” between Auckland and Hamilton, potentially reducing travel times to an hour.

March 16, 2020 | Fleet

MÁV-Start introduces first Kiss EMU into passenger service

MÁV-Start introduced the first of 40 new six-car double-deck Kiss EMUs on the Budapest Nyugati - Cegléd - Szolnok line on March 15.

March 16, 2020 | Policy

Borders close in Europe halting international train services

GERMANY’s decision to close its border with Austria, Switzerland, France and Denmark due to the coronavirus pandemic means that international passenger services to most of these countries have been cancelled.

March 16, 2020 | Metros

Six shortlisted for Sydney metro station upgrades

SIX companies have been shortlisted to bid for tenders to upgrade nine stations along Sydney’s T3 Bankstown Line between Bankstown and Sydenham to metro standards as part of the Western Sydney Metro line.

March 16, 2020 | Europe

Moving mountains, the Brenner Base Tunnel

While excavation of the Brenner Base Tunnel linking Austria and Italy beneath the Alps is making steady progress, there is still a lot of work to do to improve access routes in order to maximise the benefits of the tunnel, as Anitra Green reports.

March 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Italian companies support Uruguayan upgrade project

FERROCARRIL Central Construction Company, Uruguay, has awarded a joint venture of Italian companies Wegh Group and Diorama a €35m contract to supply sleepers to support the rehabilitation of the 273km Port of Montevideo - Paso do los Toros line.

March 13, 2020 | Policy

Czech Republic stops cross-border passenger trains

THE Czech government will prohibit all cross-border passenger train, bus, and boat services with effect from March 14 as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 13, 2020 | Metros

Three Grand Paris Express metro lines to have LTE

SOCIÉTÉ du Grand Paris (SGP) has appointed a consortium of Nokia and Engie Solutions to install an industrial grade LTE private wireless network for ATO on three Grand Paris Express metro lines.

March 13, 2020 | Main line

Nomad Digital to equip Öresund train fleet with Wi-Fi

NOMAD Digital has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to install Wi-Fi on the fleet of 111 EMUs operating across the Öresund linking Denmark and Sweden.

March 13, 2020 | Freight

Intermodal operators urge action in face of coronavirus downturn

INTERMODAL freight operators in Europe have called for a number of measures to be put in place to allow freight to continue to move during the coronavirus pandemic, especially during the lock-down in Italy.

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