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March 9, 2020 | High-speed

Testing on Ankara - Sivas high-speed line begins

TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) completed the first tests on the Ankara - Sivas high-speed line on March 5, with the 393km line expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2020.

March 9, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom completes iLint tests in the Netherlands

ALSTOM has completed 10 days of testing with its iLint hydrogen-powered multiple unit on the 65km Groningen - Leeuwarden line in the Netherlands, with operation comparable with the regional DMUs currently used on the line.

March 9, 2020 | Infrastructure

Attorney general to investigate Banedanmark bribery claims following internal review

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has asked the country’s attorney general to launch an investigation into potential bribery following an internal review of thousands of emails.

March 9, 2020 | Passenger

Westbahn in transition

Westbahn introduced a significantly reduced service at the December 2019 timetable change. While a backward step for the private operator, as CEO Dr Erich Forster reveals in an exclusive interview with Kevin Smith, in the medium-term it will aid the company’s plan to run as a viable alternative to ÖBB.

March 7, 2020 | Financial

IRJ in brief - Financial: 17.4% growth for RheinCargo - Budapest fare revenue up - KiwiRail releases half-year results

Germany: RheinCargo carried 22 million tonnes of rail freight in 2019, a 17.4% year-on-year increase. Operating more than 100 trains per day, RheinCargo generated about 3.5 billion tonne-km.

March 6, 2020 | Europe

SNC-Lavalin wins Dublin metro advisory contract

TRANSPORT Infrastructure Ireland has appointed SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit, Britain, as an operations advisor for MetroLink, the planned north-south automated metro line in Dublin.

March 6, 2020 | Metros

Singapore outlines $US 43.5bn investment in rail to 2030

SINGAPORE is planning to spend $S 60bn ($US 43.5bn) to upgrade and expand its rail network over the next decade as part of a larger walk-cycle-ride (WCR) transport strategy, minister for transport Mr Khaw Boon Wan revealed on March 5.

March 6, 2020 | High-speed

Jacobs awarded consultancy contract for Swedish high-speed lines

SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has awarded Jacobs a framework contract to provide strategic consultancy services for three new high-speed lines along the Stockholm - Malmö and Stockholm - Gothenburg routes.

March 6, 2020 | High-speed

SNCF wants London - Bordeaux by 2022

LONDON St Pancras International and Bordeaux St Jean stations have been formally “twinned” in a ceremony held at St Pancras on March 5 2020 as French National Railways (SNCF) targets the introduction of a service between the two cities by 2022.

March 6, 2020 | Technology

IRJ in brief: DB Regio digitises planning - thermal imaging detects trespassing - Australia develops batteries

Germany: DB Regio introduced IVU Traffic Technologies’ integrated planning and dispatch system (iPD) across five regions, two Regio networks and four commuter railways from the start of the 2020 timetable.

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