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January 30, 2020 | North America

Tough market set to persist in 2020

A stagnant North America freight market is set to continue in 2020. However, as Jim Blaze explains, technological advances and potential growth in intermodal, heavy-haul offer the Class 1 railways room for optimism.

January 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

Stadler-Siemens wins Lisbon Metro signalling and train contract

LISBON Metro has awarded a €114.5m contract to a consortium of Stadler and Siemens for the installation of CBTC on the network and the supply of 14 trains.

January 29, 2020 | Financial

Britain’s Northern franchise to enter public ownership

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, has confirmed that the Northern passenger franchise will enter public ownership on March 1, transferring control from Arriva Rail North and ending weeks of speculation over the troubled operation.

January 29, 2020 | Metros

European ticketing associations to merge, combining standards

TWO European ticketing associations, Calypso Networks Association (CNA) and OSPT Alliance, are to merge to drive global adoption of open ticketing standards.

January 29, 2020 | Signalling

PTC rollout 98% complete across US Class 1 railways

POSITIVE Train Control (PTC) was in operation across 98.5% of the required United States Class 1 infrastructure at the end of 2019, according to statistics released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

January 29, 2020 | Main line

Mexico’s Mayan Train project construction set to start in April

CONSTRUCTION of the first 951km phase of Mexico’s Mayan Train project is set to begin in April after the government revealed the tendering process for the controversial scheme.

January 29, 2020 | Australia/NZ

New Zealand to invest $US 700m in rail network

NEW Zealand’s prime minister, Ms Jacinda Ardern, has announced a $NZ 1.1bn ($US 717.6m) investment in rail as part of a $NZ 6.8bn transport infrastructure investment plan.

January 29, 2020 | Asia

IR looks to partial privatisation to boost investment

Managers with Indian Railways (IR) seem driven these days by by looking at partial privatisation to boost investment when problems become big, the exit is the best route.

January 28, 2020 | Technology

JR East set to roll out new Shinkansen catenary system

EAST Japan Railway Company (JR East) has released details of a new catenary system, which the railway is set to install on sections of the Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen beginning this year.

January 28, 2020 | Metros

Stadler wins Tyne and Wear Metro fleet contract

NEXUS, the local transport authority owner and operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro in northeast England, has selected Stadler to supply and maintain 42 new five-car articulated light metro trains worth £300m and build a new £70m depot.

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