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January 14, 2020 | Main line

Czech Republic tests 200km/h operation

CZECH infrastructure manager Správa Železnic (SŽ), formerly known as Správa Železniční Dopravní Cesty (SŽDC), is undertaking 200km/h test operation with ETCS on the Vranovice - Břeclav section of the Prague - Vienna/Bratislava main line.

January 14, 2020 | Light Rail

Chinese to build and operate first Bogota LRT line

CHINA Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CECC) has won a Pesos 3600bn ($US 1.1bn) contract to design, build, operate and maintain a 39.5km commuter light rail line linking Bogotá with Sabana de Occidente.

January 14, 2020 | Infrastructure

Graz-Köflacher network to be electrified

GRAZ-Köflacher Rail (GKB) has announced plans to electrify its 91km network which stretches from Graz to Köflach and Wies-Eibiswald in Styria, Austria.

January 13, 2020 | Metros

Singapore opens first Thomson-East Coast Line stations

SINGAPORE opened three metro stations on the first section of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) on January 10, ahead of the launch of full operation on January 31.

January 13, 2020 | Fleet

EIB backs Naples fleet replacement

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €68m to Volturno Autonomous Body (EAV) to support the purchase of 40 new EMUs to operate on the 950mm-gauge Circumvesuviana network around Naples.

January 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Bart to award Hitachi STS $US 798m CBTC contract

THE board of Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has approved the award of a $US 798m contract to Hitachi Rail STS, United States, to install Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) on the 195km metro network.

January 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Varberg Tunnel design contract awarded

SNC-Lavalin group subsidiary Atkins has been awarded a contract to deliver detailed design and construction support for the 3.1km Varberg tunnel in Sweden, as part of the project to double-track the 300km West Coast Line between Gothenburg and Lund.

January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Iran focuses on domestic fleet production

IRANIAN transport and urban development minister, Mr Mohammad Eslami, says Iran Railways (RAI) expects to receive “300 new domestically-manufactured wagons and locomotives” by March 19, the end of the Iranian calendar year.

January 10, 2020 | Main line

Indian RRTS corridor extended

THE Haryana government has approved plans to extend the Delhi - Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor north to Karnal.

January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom begins delivery of Pop EMUs for Catania

ALSTOM has delivered the first five four-car Alstom Pop EMUs to Catania, Sicily, under a contract for 43 new EMUs to renew the island’s ageing fleet.

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