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January 9, 2020 | Technology

RTRI prepares Research 2025 strategy

Dr Norimichi Kumagai, president, Railway Technical Research Institute, talks to Kevin Smith.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Indian railways to purchase 44 T-18 EMUs

INDIAN Railways (IR) has published global bids to procure 44 locally-built T-18 EMUs.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom wins £642m British train refurbishment and maintenance contract

BRITAIN’s new operator of the West Coast Main Line, Avanti West Coast, has awarded Alstom a seven-year contract worth around £642m to refurbish and maintain the 56 electric Pendolino tilting trains which Alstom originally supplied in 2003.

January 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail announces £640m contract awards to deliver design services

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has announced the award of 82 framework contracts to deliver design services across the country. The contracts are worth an estimated £400m for Control Period 6 (2019-2024) and up to £640m if options extending into Control Period 7 (2024-2029) are exercised.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Stadler awarded Dart Flirt maintenance contract

DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) has awarded Stadler US a $US 112m, 15-year contract to maintain the eight Flirt DMUs and the Equipment Maintenance Facility (EMF) currently under construction. This is Stadler’s first maintenance contract in the United States.

January 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

Design contract awarded for section of trans-Nepal railway

THE Nepalese government has awarded a contract to a multi-national consortium to carry out detailed engineering design and prepare a detailed project report for the construction of the 136km Bharatpur - Nijgadh section of the 946km Mahakali - Mechi trans-Nepal railway.

January 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

SNCF Network set to appoint Lallemand as president

FRENCH infrastructure manager SNCF Network is on the verge of appointing Mr Luc Lallemand, CEO of Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel, as president.

January 8, 2020 | High-speed

SŽDC releases design tender for high-speed line

THE Czech Republic’s infrastructure manager SŽDC has published a tender to prepare documentation to apply for planning permission to construct the 23km Prague-Běchovice - Poříčany section of the planned Prague - Brno high-speed line.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

South Western Railway on the brink after reporting £137m loss

BRITISH franchisee South Western Railway (SWR), a joint venture of First Group (70%) and MTR (30%), is on the brink of collapse after it reported a loss of £137m in its financial results up to March 31 2019.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

ORR reduces increase in British high-speed access charges

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has cut the proposed increase in track access charges requested by HS1 by 32% or £12.3m per year.

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