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December 20, 2019 | Fleet

Korail orders 448 EMU cars from Hyundai Rotem

KOREA’s national operator Korail has awarded a Won 638.6bn ($US 550.4m) contract to Hyundai Rotem to replace ageing rolling stock on Seoul metro lines 1, 3, 4 and the Bundang Line.

December 20, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail and Strukton Rail sign MoU

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) and Strukton Rail, Netherlands, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the delivery of NR’s £245m research and development (R&D) portfolio up to 2024.

December 20, 2019 | Metros

CRRC wins Monterrey metro vehicle contract

THE Nuevo León Metro in the Mexican city of Monterrey has awarded CRRC a contract to supply 26 metro trains for operation on for lines 1, 2 and 3, with an option for five additional trains.

December 19, 2019 | Infrastructure

Israel officially launches Tel Aviv - Jerusalem A1 electric service

ISRAEL officially launched the introduction of electric train operation on the A1 link between Tel-Aviv Hahagana and Jerusalem Navon on December 18 ahead of the start of the full service on December 21. This follows several weeks of test running.

December 19, 2019 | Metros

Sydney Metro Waterloo station contract awarded

THE New South Wales (NSW) state government has awarded a joint venture between John Holland and Mirvac a $A 299m ($US 205.5m) contract to deliver the new Sydney Metro Waterloo station and an adjacent integrated development.

December 19, 2019 | Signalling

Hitachi STS to upgrade Paris - Lyon high-speed signalling

FRENCH national infrastructure manager SNCF Network has awarded Hitachi Rail STS a contract to upgrade signalling components on the Paris - Lyon high-speed line.

December 19, 2019 | Africa

Kenya Railways opens standard-gauge Naivasha container terminal

PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya flagged off the first standard-gauge freight train to Naivasha inland container terminal in Nairobi on December 17.

December 19, 2019 | Main line

Abellio refused three-year extension to ScotRail franchise

ABELLIO's ScotRail contract is to be terminated in 2022 and it will not be granted a three year extension, Scottish transport secretary, Mr Michael Matheson, confirmed on December 18.

December 19, 2019 | Employment

Training responds to changing workforce

As the nature of work changes and the useful life-span of skills drops, training centres are grappling with the challenge of bringing through the next generation of workers to meet the needs of railways. David Burroughs reports from Morocco on how the industry is tackling these issues.

December 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

Dunhuang railway in northwest China completed

CHINA National Railway (CR) officially opened the 173km Subei - Mahai line on December 18, marking the completion of the 671km Dunhuang circular railway in northwest China.

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