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October 11, 2019 | Main line

Dutch government to support return of international night train

THE Dutch secretary of state for transport, Mrs Stientje van Veldhoven, has agreed to provide a subsidy of €6.7m for the 2021-2024 period to support the reintroduction of an international night train service.

October 10, 2019 | Financial

EBRD arranges loans for new Istanbul metro line

THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a €97.5m syndicated loan for the construction of a new 13km north-south metro line in the Asian part of Istanbul.

October 10, 2019 | Signalling

JR East to introduce ATO on Joban Line next year

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) announced plans on October 8 to introduce automatic train operation (ATO) on the Joban Line commuter rail line in Tokyo by the end of 2020.

October 10, 2019 | Central/South America

Loan agreed to complete São Paulo monorail project

THE Latin American Development Bank agreed a Reais 1.2bn ($US 296m) loan to the Brazilian state government of São Paulo on October 7 to complete the first section of monorail Line 17/Gold of the São Paulo Metro.

October 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Adif orders high-speed inspection train from Talgo

SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has awarded Talgo a €39m contract to supply a 330km/h inspection train to monitor the condition of Spain’s high-speed rail network.

October 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Train speeds could be increased on New York Subway according preliminary report

NEW York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) published preliminary findings from its Train Speed and Safety Task Force on October 8 which show that line speeds on some sections of the New York Subway could be increased by as much as 50%.

October 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Bane Nor awards two track-doubling contracts

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor has awarded two contracts worth a total of NKr 5.62bn ($US 613m) for track doubling of two sections of the Vestfold main line.

October 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Hitachi Rail wins UAE systems and integration contract

ETIHAD Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway, has awarded Hitachi Rail STS a Dirhams 1.6bn ($US 436m) systems and integration contract for stage two of the network.

October 9, 2019 | Main line

FlixTrain expands its German rail network

GERMAN private open-access operator FlixTrain has announced plans to expand its long-distance rail services by adding additional stops and new routes to its network.

October 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Design contract awarded for new line in Greece

GREEK infrastructure manager Helenic Railways Organisation (OSE) has awarded a €2.16m contract to Omega Consulting Engineers to carry out preliminary design work for the construction of the Thessaloniki - Amfipolis - Nea Karvali railway.

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