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August 23, 2019 | Europe

Slovenia secures EU funding for Maribor - Šentilj upgrade

THE European Commission confirmed on August 22 that Slovenia will receive €101m from the European Union Cohesion Fund towards the upgrading of the line between Maribor and Šentilj on the Austrian border south of Graz.

August 22, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier awarded Dresden LRV contract

DRESDEN Public Transport (DVB), Saxony, has signed a contract with Bombardier to supply and maintain 30 Flexity LRVs, which will be equipped with the Obstacle Detection and Assistance System (ODAS) for collision prevention.

August 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards five-year technical and support contracts

BRITISH network manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded contracts to Altran and Aecom to support the delivery of work within its Safety, Technical and Engineering (STE) strategic plan during Control Period 6 (CP6), which runs from 2019-2024.

August 22, 2019 | Main line

SBB and BLS reach compromise on inter-city concessions

THE Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications announced on August 22 that the BLS and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have reached a compromise agreement on the operation of the country’s inter-city network.

August 21, 2019 | Main line

Lithuanian Railways to establish passenger subsidiary

THE passenger operations of Lithuanian Railways (LG) will be transferred to a new subsidiary under plans approved by the company’s board earlier this month.

August 21, 2019 | High-speed

Terms of independent HS2 review released

BRITISH secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, announced the terms of an independent review into the High Speed 2 (HS2) project on August 21, which will consider the necessity, scope and cost of the project.

August 21, 2019 | Infrastructure

EU grants €114m to Naples - Cancello line upgrade

THE European Union (EU) has announced a €114m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to upgrade a 15.5km line between Naples and Cancello in southern Italy.

August 20, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier wins East Midlands train maintenance deal

ABELLIO, which took over the operation of the East Midlands Railway (EMR) franchise in Britain on August 18, together with rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail, have awarded a £133m three-year contract to Bombardier to maintain the fleet of class 222 200km/h DMUs.

August 20, 2019 | Europe

Dutch to increase train frequency with 2020 timetable

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has completed the planning for the 2020 timetable 2020 which comes into force on December 15. This will be the first timetable to be based on 10-second increments rather than per minute which will improve the accuracy of train scheduling.

August 20, 2019 | Financial

Pakistan Railways achieves record income in 2018-19

PAKISTAN Railways (PR) has announced its highest ever revenue of Rs 54.6bn ($US 340.5m) for the 2018-19 financial year which it says is Rs 10bn more than in 2017-18.

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