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August 1, 2019 | Metros

Trial passenger operation begins on Bangkok Blue Line extension

THAILAND’s transport minister, Mr Saksayam Chidchob, officially launched trial passenger operation on the 5.4km extension of the Bangkok MRT Blue Line from Hua Lamphong to Tha Phra on July 29.

July 31, 2019 | Financial

CAF reports 33% increase in first-half earnings

CAF, Spain, reports a 33% increase in adjusted Ebitda to €116m for the first half of 2019 compared with €87m in the first half of 2018 with an Ebitda margin of 9.2%. This increase is attributable mostly to growth and to the contribution of Solaris which CAF acquired in 2018.

July 31, 2019 | Africa

Talgo and AOI sign Egyptian rolling stock agreement

TALGO has signed a framework agreement with the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) to cooperate on rolling stock projects in the Egyptian market.

July 31, 2019 | Policy

No-deal Brexit could force temporary suspension of Eurostar services

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) warns in its first-half results for 2019 that it could be forced to temporarily suspend Eurostar services linking London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam if the British government decides to leave the European Union (EU) on October 31 without a deal as the new British prime minister Mr Boris Johnson has threatened.

July 31, 2019 | Central/South America

Guatemala City LRT right-of-way agreement signed

PLANS for the first light rail line in Guatemala City took a step forward on July 29, when the municipality signed an agreement with the country’s railway infrastructure manager Ferrovías to use an abandoned heavy rail alignment for the project.

July 30, 2019 | Infrastructure

Kazakhstan and Alstom sign digital signalling MoU

ALSTOM and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of digital technologies for railway signalling in Kazakhstan.

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

CAF rolls out extra EMUs for Auckland Transport

AUCKLAND Transport (AT) has released a photo of the first of a second batch of AM class EMUs currently being built by CAF in Spain, which is currently undergoing final electrical testing before being shipped to New Zealand.

July 30, 2019 | Metros

Maharashtra approves Mumbai metro expansion

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved three extensions of the Mumbai metro, which will add 50km to the network at a cost of Rs 240bn ($US 3.5bn).

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

Portland and San Diego order additional Siemens LRVs

SIEMENS has been awarded two contracts to supply S700 LRVs for San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and Portland regional transit operator TriMet.

July 29, 2019 | Infrastructure

Bids revealed for Croatian upgrade

CROATIAN Railways Infrastructure (HZI) publicly opened the 10 bids for a contract to reconstruct and double-track the 42.6km line between Križevci, Koprivnica and the Hungarian border on July 19.

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