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July 22, 2019 | Main line

Passenger trains return to Bragado

ARGENTINA’s national operator Argentinean Trains (TA) has re-launched passenger services along the 208km line between Buenos Aires and Bragado four years after they were suspended following serious weather damage to several bridges and track at the western end of the route in August 2015.

July 22, 2019 | High-speed

California issues RFQ for high-speed rail systems contract

CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has released a request for qualification (RFQ) on July 17 for a $US 1.6bn design-build-maintain contract to equip the 191km Merced - Bakersfield Central Valley section of the state’s high-speed rail project.

July 22, 2019 | Locomotives

SBB Cargo orders 20 Vectron MS locomotives

SWISS freight operator SBB Cargo International has ordered 20 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens, which it will lease from SüdLeasing through a long-term leasing plan with a flexible term.

July 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Ireland approves plans for National Train Control Centre

IRELAND’s government has approved plans for a new Dublin-based National Train Control Centre (NTCC) to enable the planned and potential future expansion of rail services across the entire Irish network and facilitate the planned expansion of Dublin Area Rapid Transit (Dart) services under the Dart Expansion Programme.

July 22, 2019 | Locomotives

Clayton Equipment designs new battery hybrid locomotive

BRITISH locomotive manufacturer Clayton Equipment has developed a new battery hybrid Bo-Bo locomotive.

July 19, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Auckland City Rail Link major works contract signed

AUCKLAND City Rail Link (CRL) developer City Rail Link Ltd has signed a project alliance agreement (PAA) with the Link Alliance, enabling work to begin on two new underground stations, upgrading the existing Mt Eden station, and completing tunnel construction.

July 19, 2019 | Metros

Madrid to extend metro Line 11

THE regional government of Madrid has announced plans for a 6.3km extension of metro Line 11 from the current terminus at Plaza Eliotica to an interchange with Line 6 at Conde de Casal.

July 19, 2019 | Metros

MTR proposes phased opening of Tuen Ma Line, outlines options for Shatin - Central Link

A feasibility study by MTR Corporation has found a phased opening of Hong Kong’s Tuen Ma Line (TML), which would see three new stations at Hin Keng, Diamond Hill and Kai Tak open in the first quarter of 2020, is a viable option.

July 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

ORR releases final Network Rail CP5 report

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released its final annual assessment of infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for Control Period 5 (CP5), which ran from 2014 to March 2019, highlighting good results in managing its infrastructure assets and for the freight sector, but continued underperformance in the key areas of passenger train performance and efficiency.

July 18, 2019 | Europe

Subsidies could harm overnight train revival, AllRail warns

AS European operators signal their intention to increase the availability of overnight inter-city trains, the European alliance of new rail entrants, AllRail, has called on governments not to directly subsidise the services - a move which it says would create an uneven playing field.

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