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July 4, 2019 | Main line

Lithuanian Railways to modernise ticketing systems

LITHUANIAN Railways (LG) has announced plans to upgrade its passenger ticketing system.

July 4, 2019 | Europe

North Rhine-Westphalia plans line reopenings

THE Ministry of Transport in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has announced plans to reopen two lines to passenger traffic.

July 4, 2019 | Fleet

VR Group plans EMU order to replace Sm2 fleet

FINNISH operator VR Group has announced plans to invest around €250m to purchase a new fleet of trains to replace the Sm2 EMUs currently used on suburban services around Helsinki.

July 4, 2019 | Metros

First Kuala Lumpur MRT SSP trains delivered

THE first two metro trains for the Kuala Lumpur MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line have been delivered to Sungai Buloh depot.

July 4, 2019 | North America

Massachusetts breaks ground on South Coast Rail

MASSACHUSETTS state governor Mr Charlie Baker and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager, Mr Steve Poftak, joined local municipal leaders, elected officials and local stakeholders to officially launch construction on the first phase of the South Coast Rail project on July 2.

July 4, 2019 | Locomotives

Fuelling the impetus for efficient diesel

X-Fuel Energizer, a fuel additive developed by Ecomanda, promises a straightforward method to improve combustion and reduce emissions. David Burroughs talks to Ecomanda’s business director Henrique Braun about the new technology.

July 4, 2019 | Fleet

Munich orders additional Avenio LRVs

MUNICH Transport (MVG) and Munich City Authority (SWM) has exercised an option worth more than €200m for 73 additional Avenio LRVs from Siemens.

July 3, 2019 | Technology

Nomad Digital awarded DSB Wi-Fi contract

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has awarded a consortium of Alstom Transport UK, Alstom Transport Denmark and Nomad Digital a contract to install on-board passenger Wi-Fi across the operator’s regional and inter-city fleets.

July 3, 2019 | Freight

Alberta looks to dump multi-billion-dollar oil trains

OIL trains funded by the Canadian province of Alberta were supposed to start transporting Alberta’s glut of bitumen to foreign markets on July 1 under a $US 2.8bn contract committing provincial taxpayers to leasing 4400 tank wagons and guaranteed payments to Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).

July 3, 2019 | Europe

Austrian provinces to upgrade regional lines

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the provincial governments of Lower and Upper Austria have signed agreements to invest nearly €1bn in the modernisation and electrification of regional lines.

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