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May 28, 2019 | Freight

Budamar orders five Vectrons from Siemens

BUDAMAR Group, Slovakia, has ordered five multi-system Vectron locomotives from Siemens for approximately €20m.

May 28, 2019 | High-speed

SNCF reports strong high-speed growth

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) says that traffic on its high-speed services grew by 14% between January and April this year compared with the same period in 2018 when SNCF was suffering from strikes. The growth equates to additional 4.5 million travellers.

May 28, 2019 | Main line

SZ orders 26 more Stadler multiple units

SLOVENIAN Railways (SZ) has awarded Stadler a contract worth more than €150m to supply 26 Flirt multiple units, exercising an option from a framework contract for Flirt and double-deck Kiss EMU sets awarded in April 2018.

May 28, 2019 | Metros

Shenyang opens third metro line

TRIAL operation on Line 9 of the Shenyang Metro started on May 25. The 29km L-shaped line runs from Nujianggongyuan south to Hunhe and then east to Shenyang Jianzhudaxu University.

May 28, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Sydney opens Australia’s first metro line

THE $A 8.3bn ($US 5.7bn) first stage of the Sydney Metro Northwest metro line between Tallawong and Chatswood opened on May 26, with around 140,000 people experiencing free travel for the day on the new service.

May 28, 2019 | Africa

Contractor chosen for Cairo monorail projects

EGYPT’s Ministry of Transport has selected a consortium of Bombardier and Egyptian companies Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors as preferred bidder for two monorail projects in Cairo.

May 27, 2019 | Asia

ADB finances Uzbekistan Railways locomotive order

THE Asian Development Bank has agreed to lend Uzbekistan $US 170m to finance the modernisation of Uzbekistan Railways’ (UTY) locomotive fleet and maintenance facilities.

May 24, 2019 | Central/South America

Uruguay breaks ground on Central Railway project

URUGUAY’s transport minister Mr Victor Rossi attended the laying of a foundation stone at Paso de los Toros in the department of Durazno on May 23 to officially launch construction on the Central railway project.

May 24, 2019 | Infrastructure

Asian Development Bank finances Indian electrification programme

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to provide Rs 10.7bn ($US 750m) in long-term financing to Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) to fund the Railways Track Electrification Project, the largest single non-sovereign loan ever committed by ADB.

May 24, 2019 | Main line

SJ wins Øresundståg operating contract

SWEDISH national train operator SJ has been awarded a contract to operate Sweden - Denmark Øresundståg services for eight years from December 2020.

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