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April 15, 2020 | Fleet

Lower Silesian Railways rejects expensive dual-mode train bid

POLISH operator Lower Silesian Railways (KD) has rejected a bid from Newag for six dual-mode electro-diesel trains because the price was 44% above its budget.

April 7, 2020 | Fleet

United Wagon wins two wagon orders in Azerbaijan

UNITED Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, has secured contracts from two Azerbaijani rail freight operators to supply 25-tonne axleload freight wagons of three types.

April 6, 2020 | High-speed

Hitachi unveils latest version of JR Central maglev test train

HITACHI has unveiled a more streamlined version of the series LO maglev test train which it is building for JR Central.

April 3, 2020 | Fleet

LNVG invites bids to refurbish double-deck coaches

LOWER Saxony public transport authority (LNVG) invites bids by May 13 for a contract to refurbish 169 intermediate coaches from its fleet of Bombardier push-pull double-deck trains.

April 2, 2020 | Metros

Chengdu prepares to open two express metro lines

THE Chinese city of Chengdu is gearing up to open lines 17 and 18 later this year. The two lines will be operated as express metro lines using trains with a maximum speed of 140km/h.

April 2, 2020 | Locomotives

Do hydrogen and battery trains mean the end for diesel traction?

European passenger operators are steadily embracing alternative traction based on batteries or hydrogen as a means of eliminating the use of diesel engines. But are the days of diesel numbered? Or is the technology set to evolve? Kevin Smith investigates.

April 1, 2020 | Rolling stock

Rail sector urged to up efforts to reduce emissions

Speakers at the UIC’s low-carbon mobility conference in Brussels in February emphasised the urgent need for railways to step-up their efforts to reduce rail carbon emissions even further and make rail more attractive to achieve a shift from road and air. David Briginshaw reports from the Belgian capital.

March 26, 2020 | Africa

First locomotive ready for new Guinea bauxite railway

CRRC Qishuyan has completed the first Co-Co diesel locomotive for the SMB-Winning consortium which is building a 135km railway in Guinea to carry bauxite.

March 26, 2020 | Fleet

Hyundai Rotem wins first Seoul GTX train order

SG Rail, Korea, has awarded a Won 345.2bn ($US 282.2m) contract to Hyundai Rotem to supply 120 EMUs for Line A of the Great Train Express (GTX) project in Seoul.

March 20, 2020 | Fleet

Stadler wins €3bn Berlin U-Bahn train order

BERLIN Transport Authority (BVG) has awarded a framework contract, which could be worth nearly €3bn, to Stadler for 1500 metro cars for the U-Bahn network.

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