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January 7, 2019 | Africa

Non-compliant bids delay Gautrain EMU procurement

PLANS to acquire additional trains for South Africa’s Gautrain standard-gauge commuter rail network have suffered a setback after all three prequalified bidders failed to submit compliant offers.

January 4, 2019 | Metros

Funding approved for Milan metro extension

THE Italian government has agreed to contribute €900m towards the cost of building an extension to Line 5 of the Milan metro, while Lombardy region will provide the remaining €350m.

January 4, 2019 | Signalling

US still short of full PTC implementation

FULL implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) across the United States railway network could still be two years away according to a report by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) following the expiry of the previously federally-mandated deadline on December 31.

January 4, 2019 | Fleet

First Green Line LRVs enter service in Boston

MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) introduced the first of 24 LRVs into passenger service on the 36.4km Green Line in Boston on December 21. CAF is supplying the vehicles under a $US 118m contract.

January 4, 2019 | Fleet

Mur Valley Railway seeks new trains

STYRIAN Provincial Railway (StLB) has launched a market research initiative with a view to purchasing new rolling stock for the 760mm-gauge Mur Valley Railway, which runs for 65km between Unzmarkt and Tamsweg in central Austria.

January 3, 2019 | Track

VR Group establishes maintenance subsidiary

FINLAND’s VR Group officially transferred its railway maintenance activities into a new subsidiary, VR Maintenance, on January 1.

January 3, 2019 | Fleet

Hyundai Rotem delivers first Ahmedabad metro train

THE first of 32 three-car trains, which Hyundai Rotem is building for the new two-line Ahmedabad metro, arrived in the Indian port of Mundra on December 29. The second train should arrive in late March or early April.

January 3, 2019 | Fleet

MTR receives first of 40 new LRVs from CRRC

MTR received the first two of 40 LRVs on order from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen at its Tuen Mun depot on December 28.

January 3, 2019 | Signalling

JR East starts ATO trials in Tokyo

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) started trials with automatic train operation (ATO) on the 34.5km circular Yamanote Line in Tokyo on December 29 as part of its plan to introduce driverless train operation under JR East’s Change 2027 initiative.

January 3, 2019 | Track

Vossloh completes Strabag rail milling business acquisition

VOSSLOH has completed the acquisition of Strabag’s rail milling business unit, expanding its capabilities in rail and switch maintenance.

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