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December 10, 2018 | Financial

Crossrail secures extra funds but completion date now unknown

A revised financing package for the final stages of London’s troubled Crossrail project has been confirmed by the Mayor of London, Mr Sadiq Khan, the Greater London Authority, and Transport for London (TfL) with the total cost of the project set to rise by £1.6-2bn.

December 10, 2018 | Europe

French-Swiss cross-border rail link reopens

THE 20km line from Delle on the Swiss-French border to Belfort was officially reopened on December 6 ahead of the reintroduction of train services with the start of the new timetable on December 9. Most of the line has been out of service since 1992.

December 10, 2018 | Signalling

Alstom awarded Mumbai Metro Line 3 CBTC contract

MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) awarded Alstom a contract worth more than €100m on December 10 to supply the Urbalis 400 CBTC signalling system for Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro.

December 10, 2018 | Signalling

Israel Railways awards onboard ETCS contract

ISRAEL Railways (IR) has awarded Alstom a Shekels 186m ($US 49.8m) contract for the design, supply, installation, testing, and preparation of ETCS Level 2 on 192 trains.

December 10, 2018 | Main line

Rhine-Ruhr Express network launched

GERMANY’s Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) regional network was launched with the start of the 2019 timetable on December 9, when Abellio’s German subsidiary Abellio Rail NRW took over operation of Line RE11 (Düsseldorf – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Kassel) services from DB Regio.

December 10, 2018 | Light Rail

Ulm celebrates opening of tram Line 2

ULM celebrated the opening of the new 10km metre-gauge tram Line 2 on December 8, the day before the line came into service with the introduction of the new European timetable on December 9.

December 10, 2018 | Fleet

NS introduces New Generation Sprinter EMUs

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) marked the official entry of its fleet of New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMUs into commercial service on December 9, when Dutch state secretary for railways at the Ministry of Transport, Mrs Stientje van Veldhoven, and NS CEO Mr Roger van Boxtel made an inaugural trip from Haarlem to The Hague Central.

December 7, 2018 | Metros

Metro Medellin selects CAF for EMU refurbishment

THE city of Medellín has awarded CAF a contract to refurbish 42 three-car EMUs manufactured in the 1990s and currently operating on the Colombian city’s metro network.

December 7, 2018 | Policy

ORR sets out recommendations to avoid repeat of timetable chaos

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR), chaired by Professor Stephen Glaister, published its recommendations for preventing a repeat of May’s timetable failure on December 7, alongside a draft final order requiring Network Rail (NR) to improve its timetabling process.

December 7, 2018 | Light Rail

Vienna Flexity trams enter service

THE first class D Flexity trams for Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien began service on Line 67 on December 6 after receiving approval from authorities following test runs.

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