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January 26, 2021 | Europe

DSB awards contract for Copenhagen S-Bane automation project

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has awarded a multidisciplinary framework contract to support the automation of Copenhagen’s 170km S-Bane network to a joint venture of Cowi, Parsons, Systra and Implement Consulting.

January 25, 2021 | Technology

iLint hydrogen train project wins 2021 European Railway Award

THE annual European Railway Award for 2021 was presented to Ms Carmen Schwabl, managing director of Lower Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG), for the iLint hydrogen train project.

January 25, 2021 | Metros

Shanghai Metro inaugurates Line 15

SHANGHAI Metro opened its 42.3km, 30 station Line 15 on January 23.

January 25, 2021 | Light Rail

Dynamic tests completed for Constantine Tramway extension

A consortium of Alstom and Cosider Public Works has successfully completed dynamic tests on a new 3.4km, six-station section of Algeria’s Constantine Tramway light rail line, which connects Ali Mendjeli to Abdelhamid Mehri University.

January 25, 2021 | Europe

Norway to operate reduced timetable until April

NORWAY’s Railway Directorate has reached agreement with the country’s rail operators to reduce the number of services on the network until April because of reduced demand for travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

January 25, 2021 | Telecoms

Urban Rail Cloud facilitates network-wide automation

Securing a seat on a busy train is becoming increasingly difficult at peak times as railways around the world face growing demand for their services. Building new lines is the obvious way of boosting capacity, but this is not always feasible. Instead, railways are looking to get more out of what they already have by running more trains on their existing network at shorter headways.

January 25, 2021 | Metros

Wiener Linien awards contract for U-Bahn extensions

VIENNA public transport authority Wiener Linien has awarded a €242m contract for the construction of two packages to extend lines U2 and U5 to a consortium of Hochtief Infrastructure Austria, Swietelsky, and Habau Hoch und Tiefbau.

January 25, 2021 | Financial

Dellner acquires CAF’s train coupler business

DELLNER Couplers, Sweden, has agreed to acquire CAF’s Miira train coupler business. Under the deal, Dellner will take over Miira’s full coupler portfolio as well as the production of Miira’s current order backlog

January 25, 2021 | Africa

Britain to provide £1.7bn backing for Cairo monorail consortium

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has agreed to back a £1.7bn buyer credit facility for a consortium led by Bombardier Transportation and including Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors for the Cairo monorail project.

January 24, 2021 | Australia/NZ

Contractors shortlisted for Perth’s Metronet projects

PERTH’s Metronet project is picking up momentum with three major works packages up for grabs.

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