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January 19, 2021 | Infrastructure

In-Brief - Transit: Singapore LTA awards Hume metro station contract; Ahmedabad and Surat metro design contracts awarded; Berlin S-Bahn launches operation management platform

Singapore: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a $S 34.3m ($US 25.8m) contract to the JSM Construction Group for the execution of works on the new Hume station of MRT metro’s Downtown Line.

January 19, 2021 | Fleet

China Railways awards high-speed maintenance contract to Bombardier JV

CHINA National Railways (CR) has awarded the Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) joint venture a contract to maintain 32 high-speed trains, consisting of 280 cars.

January 19, 2021 | Commuter Rail

Haryana state approves Delhi - Panipat RRTS

THE government of the Indian state of Haryana has approved plans for the 103km Rupees 216bn ($US 2.95bn) Delhi - Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) commuter rail corridor, alongside a contribution of Rupees 47bn for the project.

January 19, 2021 | Europe

Consultation launched to improve Manchester rail timetabling

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a public consultation which aims to improve the performance of rail services in and around the northern English city of Manchester.

January 19, 2021 | Fleet

DB awards ICE 4 maintenance contract to Siemens

GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to undertake IS 600-level maintenance on 40 series 412 ICE 4 high-speed trains, with an option to undertake maintenance on another 50 trains of the same type.

January 19, 2021 | North America

Major rail projects included in New York governor’s 2021 infrastructure agenda

NEW York governor Mr Andrew Cuomo outlined a $US 306bn infrastructure plan on January 14 as part of his 2021 agenda, which includes support for several rail projects.

January 19, 2021 | Main line

Welsh government accepts rail-based solution to tackle congestion

THE Welsh government has accepted in principle a rail-based solution to reduce congestion on the M4 corridor between Cardiff, Newport and Bristol.

January 19, 2021 | Podcasts

NJ Transit’s Kevin Corbett on Completing PTC

New Jersey Transit met the December 31, 2020 federally mandated deadline for implementing Positive Train Control. NJT President and CEO Kevin Corbett discusses the project’s complexity, and the “come from behind” coordination and cooperation it took with numerous stakeholders to reach the finish line with time to spare, with Editor-in-Chief William C Vantuono.

January 18, 2021 | Financial

China Railways to scale back network expansion in 2021

CHINA National Railways (CR) has announced that it will focus on increasing efficiency and revenue across its network in 2021 rather than network expansion, marking a change of course for the state-owned railway.

January 18, 2021 | Freight

VFLI becomes Captrain France

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) rail freight subsidiary VFLI has been rebranded as Captrain France in line with other SNCF freight subsidiaries, which operate in 11 countries, as the railway seeks to develop a pan-European operator.

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