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November 16, 2020 | Financial

ÖBB and Westbahn secure Austrian government support

THE Austrian government has reintroduced a subsidy to Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Westbahn to operate their respective passenger services on the Vienna - Salzburg route as the country enters a second national lockdown.

November 15, 2020 | Technology

UIC to roll out new pan-European tariff distribution platform

THE International Union of Railways (UIC) has announced it will introduce a new Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) platform supplied by Hit Rail to replace the existing Price and Fare Information Storage (PRIFIS) international tariffs distribution tool.

November 14, 2020 | Metros

VDV predicts €3.5bn revenue loss in 2021

GERMANY’s urban public transport operators expect to lose up to €3.5bn in revenue in 2021, even in the event a vaccine is developed by spring, a study from the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) says.

November 14, 2020 | Locomotives

LA and Long Beach port railway purchases battery locomotive

CALIFORNIA shortline Pacific Harbour Line (PHL) has reached an agreement with Progress Rail to receive its new EMD Joule battery-electric locomotive for a demonstration project in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

November 13, 2020 | Fleet

Czech Railways orders new Škoda EMUs

CZECH Railways (ČD) has awarded a Koruna 9.6bn ($US 429.17m) framework contract for the supply of up to 60 RegioPanter EMUs to a consortium of Škoda Transportation and Škoda Vagonka.

November 13, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 Phase 2b bill to be split

THE British government has confirmed that the eastern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b from Birmingham to Leeds will now be split into a second parliamentary bill, separate from the western section of Phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester.

November 13, 2020 | Light Rail

LRTC Consortium completes Lusail LRT phase 1

THE LRTC Consortium has completed phase 1 of the turnkey Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Lusail, a planned city currently under construction near Doha, Qatar.

November 13, 2020 | Africa

Egypt and Sudan to cooperate on international rail link

THE governments of Egypt and Sudan have signed a joint cooperation agreement to carry out economic, social and environmental feasibility studies for the creation of a new cross-border railway between the two countries.

November 13, 2020 | Financial

ADB approves $US 121m loan for Uzbekistan rail upgrades

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued a $US 121m loan to the government of Uzbekistan to complete the modernisation of the country’s eastern rail network.

November 13, 2020 | Light Rail

Indian government releases new standards for light rail networks

THE Indian government has issued the standard specifications for MetroNeo, a new low-cost light rail transit (LRT) system that could be implemented in tier-2 and tier-3 cities that have a population of less than one million.

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