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October 30, 2020 | Telecoms

Panama Metro Line 3 rolling stock and systems contract signed

A consortium of Hitachi, Hitachi Rail STS and Mitsubishi has signed an $US 883m contract with HPH Consortium, the prime contractor for the Panama Metro Line 3 monorail project, to supply rolling stock and equip the 25km line.

October 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Egypt awards contract for Alexandria light rail line modernisation

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) awarded a contract on October 27 for the design and supervision of the €360m rehabilitation of Alexandria’s 13.8km Raml light rail line to a Systra-led consortium.

October 30, 2020 | Rolling stock

North County Transit District orders two more locomotives

CALIFORNIA’s North County Transit District (NCTD), which operates services in the San Diego area, has ordered two more diesel-electric Charger locomotives from Siemens under a contract signed in 2018.

October 30, 2020 | Tenders

ČD Cargo launches tender for up to 26 locomotives

CZECH freight operator ČD Cargo has published a tender for the supply of up to 26 new electric locomotives to operate international freight services, with the majority planned for delivery by the end of 2022.

October 30, 2020 | Policy

New rights for passengers approved by European parliament

THE European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism (Tran) backed a provisional political agreement on the right of rail passengers on October 29, with 38 votes in favour, seven against, and four abstentions.

October 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail recruits Mace as consultant

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has appointed London-based consultancy and construction company Mace to provide consultancy services for its Project Alpha rail improvement programme.

October 29, 2020 | Commuter Rail

CEO of Australia’s V/Line sacked over corruption claims

THE board of Victoria’s regional rail network V/Line has sacked its CEO after he appeared before an anti-corruption hearing in Melbourne accused of receiving illicit payments from the contractors employed to clean the operator’s trains.

October 29, 2020 | Metros

MTR awards Tuen Mun design consultancy contract

HONG Kong transport operator MTR has awarded Aecom Asia a consultancy contract for planning and design of the 2.4km Tuen Mun Southern Extension (TMS).

October 29, 2020 | Financial

IRJ In-Brief - Financial: Greenbrier annual results; Knorr-Bremse ups Rail Vision stake; Norway extends Covid support

United States: Rolling stock manufacturer Greenbrier has reported an Ebitda of $US 310.3m for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, amounting to 11.1% of the company’s $US 2.8bn revenue for the year.

October 29, 2020 | Signalling

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute releases fully automatic signalling system

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute released its fully automatic operation (FAO) tSafer-UC3000 signalling system during last week’s 2020 Beijing International Metro Transit Exhibition, which the company says provides a more comprehensive urban rail signalling solution.

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