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August 12, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Voestalpine offers longer life rail steel

VOESTALPINE, Austria, has produced a new grade of rail steel designed to significantly reduce the frequency of head checks.

August 11, 2020 | Fleet

Seoul invites bids for 36 metro cars for Line 9

SEOUL City Infrastructure Headquarters has issued a call for tenders for a batch of 36 cars to increase capacity on metro Line 9 which is operated by a private company called Metro9.

August 11, 2020 | Policy

Austria proposes cut in access charges to boost rail freight

THE Austrian Ministry of Transport has announced that infrastructure access charges will be cut to support rail freight flows which are suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

August 11, 2020 | Financial

Hitachi announces purchase of Perpetuum

HITACHI, Japan, has announced plans to purchase British technology firm Perpetuum as part of plans to advance its digital maintenance capabilities. The deal is expected to be completed later this year, following approval by anti-trust authorities.

August 11, 2020 | Main line

ÖBB to order more Nightjet trains

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has been granted permission by the Austrian federal government to purchase an additional 20 seven-car Nightjet trains plus locomotives for around €500m.

August 11, 2020 | Financial

Adif AV awarded €1.18m grant for regenerative braking project

SPAIN’s high-speed network infrastructure manager Adif AV has been awarded a grant of €1.18m from the country’s Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) to offset the cost of six reversible traction substations, which are facilitating regenerative braking on Spain's conventional rail network.

August 11, 2020 | High-speed

RFI awards initial contract for Verona - Padua HS line

ITALIAN infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) has signed a €2.5bn contract with the Iricav 2 consortium led by the Webuild Group to start work on the first section of the high-speed line between Verona and Padua, which will complete the Milan - Venice high-speed line.

August 11, 2020 | High-speed

HS2 invites bidders for £500m power supply contract

HS2 Ltd, which is developing the high-speed link between London, Birmingham and Crewe, has launched the tendering process for contractors to supply the high-voltage power systems in a contract potentially worth £523m.

August 10, 2020 | Fleet

Trenitalia awards Ilsa high-speed fleet order

TRENITALIA has awarded Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply 23 Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed trains for the new Intermodalidad de Levante (Ilsa) service in Spain, a joint venture between Trenitalia and Operador Ferroviario de Levante (OFL).

August 10, 2020 | Financial

Alstom to consider weak Bombardier Transportation results in takeover talks

ALSTOM says it will “take into account the consequences” of the operating and financial developments at Bombardier Transportation in forthcoming takeover discussions after the company reported an adjusted Ebit loss of $US 383m in the second quarter of 2020.

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