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June 29, 2020 | Freight

ČD Cargo certified to operate in Slovakia

CZECH Railways (ČD) subsidiary ČD Cargo has been certified to operate rail freight services in Slovakia, the fourth country the company is certified in outside the Czech Republic.

June 29, 2020 | Metros

Changsha opens metro lines 3 and 5

CHANGSHA, China, opened the 36.4 km southwest-northeast Shantang - Guangsheng Line 3 and the first 22.5km phase of the north-south Line 5 between Shuiduhe and Maozhutang on June 28.

June 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

TSO awarded $US 142.2m in contracts in Egypt, Mexico and Panama

NGE rail subsidiary TSO has been awarded three contracts worth $US 142.2m in Latin America and Africa.

June 29, 2020 | Signalling

Alstom obtains certification for ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 system

INSPECTION and certification body Belgorail has certified Alstom to implement its data fusion algorithms, which use both satellite navigation and inertial movement to accurately and safely measure the location and speed of trains, into its ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 system.

June 28, 2020 | Main line

SNCB plans 4.7% increase in rail services by 2023.

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) plans to expand the number of regular services offered across its network by 4.7% by 2023, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 27, 2020 | Main line

Cross-border services resume as European borders reopen

SPANISH operator Renfe and French National Railways (SNCF) will reintroduce cross-border services between France and Spain from July 1, as other European cross-border rail connections such as Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) NightJet overnight trains begin to return across the continent.

June 26, 2020 | Main line

LNER secures three-year direct award extension

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded state-owned operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) a three-year direct award contract to continue operating InterCity East Coast services from London King’s Cross to the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.

June 26, 2020 | News

Fourth Railway Package technical pillar transposition deadline extended

THE European Union (EU) has adopted emergency legislation to extend the deadline for member states to transpose the directives of the Technical Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package to October 31.

June 26, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan Court of Appeal finds SGR construction contract illegal

THE Kenyan Court of Appeal has found that the Shillings 500bn ($US 4.7bn) construction contract for the country’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was made illegally.

June 26, 2020 | Policy

Poupart-Lafarge elected Unife chairman

THE European Railway Industry Association (Unife) has elected Alstom chairman and CEO, Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge, as its new chair during its general assembly, which was held remotely on June 25.

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