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February 4, 2020 | High-speed

First direct London Eurostar departs Amsterdam as Eurostar-Thalys merger progresses

EUROSTAR operated the inaugural direct Amsterdam - London high-speed service on February 4, ahead of the start of commercial services between the two capitals on April 30.

February 4, 2020 | Track

Finland pilots condition-based maintenance for points

VR FleetCare and the Fairway Agency have launched a pilot project to collect data on switch malfunctions with the goal of reducing the more than 5000 point failures reported across Finland’s rail network every year.

February 4, 2020 | Main line

East West Rail phase 2 work to proceed

A Works Act Order application by British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for phase 2 of the East-West Rail project to restore services from Oxford and Aylesbury to Milton Keynes and Bedford has been approved by the Department for Transport.

February 4, 2020 | Europe

NS to improve international services in 2021

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) plans to cut the Amsterdam - Berlin journey time and expand high-speed connections to Paris and London from the start of the 2021 timetable on December 13 2020.

February 4, 2020 | Main line

Czech Railways reports growth in 2019

CZECH Railways (ČD), the state-owned operator and largest passenger train operator in the Czech Republic, carried 182 million passengers in 2019, a 1.6% increase year-on-year, with passenger-km increasing by 5.6% to 8.685 billion.

February 3, 2020 | Freight

CFL starts piggyback freight service to Poland

LUXEMBOURG National Railways (CFL) subsidiary CFL Multimodal, working in cooperation with Polish intermodal company Clip, has launched a “rail motorway” piggyback freight service between the Bettembourg-Dudelange and Swarzedz intermodal hubs in Luxembourg and Poland.

February 3, 2020 | Main line

Passenger services from China to Russia and Mongolia cut

PASSENGER rail services from China to Russia and Mongolia have been suspended as the impact of the Coronavirus grows, with internal passenger numbers also decreasing sharply.

February 3, 2020 | Freight

DB receives 11,000 applications for 30 trainee driver roles from Spain

GERMAN Rail (DB) has welcomed 30 new trainee drivers from Spain, after running a successful campaign to attract new drivers from outside the country that saw 11,000 Spanish applicants apply for 30 advertised positions.

February 3, 2020 | High-speed

Budapest - Cluj high-speed design tender gets underway

HUNGARY’s National Infrastructure Agency (NIF) issued a call for tenders for a detailed feasibility study of the proposed high-speed line from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 28.

February 3, 2020 | Financial

India announces $US 22.4bn 2020-21 rail budget

INDIA’s finance minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an outlay of Rs 1610bn ($US 22.4bn) for Indian Railways (IR) for the 2020-21 financial year on February 1, including a gross budgetary support of Rs 700bn. This is up slightly from the Rs 1600bn provided for 2019-20.

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