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February 3, 2020 | Metros

Keolis withdraws from Buenos Aires Subte tender

KEOLIS, which was bidding with Transport for London (TfL) and Argentinian civil engineering company Helport for a 12-year contract to operate the Buenos Aires Subte metro, has announced to local media that it will not continue to the final stage of the tender process due to economic uncertainty, joining a consortium led by RATP in dropping out of the competition.

February 3, 2020 | Metros

São Paulo Metro awards new Line 17 monorail systems contract

SÃO Paulo Metro has awarded BYD, China, a contract worth around Reais 1bn ($US 233.4m) to supply the systems and trains for Line 17/Gold, after the Signalling Consortium was disqualified for not meeting the tender’s technical and financial requirements.

February 1, 2020 | News

Kevin Smith named IRJ editor-in-chief

IRJ is delighted to announce the appointment of Kevin Smith as its new editor-in-chief with effect from February 1.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

DB suspends delivery of IC2 trains from Bombardier

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Long Distance has stopped acceptance of the remaining 25 IC2 double-deck push-pull trains on order from Bombardier following a series of high-profile failures in recent weeks.

January 31, 2020 | Financial

European Investment Bank lends €600m for Pune metro

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan agreement with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro), including a first tranche of €200m, to finance two new metro lines currently under construction in the city, as well as 30 stations and 102 metro cars.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB orders more Siemens Desiro ML trains

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has exercised an option for 11 Desiro ML trains from Siemens, fully exercising a framework agreement for 200 trains signed in 2010.

January 31, 2020 | Metros

Thailand approves $US 4.4bn Bangkok metro Orange Line

THAILAND’s cabinet has approved the Baht 140bn ($US 4.4bn), 16.4km first phase of the Orange Line, which will link the Thailand Cultural Centre with Bang Khun Non in Bangkok.

January 31, 2020 | Metros

Taipei launches fully-automated metro line

SERVICES on the first 15.5km section of Taipei’s fully-automatic MRT Circular Line from Wugu Industrial District to an interchange with the metro Green Line at Dapinglin were launched on January 31.

January 31, 2020 | High-speed

Adif awards Thales high-speed signalling maintenance contract

SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has awarded Thales a €68.8m contract to maintain the signalling and traffic control systems on the Madrid - Cordoba - Seville/Malaga high-speed lines.

January 31, 2020 | Financial

CN and CP revenues up in 2019, NS down

CANADIAN Class 1 freight railways Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) both reported increases in revenue in their 2019 full year results while United States Class 1 Norfolk Southern (NS) reported a 1% decline compared with 2018 as it experienced a 5% drop in volumes.

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