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November 18, 2019 | Light Rail

Saint-Étienne light rail extension opens

SAINT-ÉTIENNE, France, opened a 4.3km extension to Line T3 of the city’s light rail network on November 16.

November 18, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens announces launch customer for Vectron Dual Mode locomotive

GERMAN locomotive and railway equipment leasing specialist, Railsystems RP, is the first company to place an order with Siemens for its Vectron Dual Mode locomotive.

November 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

Adif to launch electrification maintenance tender

SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has received government approval to launch a tender worth €301.5m to assist with the maintenance of overhead electrification, traction substations and high-voltage power lines.

November 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

German parliament approves €86bn investment plan

THE German parliament approved a €86bn budget for investment in the country’s rail infrastructure under the LuFV III performance and financing agreement for 2020-2029 on November 15.

November 18, 2019 | Fleet

First Flexity LRV delivered to Zürich for testing

THE first Bombardier Flexity LRV arrived in Zürich on November 15, with the 43m-long tram due to undergo testing and verification which will eventually lead to technical adjustments.

November 18, 2019 | Fleet

Austrian Federal Railways seeks more EMUs

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced plans to procure new single-deck EMUs.

November 15, 2019 | Policy

European commissioner-designate for transport outlines plans

THE European commissioner-designate for transport, Ms Adina-Ioana Vălean of Romania, has outlined her strategy for her term of office during a hearing in front of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (Tran) on November 14.

November 15, 2019 | Metros

Konya metro project gets green light

THE mayor of the Turkish city of Konya, Mr Ugor Ibrahim Altay, has announced the go-ahead for the construction of the city’s first metro line.

November 15, 2019 | Europe

Eurostar looks ahead to new services during ‘plastic free’ 25th anniversary celebration

EUROSTAR managing director Mr Mike Cooper says that plans to develop the Green Speed merger with Thalys are “progressing” with the final decision from shareholders expected in April 2020. If approved, Cooper says the objective is to implement the merger by 2021 after necessary regulatory and EU merger control approvals are secured.

November 15, 2019 | Fleet

Barcelona receives first of 12 new metro trains

BARCELONA Metropolitan Transport (TMB) has received the first of 12 metro trains on order from Alstom and CAF at a total cost of €92m.

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