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October 28, 2019 | Freight

Rail Cargo Hungary expands locomotive fleet despite falling traffic

RAIL Cargo Hungary (RCH) CEO, Mr Román Kotiers, has announced plans to expand its locomotive fleet.

October 28, 2019 | Infrastructure

Initial works underway on Israel’s East Line

PREPARATORY earthworks have started on part of Israel’s Shekels 8.5bn ($US 2.4bn) East Line project to reopen a 64km line from Hadera East to Lod.

October 28, 2019 | Fleet

Refurbished SBB IC2000 coaches enter service

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) introduced the first refurbished IC2000 double-deck coaches between Zurich and Bern on October 25, marking a milestone in the operator’s SFr 300m ($US 301.4m) fleet modernisation project.

October 28, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Abellio subcontracts DB Regio for S-Bahn services due to driver shortage

ABELLIO Rail, a subsidiary of Netherlands Railways (NS), has announced in the Official Journal of the European Union that it has subcontracted DB Regio to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Line S3 (Oberhausen - Essen - Hattingen) between December 15 and March 1 2020.

October 27, 2019 | Main line

Poland's Legnica - Głogów line to reopen

PASSENGER services on the Legnica - Lubin - Rudna Gwizdanów - Głogów line in western Poland are due to resume in December following a Zlotys 200m ($US 51.8m) reconstruction of Legnica -Rudna Gwizdanów section of the line, which included the construction of a new station in Lubin.

October 26, 2019 | Technology

DB unveils new ICE seats alongside technology advances

GERMAN Rail (DB) has presented the latest generation of ICE seats alongside around 40 other innovations at its Experience Mobility 2019 event in Berlin.

October 25, 2019 | Metros

Hanoi metro lines could be extended

VIETNAM’s National Assembly has been presented with plans to extend metro lines 1 and 2, which are under construction.

October 25, 2019 | Freight

Transnet sets new record with 375-wagon train

TRANSNET, South Africa, broke its own record for operating the longest freight train, and set a new world record on October 24 when it ran a 375-wagon manganese train on the 861km Sishen - Saldanha heavy-haul line.

October 25, 2019 | Fleet

IR to create locomotive and passenger coach subsidiaries

INDIAN Railways (IR) has revised plans announced in June to merge eight of its production units into one corporation and now says it will form two subsidiaries instead.

October 25, 2019 | High-speed

Japan resumes Hokuriku Shinkansen services to Kanazawa

JR East and JR West reopened the Nagano - Kanazawa section of the Hokuriku Shinkansan, which was damaged by Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month, on October 25, albeit with a reduced frequency.

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