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September 27, 2019 | High-speed

Eurostar-Thalys merger proposal revealed

PLANS to merge northwestern Europe’s two high-speed operators, Eurostar and Thalys, have been presented to the boards of their owners French National Railways (SNCF), Belgian National Railways (SNCB) and Patina Rail under the name Green Speed.

September 27, 2019 | Asia

Hitachi ships first Bangkok Red Line trains

THE first two trains for Bangkok’s suburban rail Red Line have left Hitachi’s Kasado facility in Japan on the first leg of their journey to the Thai capital.

September 27, 2019 | Asia

Beijing Daxing Airport rail links open

BEIJING’s new international airport at Daxing was inaugurated on September 26, together with metro and high-speed rail links to the $US 11bn hub, which is expected to handle 72 million air passengers a year.

September 27, 2019 | Locomotives

Newag signs Zlotys 1bn in new contracts at Trako

POLISH rolling stock leasing company (Rosco) Rail Capital Partners has signed a contract with Newag for the supply of five new Dragon 2 electric locomotives.

September 27, 2019 | News

Keith Barrow steps down from IRJ

TODAY we say farewell to IRJ’s senior editor Keith Barrow who is leaving to take up the position of editor with Today’s Railway Europe, a monthly magazine aimed at the railway enthusiast market.

September 26, 2019 | High-speed

SNCF awards Paris - Lyon ERTMS contract

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has awarded a consortium of Alstom and Setec Ferroviaire a €50m contact to supply ERTMS Level 2, configurable to hybrid Level 3, for the Paris - Lyon high-speed line.

September 26, 2019 | Light Rail

CAF Amsterdam trams begin daytime testing

DAYTIME testing of Amsterdam Municipal Transport’s (GVB) new fleet of CAF 15G Urbos LRVs began on the city’s tram network on September 19.

September 26, 2019 | Infrastructure

DB begins testing painted rails to reduce heat issues

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun trialling painting rails with white paint to reduce the effects of heat expansion during operation, painting 1km of track on the Hannover - Würzburg high-speed line.

September 26, 2019 | Europe

“No change” to Belfast - Dublin services after Brexit, says IE

PASSENGERS will not see any changes in the day-to-day operation of Belfast - Dublin ‘Enterprise’ services, even in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Mr Billy Gilpin, director of train operations for Irish Rail (IE) told a meeting of the Seanad committee on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in Dublin on September 25.

September 26, 2019 | Infrastructure

Russia completes Surgut - Tobolsk track-doubling

TRACK-doubling on the Surgut - Tobolsk line in central Russia has been completed as part of the upgrading of the Korotchaevo - Surgut - Tobolsk line.

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