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July 23, 2019 | Financial

SNC Lavalin exits turnkey project market

CANADIAN engineering company SNC-Lavalin Group announced on July 22 that it is exiting lump-sum turnkey contracting and will reorganise its Resources (Oil & Gas and Mining & Metallurgy) and Infrastructure Construction segments into a separate business line following their continued poor performance.

July 23, 2019 | Financial

Caltrain releases draft 20-year business plan

CALTRAIN has released its draft Business Plan 2040 Service Vision, which outlines the Californian commuter rail operator’s plans for the next two decades.

July 23, 2019 | Fleet

Three bids for Romanian EMU order

ROMANIA’s Railway Reform Authority (ARF) confirmed on July 23 that three suppliers have submitted bids for a contract to supply at least 40 EMUs for regional and suburban services.

July 23, 2019 | Freight

Dutch to cut freight access charges

THE Dutch government has agreed a subsidy package to reduce access charges for freight operators and encourage a shift in road freight to rail in return for operators investing in more efficient port logistics and measures to reduce the environmental impact of operating freight trains.

July 23, 2019 | Locomotives

Genesee & Wyoming low-emissions locomotive tests completed

UNITED States regional and short line railway operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) has completed trials with two new United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 4-compliant low-emission locomotives, which have now entered service with its subsidiary California Northern Railroad Company (CFNR).

July 23, 2019 | Metros

Sydney City and Southwest Metro line tunnelling 50% complete

TUNNELLING for Sydney’s City and Southwest Metro line is now 50% complete after tunnel boring machine (TBM) “Mabel” broke through at the new Crows Nest station on July 15.

July 23, 2019 | Africa

Prasa Afro 4000 locomotives to be auctioned off

WH Auctioneers, South Africa, has launched an online auction for the sale of 13 Vossloh Afro 4000 locomotives built in 2014-2015 for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).

July 22, 2019 | Fleet

Westbahn sells Stadler EMUs to DB and cuts services

AUSTRIAN open access operator Westbahn has announced it is selling its fleet of seven Kiss and 10 Kiss2 double-deck EMUs to German Rail (DB), which it will replace with 15 new six-car Kiss3 sets from Stadler.

July 22, 2019 | Policy

Report confirms Britain can meet 2040 diesel-free-train target

THE final report by Britain’s Rail Industry Decarbonisation Task Force and railway safety authority RSSB confirms that Britain’s railway industry can eliminate diesel-only passenger trains by 2040 and contribute to the government’s net zero carbon target by 2050.

July 22, 2019 | Main line

Passenger trains return to Bragado

ARGENTINA’s national operator Argentinean Trains (TA) has re-launched passenger services along the 208km line between Buenos Aires and Bragado four years after they were suspended following serious weather damage to several bridges and track at the western end of the route in August 2015.

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