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July 4, 2019 | Metros

First Kuala Lumpur MRT SSP trains delivered

THE first two metro trains for the Kuala Lumpur MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line have been delivered to Sungai Buloh depot.

July 4, 2019 | North America

Massachusetts breaks ground on South Coast Rail

MASSACHUSETTS state governor Mr Charlie Baker and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager, Mr Steve Poftak, joined local municipal leaders, elected officials and local stakeholders to officially launch construction on the first phase of the South Coast Rail project on July 2.

July 4, 2019 | Fleet

Munich orders additional Avenio LRVs

MUNICH Transport (MVG) and Munich City Authority (SWM) has exercised an option worth more than €200m for 73 additional Avenio LRVs from Siemens.

July 3, 2019 | Technology

Nomad Digital awarded DSB Wi-Fi contract

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has awarded a consortium of Alstom Transport UK, Alstom Transport Denmark and Nomad Digital a contract to install on-board passenger Wi-Fi across the operator’s regional and inter-city fleets.

July 3, 2019 | Freight

Alberta looks to dump multi-billion-dollar oil trains

OIL trains funded by the Canadian province of Alberta were supposed to start transporting Alberta’s glut of bitumen to foreign markets on July 1 under a $US 2.8bn contract committing provincial taxpayers to leasing 4400 tank wagons and guaranteed payments to Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).

July 3, 2019 | Light Rail

French cities top light rail benchmarking study

FRENCH cities have topped the rankings in a new benchmarking study into the performance of 32 tram networks around the world.

July 3, 2019 | Europe

Austrian provinces to upgrade regional lines

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the provincial governments of Lower and Upper Austria have signed agreements to invest nearly €1bn in the modernisation and electrification of regional lines.

July 3, 2019 | Main line

Funding secured for Borders Railway extension study

FUNDING has been allocated for a feasibility study into the extension of the Edinburgh - Tweedbank Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle as part of the £394.5m Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal.

July 3, 2019 | Fleet

Sydney Trains extends fleet maintenance contract with UGL

SYDNEY Trains has awarded UGL a five-year extension to its contract to deliver maintenance and logistics services for a portion of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger fleet.

July 3, 2019 | Light Rail

Paris-Orly tram on test

DYNAMIC testing of the first Citadis X05 low-floor LRV for Paris light rail line T9 is underway at Alstom’s plant in La Rochelle, France.

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