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June 14, 2019 | Rolling stock

UWC to supply 100 tank wagons to Shchekinoazot

UNITED Wagon Company (UWC) subsidiary TikhvinChemMash has won a contract to supply 100 specialised methanol tank wagons to chemical company Shchekinoazot, with delivery due by the end of July.

June 14, 2019 | Technology

DB tests AI-equipped customer service robot

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun testing a Socio Empathic Human-Machine Interaction (Semmi) customer service robot which, using artificial intelligence, is able to answer customer queries.

June 14, 2019 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes rollout of driverless heavy-haul freight system

RIO Tinto has completed the rollout of the $A 940m ($US 648.5m) AutoHaul driverless heavy-haul freight project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

June 14, 2019 | Fleet

Bulgarian government sets out BDZ fleet modernisation plan

THE Bulgarian government has outlined plans to modernise the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) locomotive and rolling stock fleet to help prepare the incumbent operator for liberalisation of the passenger rail market.

June 14, 2019 | North America

Federal Railroad Administration awards $US 326m in grants

THE United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced the recipients of more than $US 326m in grants to fund 45 projects in 29 states under the consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (Crisi) Program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program.

June 14, 2019 | Fleet

Trenitalia Rock ready to roll

TRENITALIA launched its new fleet of Hitachi Rock double-deck regional EMUs on June 14 with an inaugural run from Piacenza to Bologna.

June 14, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Napier - Wairoa line reopens following storm damage

NEW Zealand national operator KiwiRail has officially reopened the Napier to Wairoa section of the Napier - Gisborne line, which closed after a washout severed the line north of Wairoa in 2012.

June 13, 2019 | Fleet

SNCB M7 power car testing begins at Velim

DYNAMIC testing of the first M7 double-deck power car for Belgian National Railways (SNCB) began at the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic on June 11.

June 13, 2019 | Main line

Milwaukee - Chicago Amtrak service receives $US 35m boost

THE Wisconsin State Legislature’s budget committee has included $US 35m in the state’s transport budget to expand Amtrak Hiawatha services between Milwaukee and Chicago.

June 13, 2019 | Europe

Innovative British rail projects to share £7.8m in grants

A competition seeking to fund innovative ideas has awarded up to £7.8m to 24 projects ranging from mainline testing of a hydrogen train to drones capable of inspecting railway infrastructure.

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