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April 30, 2019 | Fleet

Saxony allocates €60m to EcoTrain hybrid train project

THE government of the German state of Saxony has allocated €60m over 10 years to enable the extension of the EcoTrain hybrid train concept across the 217km Erzgebirge Diesel Network.

April 30, 2019 | Africa

Algiers airport rail link inaugurated

A rail link to Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport was inaugurated on April 29, coinciding with the opening of the airport’s new international terminal.

April 29, 2019 | Signalling

Network Rail awards £750m signalling contacts for 2019-2021

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded six framework contracts worth around £750m to deliver signalling and telecoms across the country for Control Period 6 (CP6), which runs from 2019 - 2021.

April 29, 2019 | Main line

Caledonian Sleeper launches new CAF coach fleet

SERCO Caledonian Sleeper launched its new £150m fleet of sleeping cars on April 28 on Lowlander route services linking London, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

April 29, 2019 | Financial

NS closes Dublin-based rolling stock leasing business

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has closed its Dublin-based subsidiary NS Financial Services (NSFS) after selling the unit’s last remaining rolling stock assets.

April 29, 2019 | Light Rail

Karlsruhe breaks ground on light rail extension

A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Egon-Eiermann-Allee in Karlsruhe on April 29 to officially launch construction on the 1.5km extension of tram Line 2 from Lassallestrasse to the Knielingen 2.0 residential development in the northwest of the city.

April 29, 2019 | Policy

Pepy sets goals for his last eight months as SNCF president

SPEAKING to the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, Mr Guillaume Pepy set out his objectives before he steps down in December as president and CEO of French National Railways (SNCF), just before the national network opens to competition under the European Union’s Fourth Railway Package.

April 29, 2019 | Fleet

Coradia Liners enter service on Toulouse - Bayonne line

FRENCH transport minister Mrs Elisabeth Borne visited Pau on April 26 for the official launch of new Alstom Coradia Liner electro-diesel multiple units on Toulouse - Bayonne Intercités services.

April 29, 2019 | Fleet

PKP Cargo to develop Podkarpacie wagon factory

PKP Cargo signed a letter intent with the government-owned finance company Industrial Development Agency (ARP) on April 25 to begin the production of wagons in Podkarpacie in southeast Poland. Advanced talks are underway for Greenbrier subsidiary Wagony Świdnica to join the project and sign the letter of intent.

April 29, 2019 | Europe

Budapest - Belgrade reconstruction contract to be awarded in May

THE Hungarian government has selected a contractor to rebuild the Hungarian section of the Budapest - Belgrade main line.

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