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September 7, 2020 | Central/South America

Belo Horizonte Metro receives government funding for Line 2 project

THE Brazilian government will provide Reais 1.2bn ($US 226.4m) of funding through the Ministry of Infrastructure for Belo Horizonte Metro’s Reais 3.6bn Line 2 project.

September 1, 2020 | Main line

SNCB launches free rail pass and reports first half loss

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has announced the details of a scheme that will allow all Belgian residents to travel by train free of charge up to 12 times between October 5 and March 31 2021.

August 28, 2020 | Financial

DSB reports DKr 607m first-half loss due to Covid-19 pandemic

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has reported a pre-tax loss of DKr -607m ($US 96.4m) for the first half of 2020, compared with a profit of DKr 1m for the same period in 2019.

August 26, 2020 | Financial

Israel Railways reports net loss for first half of year

ISRAEL Railways (IR) has reported a net loss for the first half of 2020 with a negative Ebitda of Shekels 16.1m ($US 4.74m). This compares with a net profit of Shekels 10.3m for the same period in 2019.

August 26, 2020 | Freight

ERFA declares support for French access charge waiver

THE European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has declared its support for France’s plans to waive track access charges for freight services in response to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

August 25, 2020 | Policy

VDV launches campaign to boost passenger numbers

GERMANY’s Association of Transport Companies (VDV) has launched the #BesserWeiter (Better Further) campaign to promote a return to pre-coronavirus levels of passenger traffic as quickly as possible to prevent further loss of income to the industry and to safeguard the sector’s environmental goals.

August 24, 2020 | High-speed

Eurostar confirms October start for direct Amsterdam - London service

EUROSTAR says it will launch the first direct Amsterdam - Rotterdam - London service on October 26 to match the London - Amsterdam direct train introduced in February 2018.

August 21, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain sets up unit to accelerate transport projects

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Schapps, has announced the creation of a new unit to speed up the delivery of rail and road infrastructure projects.

August 18, 2020 | Financial

Amtrak releases plan to restore long-distance services

UNITED States national passenger rail operator Amtrak has released criteria for the restoration of regular long-distance services following an announcement that most daily services would be cut to three times a week from October due to the coronavirus pandemic.

August 12, 2020 | North America

Amtrak collaborates with George Washington University on Covid-19 standards

UNITED States national operator Amtrak has announced a collaboration with the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute) as part of an ongoing effort to improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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