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Covid-19

January 27, 2021 | Fleet

New fleets and funding aids Covid-19 recovery

AS Germany and the rest of Europe hopefully turn a corner with mass vaccination sparking a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the rail industry should also begin to recover this year.

January 21, 2021 | Passenger

Public transport gears up for recovery

Mohamed Mezghani, secretary general, International Association of Public Transport (UITP), talks to Kevin Smith.

January 19, 2021 | Policy

Preparing rail’s vision for the ‘New Normal’

THE importance of coming together to share ideas and best practice has never been so apparent as during the early days and weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus spread around the world in March and April, the International Union of Railways’ (UIC) newly created Covid-19 taskforce sought to connect railways so they could help each other to respond.

January 18, 2021 | Financial

China Railways to scale back network expansion in 2021

CHINA National Railways (CR) has announced that it will focus on increasing efficiency and revenue across its network in 2021 rather than network expansion, marking a change of course for the state-owned railway.

January 16, 2021 | Europe

SJ bullish on riding out Covid storm

Monica Lingegård, CEO of SJ, talks to Kevin Smith

January 15, 2021 | Europe

British operators reduce services in response to latest lockdown

BRITISH operators will introduce reduced timetables over the next few weeks in response to the latest national lockdowns, which came into force in England on January 6, Scotland on January 4, and Wales on December 20.

January 12, 2021 | Financial

United States FTA announces $US 14bn for public transit systems

THE United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced $US 14bn in federal funding to support public transport systems during the Covid-19 pandemic.

January 12, 2021 | Australia/NZ

Pandemic highlights the importance of railways

Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the Australasian Railway Association, talks to Tony Duboudin.

January 8, 2021 | Financial

SNCB reports financial loss for 2020 but remains hopeful for the future

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has reported an operational loss of around €400m for 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, despite government support worth €264m.

December 30, 2020 | Financial

EC approves Danish Covid-19 compensation scheme

THE European Commission (EC) has approved a DKr 1bn ($US 160m) Danish government scheme under EU state-aid rules to compensate passenger rail transport operators which have suffered losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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