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February 15, 2021 | Central/South America

Panama approves Line 3 contract and financing

Construction is expected to proceed in the coming days.

December 3, 2020 | High-speed

Preliminary work begins on Verona - Vicenza high-speed line

THE Iricav 2 consortium has begun preliminary work on the €2.7bn Verona - Vicenza section of the €4.8bn Verona - Padua high-speed line ahead of schedule.

October 28, 2020 | Technology

SNCF Network to launch digital interlockings rollout

FRENCH infrastructure manager SNCF Network has announced that its €1bn Argos innovation partnership, launched in June 2018 to develop and rollout a new generation of computer-controlled signal interlockings, will progress to the implementation stage.

February 7, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards five signalling contracts worth £2.4bn

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has awarded five framework signalling contracts worth an estimated £2.4bn, which could rise to £3.6bn if all options are exercised.

January 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Bart to award Hitachi STS $US 798m CBTC contract

THE board of Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has approved the award of a $US 798m contract to Hitachi Rail STS, United States, to install Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) on the 195km metro network.

December 19, 2019 | Signalling

Hitachi STS to upgrade Paris - Lyon high-speed signalling

FRENCH national infrastructure manager SNCF Network has awarded Hitachi Rail STS a contract to upgrade signalling components on the Paris - Lyon high-speed line.

October 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Hitachi Rail wins UAE systems and integration contract

ETIHAD Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway, has awarded Hitachi Rail STS a Dirhams 1.6bn ($US 436m) systems and integration contract for stage two of the network.

August 9, 2019 | Freight

Rise of the machines: Rio Tinto breaks new ground with AutoHaul

Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron-ore railway network is the world’s first automated heavy-haul freight railway. With trains now running unmanned, Kevin Smith looks at what made AutoHaul, the world’s largest robot, a reality.

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