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November 30, 2019 | Infrastructure

New Berlin airport rail link to open in October 2020

GERMAN Rail (DB) says it is ready to open its €675m rail link to the German capital’s long-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport.

November 29, 2019 | High-speed

China opens two high-speed lines

CHINA State Railway Group (CR) opened the Wuhan - Shiyan high-speed railway on November 29 and the Rizhao - Qufu section of the Rizhao - Lankao high-speed line on November 26.

November 28, 2019 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica project construction officially launched

ESTONIA’s prime minister, Mr Jüri Ratas, and Mr Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Transport, officially launched construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail project on November 28.

November 20, 2019 | Metros

HPH consortium has highest score for Panama Metro monorail project

PANAMA Metro says the bid from the Korean HPH Joint Venture Consortium achieved the highest overall score for a contract to build a new monorail, which will become Line 3.

November 15, 2019 | Metros

Konya metro project gets green light

THE mayor of the Turkish city of Konya, Mr Ugor Ibrahim Altay, has announced the go-ahead for the construction of the city’s first metro line.

November 14, 2019 | Infrastructure

Swiss adopt SFr 13bn plan to increase rail capacity by 2035

THE Swiss federal parliament has adopted a plan to invest SFr 12.89bn ($US 13bn) to increase capacity on the national rail network between 2020 and 2035.

November 5, 2019 | High-speed

India’s first HS line now expected to open in 2023

INDIA’s first high-speed rail project - a 508km line linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad - is facing land acquisition problems and is likely to miss the August 2022 opening target.

October 28, 2019 | Infrastructure

Initial works underway on Israel’s East Line

PREPARATORY earthworks have started on part of Israel’s Shekels 8.5bn ($US 2.4bn) East Line project to reopen a 64km line from Hadera East to Lod.

October 24, 2019 | High-speed

Thailand signs three-airport high-speed rail link deal

STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) and a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group signed a Baht 224.5bn ($US 7.4bn) public-private partnership (PPP) deal to build a high-speed line linking Thailand’s three main airports.

October 23, 2019 | High-speed

Testing underway as China prepares to open 13 high-speed lines

TEST running is underway on 13 new sections of high-speed railway in China as the country prepares to open the next batch of high-speed lines before the end of the year.

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