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March 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Turkish president opens full Istanbul Marmaray rail link

THE president of Turkey Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially opened the 63km Halkali - Istanbul - Gebze railway on March 12 marking the completion of phase two of the Marmaray project to connect Turkey’s European and Asian rail networks.

February 21, 2019 | Infrastructure

FS to invest €14.6bn to upgrade Lombardy rail network

THE managing director and director general of Italian State Railways (FS), Mr Gianfranco Battisti, and the CEO of Italian Rail Network (RFI), Mr Maurizio Gentile, outlined plans to invest €14.6bn to upgrade the railway network in Lombardy between now and 2025 to the president of Lombardy Region, Mr Attilio Fontana, on February 20.

February 21, 2019 | News

Philippines launches tenders for Malolos - Clark line

THE Philippines Department of Transportation has issued a call for tender for a civil works contract for PNR Clark Phase 2 of the North-South Commuter Railway project, which will extend the line by 53km from Malolos to Clark.

February 18, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Work starts on Manila North-South Commuter Railway

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Philippines capital Manila on February 15 to mark the start of construction on phase one of the North-South Commuter Railway project.

February 13, 2019 | High-speed

California’s governor scales back high-speed rail project

THE governor of California, Mr Gavin Newsom, announced on February 12, during his first state of the state address, that California’s high-speed rail project will be scaled back due to spiralling costs and poor oversight, and only the section currently under construction in the Central Valley will be completed. This means plans to connect San Francisco and Sacramento with Los Angeles and San Diego will be dropped.

February 12, 2019 | Infrastructure

Nigeria introduces test rides on new standard-gauge line

NIGERIAN Railway Corporation launched free test rides on February 9 on the first completed section of the new 156km Lagos - Ibadan standard-gauge railway between Iju, on the northern outskirts of Lagos, and Abeokuta.

January 4, 2019 | Metros

Funding approved for Milan metro extension

THE Italian government has agreed to contribute €900m towards the cost of building an extension to Line 5 of the Milan metro, while Lombardy region will provide the remaining €350m.

January 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Construction starts on first GTX line in Seoul

KOREA’s minister of land transport and tourism Mr Kim Hyun-mi officially launched construction of Line A of the planned three-line GTX high-speed regional rail network at a ceremony at Kintex in Seoul on December 27.

November 8, 2018 | Infrastructure

Palermo approves €700m tram expansion scheme

THE Municipality of Palermo approved a €700m project on November 3 for the construction of two new tram lines and extensions to the four existing lines in operation since 2015. Construction will start in 2019.

October 8, 2018 | Metros

Vienna starts work on U-Bahn expansion project

A ceremony was held in Vienna on October 8 to mark the start of construction on a U-Bahn project to split Line U2 and build two extensions to create a longer Line U2 and a new Line U5.

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