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September 9, 2020 | Financial

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Financial: VR reports loss; Fall in demand hurts PKP Cargo; DB offers inter-city discounts to young people

Finland: National operator VR has reported an operating loss of €19.5m for the first half of 2020, compared with an operating profit of €54.7m for the same period in 2019.

July 5, 2020 | Fleet

IRJ IN-BRIEF – Fleet: MÁV and Ganz Motor develop new powered bogies; Baku receives new metro trains; CD announces coach upgrade

Hungary: Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) has partnered with Ganz Motor to develop and produce powered bogies for the operator’s new MÁV IC+ control coach, which will be capable of reaching speeds of up to 200km/h. The new coaches will include a driver’s cab, as well as space for 56 seats, and will be built to comply with European standards.

July 1, 2020 | Main line

Norway delays Traffic Package 4 following Covid-19 uncertainty

THE Norwegian Railway Directorate has announced that it will postpone the awarding of Traffic Package 4 to operate passenger services around Oslo by a year, in order to give operators more certainty following the coronavirus pandemic.

June 29, 2020 | Signalling

Alstom obtains certification for ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 system

INSPECTION and certification body Belgorail has certified Alstom to implement its data fusion algorithms, which use both satellite navigation and inertial movement to accurately and safely measure the location and speed of trains, into its ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 system.

June 8, 2020 | Main line

SJ begins concession in northern Norway

SWEDISH national train operator SJ has launched passenger services on six lines in central and northern Norway under the Traffic Package North concession awarded last year.

May 22, 2020 | Infrastructure

Bane Nor to develop AI-based track inspection system

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor and the Norwegian Computing Centre have together received NKr 4m ($US 421,447) from the Research Council of Norway to conduct a trial using artificial intelligence (AI) to undertake infrastructure inspections.

May 15, 2020 | Financial

Bane Nor gets extra NKr 826m for projects in revised budget

THE Norwegian government has allocated an additional NKr 826m ($US 75m), of which NKr 548m is new funding, to infrastructure manager Bane Nor to support ongoing rail projects in the revised state budget announced on May 12.

May 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

Bane Nor announces Vestfold line tenders worth NKr 2bn

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor has announced three tenders with a combined value of more than NKr 2bn ($US 195.6m), as it looks to support the construction industry through the coronavirus pandemic.

May 1, 2020 | Fleet

Six pre-qualify for Norske Tog train contract

SIX train builders have been pre-qualified by Norwegian rolling stock company Norske Tog to bid for a contract to supply up to 200 EMUs.

April 28, 2020 | News

Operators start to resume services as Covid-19 travel restrictions ease

EUROPEAN governments are starting to ease restrictions put in place to slow the spread of Covid-19 enabling rail operators to reintroduce services.

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