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August 28, 2020 | Fleet

SCI Verkehr forecasts 24% drop in diesel locomotive purchases

SCI Verkehr expects the global market for diesel locomotives to drop by 24% between now and 2024, due to uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

August 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Ayutthaya high-speed rail hub revealed

THAILAND has unveiled a Baht 31.9bn ($US 1bn) project to develop Ayutthaya, a Unesco World Heritage site north of Bangkok, as a national high-speed rail hub, to be funded through public-private partnerships (PPP).

August 28, 2020 | Financial

DSB reports DKr 607m first-half loss due to Covid-19 pandemic

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has reported a pre-tax loss of DKr -607m ($US 96.4m) for the first half of 2020, compared with a profit of DKr 1m for the same period in 2019.

August 27, 2020 | Main line

Potential for Auckland - Hamilton rapid rail, report finds

THE development of a potentially high-speed line between Auckland and Hamilton has merit but requires more investigation, a study released by New Zealand transport minister, Mr Phil Twyford, has found.

August 20, 2020 | Track

Big data optimises wheel-rail interface

A new wheel force and wheel form data installation on the Vienna - St Pölten high-speed line is the latest step by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and its partners to optimise the vital wheel-rail interface.

August 19, 2020 | Technology

European rail research partnership to succeed Shift2Rail

THE European Commission (EC) is inviting expression of interest by October 1 from private and public organisations to become founding members of a new European rail research partnership to succeed the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking.

August 18, 2020 | Asia

China-India tensions cloud Chinese involvement in Indian metro projects

INDIA’s continuing border hostilities with China have led to uncertainty about the future of several metro rail projects where Chinese companies are working as technology partners.

August 17, 2020 | High-speed

Pandemic fails to slow China’s high-speed network expansion

China is continuing the development of the world’s most extensive high-speed network at a breakneck pace. David Burroughs looks at the lines that have opened as the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and the sections nearing completion.

August 13, 2020 | Passenger

Responding to the ‘new normal’

From railway operation and station management to infrastructure maintenance and manufacturing, the entire railway industry has had to adjust to new social distancing protocols introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19. Kevin Smith speaks to a cross-section of the industry to find out how they have adapted.

August 11, 2020 | Fleet

Seoul invites bids for 36 metro cars for Line 9

SEOUL City Infrastructure Headquarters has issued a call for tenders for a batch of 36 cars to increase capacity on metro Line 9 which is operated by a private company called Metro9.

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