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Ministers and International Executives Discuss 2020 Railway Forum
The Saudi Railway Company (SAR), in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, is racing to prepare for the 2020 Railway Forum.
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Industry Insider Week 4 2020 · 7 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 4 2020: all the big rail news for 20–24 January. DB buys hybrid locomotives from Toshiba and more.
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ADIF Becomes 8th Rail Infrastructure Manager to Join Eress
Spain is the latest partner to join Eress, the European Partnership for Railway Energy Settlement Systems.
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Capacity Doubles on Toulouse Metro Line A
Siemens Mobility and Tisséo have doubled capacity on Line A of Toulouse metro by lengthening the rolling stock from 2 to 4 cars per train.
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DB Cargo Purchases 50 Toshiba Hybrid Locomotives
DB Cargo is purchasing 50 Toshiba hybrid locomotives to reduce its carbon footprint. They will save 1 million litres of diesel per year.
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New Australind Railcar Design Unveiled
Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti unveiled the design of the new Australind railcar at Bunbury station.
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Coming Soon: The IRFC 2020 Conference
On April 1 – 3, 2020, the International Railway Forum and Conference IRFC 2020 will be held in Prague, Czech Republic for the seventh time.
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Bob Harvilla Joins PowerRail Board of Directors
PowerRail has announced the recent appointment of Bob Harvilla, Vice President of Sales, to the PowerRail Board of Directors.
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CZ Loko Continues Locomotive Upgrades for Estonian Operail
CZ Loko is continuing is modernisation works to upgrade the old GE Transportation C30 locomotives into C30-M units for Estonia.
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Alstom Delivers First Citadis LRV with Lantal Fabrics for Paris T9 Line
Lantal was commissioned to manufacture the seat covers for the new Alstom Citadis LRV trams which will run on the Paris T9 line.
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DB to Feed Solar Power Directly into Its Traction Network
Deutsche Bahn will feed solar power directly into its traction power network with a new solar park measuring 70 football pitches in size.
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Industry Insider Week 3 2020 · 7 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for week 3 of 2020: all the important news in brief from electrification to HS2 and Vivarail battery tests…
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Construction Starts on TfW Metro Control Centre and Depot
Construction has started on the metro control centre and depot at Taff's Well for Transport for Wales. The depot will service new tram-train…
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Vivarail Class 230 Successfully Completes 40-Mile Battery Tests
Vivarail has put its Class 230 through battery tests during which the train reliably and successfully travelled 40 miles many times.
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First Fully Modernised OEBB Double-Decker in Cityjet Design
The first fully modernised OEBB double-decker is now running on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn in Austria in its new Cityjet look.
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Rail Associations Sign Digital Automatic Coupling Charter
Six rail associations have signed a charter on digital automatic coupling for freight wagons across Europe to push forward the shift to rail…
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HS2 is bad for the environment?! A Rant.
HS2 has been heavily criticised by environmental organisations. Railway-News believes this is short-sighted and needs addressing.
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ERTMS: 200km/h Tests on Warsaw-Gdansk Line
PKP has conducted 200km/h tests on the Warsaw-Gdansk line using a Pendolino equipped with ERTMS / ETCS Level 2 on 11-12 January.
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Riyadh Prepares for the Highly Anticipated Railway Forum
The 2020 Railway Forum is the first of its kind for the Kingdom’s flourishing railway sector and will be held in Riyadh on January 28 and 29…
