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Germany Launches New Alliance with Business to Promote Rail
The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has announced that the "Zukunftsbündnis Schiene" - the partnership betwe…
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First Upgraded Inter7City High-Speed Train to Enter Service in Scotland
ScotRail has announced that it is about to get another step closer to its goal of building "the best railway Scotland has ever had". Startin…
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Almost 1 Million Passenger Journeys on Hong Kong High-Speed Rail to Date
MTR Corporation announced on 7 October that since services began on the Hong Hong High-Speed Rail line (Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong) on 23 …
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Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week's 12 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 1–5 October 2018: all this week's news from around the world, featuring comment pieces by the…
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DB Sets Up DB Cargo Eurasia Due to Success of Trans-Eurasian Corridor
2018 marks a ten-year anniversary for Deutsche Bahn AG (DB). What started with one train in 2008 has now grown into 3,600 trains in 2018. De…
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UK: HS2 Completes Euston Station Demolition Works
High Speed Two Ltd has announced that the Euston station demolition works are now complete: the former 250m carriage sheds have now been ful…
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Mechan Sets Fundraising Goal to Mark Half Century
Rail maintenance equipment specialist, Mechan, is embarking on a charity mission to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Sheffield-based manu…
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UWC and URALCHEM-TRANS Sign Maintenance Infrastructure Agreement
United Wagon Company (UWC), one of the world's biggest manufacturers of freight cars, has announced it has signed an agreement with logistic…
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Bombardier Partners with Siemens to Supply New ICE 4 Trains to DB
On 28 September Railway-News reported that DB was investing an additional one billion euros into modernising its ICE 1 fleet and in purchasi…
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1 in 7 Drivers Risk Their Lives at Level Crossings Every Day
Populus was commissioned by Network Rail, the UK's rail infrastructure manager, to conduct research into drivers' behaviour around level cro…
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GE Transportation to Supply 3 Locomotives to Iowa Interstate Railroad
Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd (IAIS), the only Class 2 railroad in the United States that connects directly to all Class 1 railroads, announc…
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DB Makes International Train Travel Easier in Europe
Online ticket services: Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has announced it is expanding its cross-border and foreign booking options further. The servic…
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Railway-News Industry Insider: 20 Must-Read Rail Stories This Week
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 24–28 September 2018: all the latest railway news from Europe, China, India, the United Kingd…
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DB Netz to Invest 825 Million Euros in Upgrading Its High-Speed Lines
DB Netz, the infrastructure arm of Deutsche Bahn, has announced it will invest €825 million in upgrading its high-speed rail network by 2023…
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GE Transportation and TÜLOMSAŞ Secure Locomotive Order
GE Transportation and TÜLOMSAŞ have received a first order for locomotives by private operator Korfez Ulastirma (Turkey), which is the logis…
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DB Invests Additional Billion Euros in ICE 1 and ICE 4 Trains
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced it has ordered additional ICE 4 trains. In doing so the company is topping up its investment of 5.3 billion…
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10,000th China Railway Express Train Milestone
China Railway has announced that its X8044 Express train, which travelled from Hamburg in Germany to Wuhan in China, arriving on 29 August 2…
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Zonegreen Signals Start of New Era in Depot Safety
A state-of-the-art rail maintenance facility in Banbury, Oxfordshire, is operating smoothly and safely, thanks to Sheffield-based Zonegreen’…
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CrossRail RORUNNER Systems Officially Handed Over to Transport for London
September marked the official handover of the TfL engineering trains from manufacturer ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen to Transport for London’s (TfL…
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Transmashholding-Hungary to Supply 1,300 Passenger Cars to Egypt
Egyptian National Railways, which is managed by the Egyptian Railway Authority, has signed a contract with the Russian-Hungarian consortium …
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CRRC Announces Global Release of CETROVO Carbon-fibre Metro Vehicles
Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC has announced the global release of its new generation of carbon fibre metro vehicles, called CETROV…
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Services Start on Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail
Passenger services have started on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Line in China. The first MTR Vibrant Express departed fr…
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Alstom Secures Contract for Grand Paris Express Trains
The Société du Grand Paris and Île-de-France Mobilités have contracted Alstom Transport to build and deliver high-capacity driverless metro-…