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    • Suburban train of the future concepts on show

    DB Regio has unveiled IdeenzugCity, a full-scale mock up built to showcase ideas to improve the comfort, capacity and reliability of future suburban trains.
    Europe

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    New Silk Road gamechanger: new container promises 30 per cent extra capacity

     Europe
    Laude Smart Intermodal S.A has designed a new high-capacity container: the 40’ SBOT. The Polish logistics company has explicitly developed the container for transportation between China and Europe.

    West Midlands Interchange in new hands

     UK
    West Midlands Interchange, a planned terminal on the busy West Coast Main Line, has changed hands in a billion-pound deal (1.1 billion euros).

    Sunset Steam Express set to depart London Victoria this Tuesday

     Railway Preservation
    Steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower will be hauling the Sunset Steam Express this Tuesday, 27th July, departing from London Victoria.

    Thornaby Station has received a brand new cycle storage facility

     UK
    TransPennine Express has announced that a brand new cycle hub is now completed and ready to use by rail users at Thornaby railway station, on the Tees Valley Line, in North Yorkshire.

    Interview: Alternative traction can deliver decarbonisation in Europe

    Europe
    Alstom’s decision to focus on ‘net zero’-compliant traction technology as long ago as 2014 is firmly bearing fruit in Europe, the company’s Vice-President for Regional Rolling Stock Brahim Soua* tells Nick Kingsley.

    Covid testing boost for freight rail workers

     Pacific National News
    Pacific National Australia has thanked the New South Wales government for providing additional resources for COVID testing of essential freight workers at Taree.

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