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    • Deal agreed to build Europe’s largest MagRail test track

    NEVOMO, formerly Hyper Poland, has signed an agreement with Polish company Ciech Sarzyna, to lease land and infrastructure that will allow the construction of a full-scale 750m MagRail test track.
    Europe

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    $C 757.1m Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling contract awarded

     Canada
    INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a consortium led by Strabag a $C 757.1m ($US 623.7m) Design Build Finance contract for the Advance Tunnel Project for the 7.8km Scarborough Subway Extension (Line 2) in Toronto.

    New China-Kazakhstan freight terminal opens

     Europe
    THE first 10 China-Europe freight trains passed through a new gauge transfer terminal at Dostyk, Kazakhstan, over the weekend of June 5-6. With a current throughput capacity of 100,000 TEU, the terminal is expected to offer a major boost to trans-Eurasian bulk intermodal rail freight flows.

    DART Rail Turns 25

     USA
    The system debuted June 14, 1996 with 11.2 miles of starter service on the Blue Line (between Illinois Station and Pearl/Arts District Station) and Red Line (between Westmoreland Station and Pearl/Arts District Station).

    Flying the CRJ in Europe, and why it’s highly underrated

     Airline News
    Last week I took a flight from Stockholm to Paris (CDG) on SK571, a Scandinavian Airlines flight operated by Xfly.

    Curved section of Brightline construction in Fla. catches the eye

     USA
    Passenger trains will use the tunnel to cross the north and south sides of the Beachline Expressway.

    Europe: Reviving the overnight network

     Europe
    An array of revived and new overnight services is planned across western and central Europe. Murray Hughes provides an overview of the latest developments.

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