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Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has begun testing an anti-theft device for the railway catenary system. The tests in cooperation with Polands National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) are expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year.
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Terrifying video shows the moment a woman is pushed into the path of an oncoming train at a busy station.
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GERMAN Rail (DB) launched trial operation of a freight train fitted with digital automatic couplers (DAC) on January 19.
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A train equipped with digital automatic couplers had departed on a practical test journey that will continue for several months.
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In moves intended to enhance the competitiveness of rail freight moving in and out of Spain, which requires a change of track gauge between 1 668 mm and 1 435 mm, infrastructure manager ADIF has called bids for the development of two innovative gauge-changing installations and of improved gauge-changing ...
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Stadler Polska has beaten Alstom and Hitachi Rail to win a €112·3m contract to supply 18 four-car trainsets to national passenger operator Srbija Voz.
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The transport ministry has announced the opening of the 106 km Konya – Karaman line, which has been extensively upgraded and realigned by lead contractor Gülermak.
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Ukrainian Railways (UZ) blocked cargo export on UZ-owned wagons to Poland on Thursday, 20 January. Polish Railways (PKP) ring the alarm bell saying that this is a targeted move to Poland that does not make any sense. On its behalf, UZ stated that things are simpler than they look.
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NORWEGIAN state-owned rolling stock leasing company Norske Tog has shortlisted four suppliers to bid for a contract to supply up to 100 new trains for long-distance services.
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GEODIS has launched a new road-rail solution linking the Paris region with northern Italy. Officially kicked off on Tuesday 18 January, the line links Noisy-le-Sec in France to Novara in Italy and is intended to offer an alternative to road transport.
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FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) subsidiary Captrain Spain has begun operating the first of six 1668mm Iberian gauge Euro6000 locomotives.
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In Berlin, a freight train equipped with a Digital Automatic Coupler has started a practical test run across Europe, lasting several months. German Federal Minister for Transport Volker Wissing gave the symbolic starting signal for the test programme on Wednesday, 19 January.
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NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Bane Nor has agreed three framework contracts with 23 suppliers for infrastructure work across the country’s 4067km railway network. The combined value of the three contracts is NKr 2.80bn ($US 320.6m).
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Stadler has been awarded the largest contract in the company’s history with an order for 504 tram-trains for a German-Austrian project consortium.
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The Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) has officially approved the merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge. The two ports agreed in February last year to merge into one port. According to the Competition Commission, this concentration will not lead to market distortions.
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NORTHERN Rhineland-Palatinate regional rail authority SPNV-Nord and the German state of Saarland have published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to operate the so-called MoselLux regional network in western Germany and Luxembourg.
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Intermodal Telematics (IMT), a Netherlands based telematics company, entered a long-term agreement with Hitachi Rail. Their partnership will focus on developing digital solutions for rail freight in Europe and North America.
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RENFE has announced that its low-cost Avlo service from Madrid to València will begin running on February 21, in time for the city’s Las Fallas fiesta celebrations, which in 2022 will begin on the last Sunday of February.
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DB Cargo is investing in a new climate-friendly locomotive fleet with alternative drives.
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Sławomir Cyza has been appointed CEO and Managing Director (MD) of Alstom in Poland, Ukraine and Baltic States.
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The Paris-Rungis wholesale market is eyeing significant growth in train-borne fresh fruit and vegetable shipments with the development of a 25 million euros intermodal terminal. The facility will not only serve the Rungis market, but also the economy of the entire region.
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Swedish freight operator Green Cargo has restructured its international train services with the aim of simplifying operations, reducing costs and cutting transit times.
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DB Cargo has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a framework contract for the supply of 250 diesel-battery hybrid locomotives, with a firm order for an initial 50 to be delivered from 2024.
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On 18 January 2022 the RB Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS and an international consortium comprising SYSTRA, ITALFERR (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group) and EGIS signed an agreement relating to the infrastructure project’s control-command and signalling component.
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TURKISH president, Mr Recep Erdoğan, opened the 102km Konya – Karaman high-speed line at a ceremony in Konya on January 8, where he was accompanied by minister of transport and infrastructure, Mr Adil Karaismailoğlu, and other ministers, deputies and officials.
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