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Inter-city train for the 21st century unveiled
FRANCE: The Oxygène inter-city trainset is ‘probably one of the most beautiful trains built by CAF’, CEO for France, Alain Picard, said when the first trainset was officially unveiled by the manufacturer, operator SNCF Voyageurs and the French government.
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Greek railway ‘reset’ aims to bring the network to the level of Italy
GREECE: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has signed a co-operation agreement with Italy’s FS Group to modernise the Greek railway system, two years after the fatal head-on collision at Tempi.
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‘The rail industry needs to sell travel and not just tickets’
Rail reform offers an opportunity to boost industry revenues by leveraging private sector marketing expertise and innovation to fill empty train seats, Anthony Smith, CEO of the Independent Rail Retailers association, tells Rail Business UK.
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Ukrainian Railways takes delivery of couchette coaches
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has taken delivery of six platskartny open-plan couchette cars, which Deputy Minister for Development of Communities & Territories Oleksii Balesta said were the first of this type to be purchased since independence.
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Wagon monitoring system launched
AUSTRALIA: Following a successful four-year trial in Queensland, Transdiagnostics has launched Transend, which is designed to replace outdated wagon monitoring technologies and provide real-time data and predictive diagnostics to reduce derailment risks and optimise operations.
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Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Britain ‘could be a global rail leader again’ says Burnham as he urges backing for ‘Northern Arc’
UK: A rail-based ‘Northern Arc’ infrastructure and development programme could help Britain ‘move on from the embarrassment of High Speed 2’ and restore the country’s reputation as a world leader in railway construction, believes Greater Manchester elected mayor Andy Burnham.
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Electric transport operators agree to help balance power grid use
NETHERLANDS: Public transport operators have signed an agreement to help balance demand on the heavily-loaded national power grid.
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Restructuring of Bulgarian rail freight operator planned
BULGARIA: Plans for a major restructuring of the national railway’s freight business BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi has been announced by Minister of Transport & Communications Grozdan Karadjov.
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Sengkang-Punggol LRT peoplemover sets on test
The first of 25 two-car AGT trainsets for the Sengkang-Punggol Light Rapid Transit network have been handed over to SBS Transit.
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Trainline to acquire Spanish train and bus ticket retailer
SPAIN: Trainline has agreed to acquire Barcelona-based online train and bus ticket retailer Trenes.com.
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