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Arriva Group appoints next Chief Executive Officer
EUROPE: Arriva Group has announced the appointment of Gianfranco Sgro as Chief Executive Officer with effect from October 1.
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First of a Kind funding awarded for 26 rail innovation projects
UK: The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have selected 26 rail projects to share £5m of government first-of-a-kind funding to support trials of innovative technology for the rail industry.
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Marmon Rail launches safer tank wagon cleaning system
NORTH AMERICA: Marmon Rail has launched a mobile system for the on-site cleaning of tank wagons without the need for anyone to enter confined spaces containing hazardous residues.
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Stations, Rail & Systems agreement signed for Toronto light rail extension project
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded Trillium Rail Partners the Stations, Rail & Systems contract for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension light rail project.
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South Asia: Trans-continental rail vision battles fraught geopolitics
South Asia remains one of the world’s least integrated regions, but despite a complex geopolitical situation the development of cross-border rail links continues to make slow progress.
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Azerbaijan relaunches passenger trains to Ağdam
AZERBAIJAN: Passenger services on the Baku – Ağdam route were relaunched on August 30, having been suspended since 1993 as a result of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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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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Network Rail to improve flooding and coastal risk management planning
UK: Network Rail is working with WSP to create a Flood & Coastal Risk Management Framework which will help standardise the infrastructure manager’s readiness for floods and coastal erosion and increase its knowledge of potential problems across the network.
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India’s prototype high speed trains to be equipped with Knorr-Bremse subsystems
INDIA: Knorr-Bremse ais to supply braking, door, air-conditioning and sanitary systems for the two prototype 1 435 mm gauge trainsets being developed by BEML to operate at up to 280 km/h on the future Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed line.
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RENFE to replace Madrid – Barcelona Avlo service by more AVEs
SPAIN: RENFE has announced that its Avlo-branded low-cost services between Madrid and Barcelona are to be withdrawn indefinitely from September 8, as result of high speed trainsets experiencing rough riding on the route.
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Nokia launches ‘industry-first’ 5G radio to support FRMCS migration
INTERNATIONAL: Nokia has launched what it says is the industry’s first commercial 5G radio for the 1 900 MHz band as part of its work to support railways’ transition to the emerging FRMCS telecoms standards.
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Dublin MetroLink metro project bidding consortium formed
IRELAND: A consortium has been formed to bid for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the proposed MetroLink automated metro line in Dublin.
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Maximum speed of fastest Czech trains raised to 200 km/h
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has raised the maximum speed of its fastest passenger trains from 160 km/h to 200 km/h with effect from August 31.
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Joint efforts bring rolling stock to Guinea
GUINEA: Mining company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée has taken delivery of passenger coaches and freight wagons manufactured by CRRC.
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Mumbai Metro Line 4 signalling and rolling stock contract awarded
INDIA: Mumbai Metro Regional Development Authority has awarded Larsen & Toubro and its partner Alstom the rolling stock and signalling systems contract for Mumbai Metro Line 4 (Green).
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East Midlands Railway begins digital pay-as-you go ticketing trial
UK: The first of four Department for Transport sponsored trials of GPS-based digital pay-as-you-go ticketing using smart phones rather than dedicated smartcards or contactless bank cards is now underway.
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Three prequalify for next København metro operating contract
DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet has prequalified three bidders from a ‘strong field of applicants’ for the next contract to operate the automated network.
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LTG Cargo Ukraine pivots to rolling stock leasing services
UKRAINE: The LTG Cargo Ukraine subsidiary of the Lithuanian national railway’s freight division is changing its business model from September, and will now focus on leasing services rather than freight forwarding.
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Live trial suggests Virtual Worksite Marker Boards could save the rail industry £23m per year
UK: The effectiveness and safety of using Virtual Worksite Marker Boards instead of physical marker boards has been successfully trialled during engineering works on the East Coast Main Line.
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Turkey launches construction of railway towards Naxçıvan
TURKEY: A groundbreaking ceremony has launched construction of the Kars – Iğdır – Aralık – Dilucu line, which will extend the rail network to the border of Azerbaijan’s Naxçıvan exclave.
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