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Chennai metro orders driverless trains
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has formally awarded low bidder Alstom a €135m contract to supply and maintain 32 three-car Metropolis trainsets for its Phase II expansion programme.
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Dresden transport operator sells announcements
GERMANY: Dresden city transport operator DVB is to include advertising in onboard announcements and information screens.
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AI optimises rail freight staff schedules
GERMANY: Zedas says the addition of AI-powered staff scheduling to its Zedas Cargo logistics software had ‘drastically’ reduced planning effort and ‘significantly’ improved resource utilisation.
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Government confirms £15·6bn of city region local transport funding
UK: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced five-year funding agreements totalling £15·6bn which will enable England’s mayoral combined authorities to progress local transport projects within city regions and surrounding towns.
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Freight: Mercave tackles Spain's break of gauge
Commercial service trials will be the final step in a programme to develop gauge-changing wheelsets for use under freight wagons with axleloads of 25 tonnes or more, reports Mike Bent.
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Canada: VIA Rail issues rallying call as CN dispute drags on
Amid a fraught relationship with its principal host railroad Canadian National, passenger operator VIA Rail is looking for help from the government, regulators and its suppliers as it seeks to improve reliability and enhance its offering. Nick Kingsley reports from Toronto.
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Robot positions container wagon pins
GERMANY: The use of an autonomous mobile robot to automate the repositioning of folding pins on container wagons has been successfully tested by Hamburger Hafen & Logistik and the Fraunhofer Centre for Maritime Logistics & Services.
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Rolling stock cybersecurity partnership
CYBERSECURITY: Duagon’s D527 Multi-Ethernet Secure Gateway can now be supplied with the CylusOne rail-specific cybersecurity platform
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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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Regulator says reform of rail fare enforcement is urgently needed
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has called for urgent reforms to make the handling of train ticketing irregularities more consistent, fairer and effective.
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Alstom ‘reshores’ rolling stock production to New York state
USA: Alstom has expanded its rolling stock factory at Hornell in New York state with the opening of the $75m Plant 4.
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Norfolk Southern offers vocational training scholarships
USA: Norfolk Southern is offering Trades on Track scholarships to vocational students within its 22-state network.
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Spanish and Japanese operators collaborate on high speed rail
INTERNATIONAL: Central Japan Railway and Spanish national operator RENFE have signed a set of technical, operational and strategic collaboration agreements.
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Turkey calls tenders for construction of Siirt railway
TURKEY: Infrastructure manager TCDD has called tenders for the construction of a 34 km extension of the Yolçatı – Diyarbakır – Batman – Kurtalan railway to Siirt.
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DC Streetcar to be replaced by buses
USA: Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced plans for the DC Streetcar tramway to be replaced by a bus service.
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Konkan Railway to be merged into Indian Railways
INDIA: The quasi-independent Konkan Railway is on course to be merged into Indian Railways.
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Bangkok fare collection system contracts awarded
THAILAND: Hitachi Rail has signed four contracts to supply new and upgraded ticketing system for three metro lines in Bangkok.
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Don’t tinker with rail freight’s rights, says operator
UK: Private freight operator GB Railfreight has urged the government not to tinker with performance, capacity and charging regimes during the process of setting up Great British Railways.
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Indore metro Super Priority Corridor opens
INDIA: Passenger services on the Indore metro’s ‘Super Priority Corridor’ began on June 1, the day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially inaugurated the city’s first line by video link on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
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Train lease agreed as FirstGroup prepares to launch Stirling open access service
UK: FirstGroup has secured the rolling stock it needs to launch Lumo-branded open access passenger services between London Euston and Stirling in mid-2026.
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