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Work starts on Toronto commuter rail expansion project
CANADA: The government of Ontario has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Bowmanville Extension of the Toronto area’s GO Transit commuter rail network.
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MÁV gains full ownership of Dunakeszi Járműjavító
HUNGARY: National railway group MÁV has purchased 100% of the companies owning the assets of rolling stock maintenance business Dunakeszi Járműjavító.
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Digital automatic coupler demonstration train goes on a grand tour
AUSTRIA: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group’s digital automatic coupler demonstration train is to undertake a ‘grand tour’ of the national network during 2026 to assess operation under a wide range of different scenarios.
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Roma metro Line C extension contract awarded
ITALY: Roma municipality has awarded the Metro C Scpa consortium a €776m contract covering the design and construction of Section T1 of Roma Metro Line C. This will link Clodio/Mazzini and Farnesina in the north of the capital with one intermediate station at Auditorium.
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Teleste to supply LED displays for Belgian stations
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has awarded Teleste an extendable four-year framework contract to supply passenger information displays for stations across the country.
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World rail freight news round-up
Business news from the world rail freight market.
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Italy: RFI deploys AI, drones and robots as part of monitoring suite expansion
Italian infrastructure manager RFI is expanding its ability to inspect and intervene on its network through autonomous and data-driven technology. Toma Bačić reports.
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Italy: RFI’s deploys AI, drones and robots as part of monitoring suite expansion
Italian infrastructure manager RFI is expanding its ability to inspect and intervene on its network through autonomous and data-driven technology. Toma Bačić reports.
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West Midlands Trains transfer to public ownership ‘an exciting opportunity’ as DfT cools on mayoral control of rail services
UK: West Midlands Trains is the latest operator to transfer from the private to the public sector, moving from Transport UK ownership to DfT Operator Ltd at 02.00 on February 1.
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Hong Kong: MTR completes East Rail Line’s complex retrofit
The retrofitting of Automatic Platform Gates to Hong Kong’s oldest railway without any disruption to passengers marked a major milestone in MTR’s network modernisation programme.
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High-volume rail terminal opens to support construction of Meta AI data centre
USA: USA Rail Terminal has opened a train-to-lorry transloading facility at Monroe in Louisiana to support the construction of what will be Facebook owner Meta’s largest data centre.
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Software error double-counts Swiss light rail passengers
SWITZERLAND: Baselland Transport has revised its ridership figures downwards after it emerged that a software error was double-counting passengers on the Waldenburgerbahn.
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Nigerian Railway Corp is out of intensive care and ‘ready to fly’
NIGERIA: Nigerian Railway Corp has moved out of the intensive care unit and is now ‘ready to fly’, Managing Director Dr Kayode Opeifa said in January when he set out ambitions to expand the network, attract private finance and use cleaner fuels.
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Heavy Haul Rail launches as CMA CGM completes Freightliner acquisition
UK: Freightliner’s intermodal and bulk freight activities have parted ways, with the acquisition of the Freightliner brand and the intermodal operations by maritime and inland logistics group CMA CGM.
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Brno operator orders trams for assembly in-house
CZECH REPUBLIC: Brno transport operator DPMB has signed a KC2·3bn framework agreement for Pragoimex to supply components for the local assembly of up to 60 more EVO2 trams by 2033, which would take the total number in the city to 101.
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Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
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Great Western Railway to put battery train into passenger service
UK: Great Western Railway has announced that its Class 230 prototype battery trainset is to enter passenger service on the Greenford branch in west London on January 31.
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RegioJet train passengers eat 25 km of cake
CZECH REPUBLIC: RegioJet has revealed the quantities of food and drink consumed across its services in 2025, with company owner owner Radim Jančura saying ‘our yellow trains are simply the biggest café where everyone can have their favourite coffee and cake’.
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Baghdad battery-powered retro-tram completed
IRAQ: Turkish tourist tram and road train manufacturer Garatren has produced a retro-styled battery tramcar for a line being built in Baghdad.
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Bogie-mounted wagon condition monitoring technology partnership launched
EUROPE: Greenbrier Leasing Europe is to install Amsted Digital Solutions IQ Series gateways on all its new wagons to enable users to benefit from condition-based maintenance.
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