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High speed and freight corridors announced in budget as Indian Railways capex hiked again
INDIA: Proposals for seven more high speed lines and another dedicated freight corridor were announced on February 1, when the government’s 2026-27 budget allocated record support for capital investment across the national rail network.
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DB demonstrates remote controlled S-Bahn train at München depot
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn and Alstom have demonstrated the remote control of an S-Bahn trainset within a depot as part of a project to make shunting movements faster and more efficient and to reduce the distance staff need to walk.
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First phase of Beijing Tongzhou underground rail complex opens
CHINA: The first element of Beijing Tongzhou railway station has opened in the east of the capital, marking the completion of Beijing’s eight stations and two airports plan.
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Angola to award 30-year Namibe Corridor railway concession
ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport has called tenders for a concession to operate and maintain the 855 km Namibe Corridor, which it wants to see run as a ‘competitive, efficient and financially sustainable’ logistics asset.
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High‑speed imaging to support pit stop style wagon maintenance
UK: Wabtec has signed a 10-year agreement to maintain GB Railfreight’s fleet of intermodal platform wagons, making use of Wabtec’s KinetiX high‑speed imaging technology to support ‘pit stop’ style maintenance.
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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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