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This month, infrastructure manager DB Netz has introduced ‘green wave’ train running functionality to support the use of connected driver advisory systems. Train operators seeking to improve their energy efficiency have been encouraged to sign up to the service at 0·315 euro cents per path-km.
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The EU launched an in-depth investigation Friday into the merger of the rail activities at Alstom, the state-controlled maker of France's iconic TGV trains, and German industrial giant Siemens.
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THE board of Spanish infrastructure and engineering company Comsa has reached an agreement to sell its remaining stake in rail freight operator Comsa Rail Transport (CRT) to SNCF Logistics, giving the French company 100% control.
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SNCF has announced that Paris Gare du Nord – Europe’s busiest railway station – is to triple in size by 2024.
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DSB has released photos of one of the first IC3 units to undergo a major interior refurbishment.
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Freightliner has signed a five-year deal to use 3Squared’s RailSmart software suite, including exclusive collaboration for future developments.
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Building rights granted to Estonia's state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (AS Eesti Raudtee) for the land through which the Riisipere-Turba section of track runs have been entered into the property register, and the company is planning to complete the 6.5 km section by November 2019.
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The refurbishment and expansion of Paris-Nord station took a step forward on July 9 when the management board of SNCF Mobilités selected Ceetrus as preferred partner for exclusive negotiation with Ceetrus to undertake the programme.
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The Digital S-Bahn Hamburg agreement to automate operations on a section of the city’s suburban rail network was signed by the mayor, Deutsche Bahn and Siemens on July 12.
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French state-owned railway operator Societé National Chémin des Fers (SNCF) has unveiled plans for a major overhaul of Paris’s Gare du Nord station in preparation for the Olympic Games due to take place in the capital in 2024.
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On 11.07.2018 the first two Pesa Link DMUs for DB Regio have entered (test) passenger service. Unit 632 107/607 and 108/608 are the chosen ones that are now operated on several Regionalbahn (RB) services part of the Sauerland network in the west of Germany.
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Arriva has awarded Stadler a contract to maintain the 69 multiple-units which it is to operate on regional routes in Friesland and Groningen under the 15-year Noordelijke Lijnen concession which starts in December 2020.
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A €943m agreement for the modernisation of the 108 km section of the Beograd – Budapest corridor between Novi Sad and the Hungarian border at Subotica was signed by Serbia’s Ministry of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure, China Railway International and China Communications Construction Co on July 7.
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The new locomotives “will support significant demand for Ukrainian commodities,” GE said. “Ukraine is a top-10 global producer of wheat and corn, as well as a top-15 steel producer.
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Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell multiple-unit was formally approved for passenger service on July 11. The two prototype units are expected to enter pilot service on the Elbe-Weser network with the first scheduled services planned for late summer.
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European Railway CEOs from 15 countries have accepted the invitation of ÖBB-Holding CEO, Andreas Matthä, to join for the 18th CEO Summit in Vienna.
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Last weekend, two more Hupac Vectron MS locomotives arrived in Switzerland. Like the 193 490 and 491, the designated 492 and 493 have a plain blue livery.
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This week, Marc Anders was able to record a ‘second generation’ IC2 train for Deutsche Bahn. Bombardier is building 17+25 more IC2 trains = Twindexx Vaio double deck coaches with TRAXX P160 AC3 electrics. DB Fernverkehr will number the locomotives from no. 147 551 onwards.
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This represents a surprising shift for Germany.
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A train that derailed in northwest Turkey due to heavy rain and landslide has killed 24 people on 8 July. Carrying 362 passengers and six crew members onboard, the train was en route to Istanbul from Kapikule.
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Alstom opened a Ukrainian office in Kyiv on July 1, and has appointed Vadym Pavlenko to lead its Sales & Business Development in the country. Pavlenko previously held export sales and market development positions at domestic rolling stock supplier KVSZ.
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Work to modernise and electrify the 31 km Gailtalbahn between Arnoldstein and Hermagor in Kärnten has begun, with completion planned for December 2019.
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Work to modernise and electrify the 31 km Gailtalbahn between Arnoldstein and Hermagor in Kärnten has begun, with completion planned for December 2019.
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Currently Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, François Davenne has been selected as the next Director General of the International of Railways. Appointed at the 92nd UIC General Assembly in Madrid on July 4, he will succeed Jean-Pierre Loubinoux in mid-2019, with an initial mandate running for four years.
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Rath Group has awarded Siemens a contract to supply three Vectron multisystem locomotives for use by its RTB Cargo subsidiary.
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