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    US reinstates $929m of funding for California high-speed rail project

     USA
    The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the State of California have concluded settlement talks to reinstate around $929m in federal grant funding to support California’s High-Speed Rail project.

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    Deal agreed to build Europe’s largest MagRail test track

     Europe
    NEVOMO, formerly Hyper Poland, has signed an agreement with Polish company Ciech Sarzyna, to lease land and infrastructure that will allow the construction of a full-scale 750m MagRail test track.

    $C 757.1m Scarborough Subway Extension tunnelling contract awarded

     Canada
    INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a consortium led by Strabag a $C 757.1m ($US 623.7m) Design Build Finance contract for the Advance Tunnel Project for the 7.8km Scarborough Subway Extension (Line 2) in Toronto.

    New China-Kazakhstan freight terminal opens

     Europe
    THE first 10 China-Europe freight trains passed through a new gauge transfer terminal at Dostyk, Kazakhstan, over the weekend of June 5-6. With a current throughput capacity of 100,000 TEU, the terminal is expected to offer a major boost to trans-Eurasian bulk intermodal rail freight flows.

    DART Rail Turns 25

     USA
    The system debuted June 14, 1996 with 11.2 miles of starter service on the Blue Line (between Illinois Station and Pearl/Arts District Station) and Red Line (between Westmoreland Station and Pearl/Arts District Station).

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