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BRAZIL’s Ministry of Infrastructure is assessing applications by four companies to build 10 new lines totalling 3300km, representing an investment of Reais 53.5bn ($US 10.16bn). This follows the signing of a new Pro Rail law by the country’s president Mr Jair Bolsonaro.
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Designating this month as ‘Railway September’, the government has introduced legislation to simplify the process of authorising the construction of new rail projects.
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The Brazilian Federal Government has signed a concession agreement with Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) Brazilian subsidiary Bamin for the completion and operation of a FIOL (East-West Integration) railway section.
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Icomera and Glimpse Analytics are to co-operate to offer ‘robust’ video analytics software for the real-time monitoring of passenger loadings, enabling operators and passengers to make more informed decisions based on train occupancy.
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Turkey: Two Stadler EuroDual locomotives have been delivered to Turkish operator Körfez Ulaştırma.
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FRAUSCHER developed a three-rail solution for track vacancy detection that meets all requirements set by Spain’s infrastructure manager Adif, which not only provides clear or occupied information from a section, but also the track gauge the train is running on.
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Germany: The federal government has confirmed German Rail (DB) will reactivate 20 routes totalling 245km that were previously closed.
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THE system removes rail defects and reprofiles the rail in a single pass at a maximum of 1.2 track-km per hour.
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IN 2018, MPPR decided to overhaul its rail infrastructure and stations, convert the cog system from Abt to Strub, refurbish the existing SLM Bhm 4/8 rolling stock and purchase additional vehicles, including a snow blower.
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President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, led the formal start of works on the Santiago-Melipilla train on Tuesday.
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THE general director of Mexico’s National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur), Mr Rogelio Jiménez Pons, has announced that the Mayan Train project will be rerouted around the outskirts of San Francisco de Campeche instead of through the city centre following protests from residents.
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Germany: Siemens Desiro Mainline EMUs operated in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania by East German Railway (ODEG) are the first in Europe to receive approval to be expanded from three-car to four-car trains.
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THE Unión Temporal Movius consortium, which is led by Systra, has been awarded a contract to design the second line of the Bogotá metro.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The São Paulo state government has announced more details of its plans to introduce an inter-city passenger service between São Paulo and Campinas.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
US sanctions have impacted international rail freight activity in Iran for many years.
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THE government of the State of São Paulo has conducted a public hearing for the planned Inter-City Train Express service (TIC), the Inter-metropolitan Train service (TIM) and associated improvements for commuter rail Line 7-Ruby.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Colombia has commenced construction on the rail yard of Bogota Metro’s first subway track.
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Norway: Flytoget has told IRJ that its eight four-car class 78 CAF Oaris EMU fleet remains out of traffic. The trains were removed from service following the discovery of a crack in the chassis of one of the EMUs less than a month after they entered traffic.
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Norway: Flytoget has told IRJ that its eight four-car class 78 CAF Oaris EMU fleet remains out of traffic.
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Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather.
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Germany: Siemens Mobility reported and increased revenue of €2.258bn in its Q3 Financial Year 2021 figures published on August 5.
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Spain: Talgo recorded a record high €293m of revenue in the first six months of 2021, driven by increased industrial activity. Revenues increased by 35% compared with the previous period as the economy recovers from the pandemic.
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WORK is expected to begin next month to refurbish a 23km freight railway to provide passenger services to the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in Mexico City.
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A consortium of Comsa and Tiisa Infrastructure and Investments have completed construction of the São Paulo Metro driverless Line 4 phase 2.
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Poland: MPK Wroclaw is tendering for 24 new multi-unit, low-floor uni-directional trams.
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