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Spanish rail spend up 25%
SPAIN: On April 3 Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna presented his department’s budget for 2018, including rail spending of €4∙3bn which represents 48∙3% of total investment. According to...
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Accessibility upgrade for VIA Rail long-distance fleet
CANADA: National passenger operator VIA Rail has awarded Bombardier Transportation a C$54m contract to upgrade 17 coaches used on long-distance services to bring them into line with current and...
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TAZARA Board Has New Directors
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Dti's Export Promotion Pavilion List
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SNCC Train Derailment
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Polish national GSM-R contract awarded
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Nokia and its partners SPC, Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko a five-year turnkey contract to deploy a national GSM-R network.
Nokia was the lowest...
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Alstom awarded Belgrano Norte signalling contract
ARGENTINA: Alstom has been awarded a €16m contract to undertake resignalling works at Ciudad Universitaria, Aristóbulo del Valle, Munro, Boulogne Sur Mer and Grand Bourg stations on the metre gauge...
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European Commission clears Škoda Transportation acquisition
CZECH REPUBLIC: The European Commission announced on April 3 that PPF Group’s proposed acquisition of sole control of Škoda Transportation and related companies had been approved under the EU Merger...
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Partners sought as SBB Cargo cuts back wagonload
SWITZERLAND: Discussions with investors and potential business partners are on the summer agenda for SBB Cargo Schweiz as it targets a return to break-even by 2020. Having achieved positive results...
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Alstom awarded two DMU contracts
GERMANY: Alstom announced two orders to supply a total of 25 Coradia Lint regional diesel multiple-units from its Salzgitter factory on March 29.
DB Regio Bayern has placed a €93m order for eight...
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Rhätische Bahn replaces ticket machines
SWITZERLAND: Scheidt & Bachmann is supplying Rhätische Bahn with 97 replacement ticket vending machines offering similar functionality to those used by Swiss Federal Railways.
Passengers can...
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Lebanon railway revival discussed
LEBANON: Long-standing proposals to rehabilitate the out-of-use railway which once ran 80 km along the coast from Beirut to Tripoli were discussed at a meeting of the EuroMed Transport Rail...
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World rail freight news round-up
Mitsubishi Corp subsidiary MTF Logistics has leased 62 flat wagons from EVR Cargo subsidiary WagonPro. They are to be used on container services between the Port of Muuga and Koidula on the Russian...
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Eurostar selects Sqills distribution and reservation software
EUROPE: Dutch ticketing software company Sqills is providing its S3 Passenger sales, distribution and reservation suite for international high speed train operator Eurostar.
‘As Eurostar grows...
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World rolling stock market - March 2018
Azerbaijan: On February 16 Metrowagonmash signed a contract to supply two five-car trainsets to the Baku metro.
Czech Republic: ČD Cargo is seeking to award a framework contract for the supply of...
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British Airways takes delivery of tank wagons
UK: A batch of aviation fuel tank wagons which British Airways is to lease from VTG Rail UK has been delivered to London from The Greenbrier Companies’ Wagony Świdnica factory in Poland.
Fully...
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Railway supply industry news round-up
Trainline has announced a partnership with Austrian Federal Railways, enabling it to sell all ÖBB products including discounted, Nightjet and Wien City Airport Train tickets.
Scandinavian sales,...
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Presidents officially open Azerbaijan – Iran rail link
ASIA: The rail link between Astara in Azerbaijan and similarly-named town on the Iranian side of the border was officially opened with a ceremony on March 29. Presidents Hassan Rouhanid of Iran and...
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Rail to benefit from reduction in wind energy surcharge
GERMANY: The European Commission has ruled that Germany’s plan to grant railways a reduction on a planned offshore energy surcharge is permitted under EU state aid rules, because it would contribute...
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