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Houston airport peoplemover modernisation and operations contract awarded
USA: Alstom has been awarded a $437m contract to modernise and operate the Skyway automated peoplemover at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
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RENFE invites high speed train tenders
SPAIN: National train operator RENFE has called tenders for the supply of 30 high speed trainsets, with options for 10 more.
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Metrans invests in Romanian rail freight terminal
ROMANIA: Metrans has signed a binding agreement to acquire a 50% in Afluent’s Arad South Terminal, its first intermodal terminal in Romania.
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Seibu Railway to launch Vies fine dining train for ‘quality time shared with someone special’
JAPAN: Seibu Railway has announced the branding for a fine dining train which is scheduled to launch in March 2028 using a distinctive Hitachi Rail trainset.
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Train ticket changes will push corporate travellers to cars, says Business Travel Association
UK: The Business Travel Association says changes to rail ticket refund rules will penalise the ‘lowest-risk, highest-yielding customers’ and give travel management companies and corporate clients insufficient time to adapt.
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International railway organisation OTIF suspends Afghanistan’s voting rights
AFGHANISTAN: The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail has suspended Afghanistan’s voting rights over non-payment of its contributions due for 2022 and subsequent years.
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Alstom accredited as a LGBTQ+ Trailblazing Employer
UK: Alstom has been recognised as a Trailblazing Employer in Stonewall’s Proud Employers Accreditation scheme for organisations demonstrating commitment to LQBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace.
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GB Railfreight CEO John Smith to step back after 25 years
UK: Freight operator GB Railfreight has announced that founder and Chief Executive John Smith is to step back from his role, and the company and its shareholder Infracapital have begun the process of appointing his replacement as part of long-standing succession planning.
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Akiem places first order for main line electric-battery Vectron locomotives
EUROPE: Akiem is the launch customer for an electric-battery bi-mode version of Siemens Mobility’s Vectron locomotive, which will be able to operate using overhead electrification where available and battery power on non-electrified sections of route.
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Engineers take advantage of emergency closure of Glasgow Central station
UK: Glasgow Central station has fully reopened following disruption caused by a major fire in an adjacent commercial building, with Network Rail having taken the opportunity of the unexpected closure of Scotland’s busiest station to undertake maintenance and renewal works that would normally have taken around 10 months to complete.
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Alcalá de Guadaíra receives first trams
SPAIN: The first two of six CAF trams for the 12 km tramway which will link Montecarmelo in Alcalá de Guadaíra with Metro de Sevilla’s Line 1 at Universidad Pablo de Olavide are delivered.
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Trenitalia increases high speed train order
ITALY: National railway FS Group’s passenger business Trenitalia has signed a €260m contract for Hitachi Rail to supply a further nine Frecciarossa high speed trainsets.
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Urban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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AtkinsRéalis awarded £98m signalling contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded AtkinsRéalis a £98m three-year contract to upgrade signalling and telecoms under the Havant area relock and recontrol project.
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High Speed 2 told to explore cutting speeds to reduce costs
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told HS2 Ltd to look at lowering the maximum speed of future train services from 360 to 320 or 300 km/h, with the aim of reducing costs and delays to the overall programme.
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Fix rail replacement provision to limit ‘do not travel’ warnings, urges CMAC
UK: Rail replacement transport specialist CMAC has issued a manifesto to improve the passenger experience when rail disruption occurs. Director Ian Jeffrey tells Rail Business UK how this could keep passengers moving amid the challenges facing both road and rail transport provision.
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Gauge-changing technology to speed up Ukraine’s cross-border rail freight
UKRAINE: The development of technology for the automatic changing of freight wagon bogies between Ukraine’s 1 520 mm broad gauge and its EU neighbours’ 1 435 mm standard gauge is included in agreements on Spanish-backed projects in Ukraine.
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Conduent integrates EMV ticketing in Italy
ITALY: Conduent Transportation has launched what it says is Italy’s first EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) contactless payment system to be integrated across multiple transport operators.
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Largest-ever Subway car order planned in New York’s ‘golden age of transit investment’
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has invited proposals for its largest-ever Subway car contract, which could see more than a third of the entire fleet of 6 574 cars replaced.
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Electro-diesel train for Zagreb – Split route unveiled
CROATIA: The first of six electro-diesel multiple-units ordered by national passenger operator HŽPP for use on the Zagreb – Split route has been rolled out at Končar KEV’s Jankomir factory.
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