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Interview: ‘Welsh rail services are improving rapidly’
UK: Transport for Wales Rail’s Chief Operating Officer Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde is optimistic about progress being made in transforming passenger services across the country, despite the financial and operational headwinds facing the Welsh transport sector.
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Arcadea invests in revenue protection software company Raspberry
UK: Toronto-based software business investor Arcadea Group has acquired a majority stake in Raspberry Software, which specialises in mobile software for railway revenue protection and penalty fare appeals services.
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Arenaways to revive passenger trains on two routes in northern Italy
ITALY: Italian private operator Arenaways has been awarded a public service obligation contract to run passenger services on two lines in the Piemonte region which were closed for passenger traffic in 2012, CEO of Arenaways Matteo Arena told Railway Gazette International on May 21.
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TCDD takes delivery of locally designed wagons
TURKEY: State-owned locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer Türasaş has supplied national operator TCDD Taşımacılık with 27 container wagons of its own design.
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Malaysian veterans offered rail training opportunities
MALAYSIA: National defence academy Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia is to offer rail-specific training and careers to military leavers and veterans in collaboration with Kuala Lumpur-based Asian Academy.
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Strategic investment in rail logistics and asset management software business
GERMANY: Canadian software company investor Arcadea Group has announced a strategic investment in rail logistics and asset management software company Zedas.
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PKP Intercity orders bi-mode fleet
POLAND: National operator PKP Intercity announced on May 22 that it had reached an agreement with Newag for the supply of 35 electro-diesel multiple units.
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CargoBeamer secures investment to get semi-trailers onto rail
EUROPE: CargoBeamer has received public and private sector funding commitments of €140m to support expansion of its network of facilities for transporting semi-trailers by rail.
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Deutschland-Ticket fraud revealed
GERMANY: Widespread cases of fraud involving the purchase of the flat-fare Deutschland-Ticket have been uncovered.
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Flirt EMUs ordered for cross-border services
EUROPE: Swiss Federal Railways has exercised an option for Stadler to supply a further 33 Flirt Evo electric multiple-units. These will be used to provide regional services between northwest Switzerland and Alsace in France every 30 min from the end of 2030.
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Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
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Akiem opens Ostricourt locomotive maintenance centre
FRANCE: Leasing company Akiem has opened a locomotive maintenance and overhaul workshop near the Dourges Delta 3 intermodal logistics terminal in Ostricourt, south of Lille.
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Domestically produced Iranian locomotive unveiled
IRAN: Mapna Group has unveiled a MAP30 freight locomotive with a MP610 diesel engine.
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Rolling Stock: Independently accessible M7 coach unveiled
The first of SNCB’s multi-functional M7 push-pull coaches with a 760 mm entrance for level boarding has been presented at Alstom’s Brugge works. Dr Harry Hondius reports.
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Afghan railway extension surveys underway
AFGHANISTAN: The Afghanistan Railway Authority has announced that surveys have been completed, are underway or will be commissioned for a series of railway extension projects.
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Train ferry shunting locos supplied
ITALY: Vossloh Rolling Stock has supplied FS Group’s Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal subsidiary with five DE18 diesel locomotives for shunting trains onto Strait of Messina train ferries and three for hauling maintenance trains around Napoli and Torino.
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€1·7bn rail freight support scheme approved
GERMANY: A government scheme to provide grants to encourage modal shift of road freight to more sustainable rail transport has been approved by the European Commission under EU state aid rules.
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Indonesian locomotive maintenance services agreement signed
INDONESIA: National railway PT KAI and Progress Rail have signed a six-year maintenance services agreement covering 35 EMD GT38AC diesel locomotives which were delivered in 2022 to haul coal trains in south Sumatra.
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Shunting robot deployed at Finnish port
FINLAND: Vollert Anlagenbau has supplied a Tandem DER 150 radio-controlled shunting robot to move trains being loaded with iron sulphate at the port of Pori in Finland.
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