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DMU brake controller maintenance contract awarded
UK: Barnbrook Systems has been awarded a ‘six-figure’ contract to maintain more than 100 brake controller units that it supplied for Class 15x diesel multiple-units.
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Uruguay to draw up railway master plan
URUGUAY: An agreement to draw-up a master plan to revitalise and modernise the national railway system has been signed.
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Brescia T2 tramway construction contract awarded
ITALY: Brescia Mobilità has awarded €326m contract for the design and construction of tram Line T2 to a consortium of Manelli Impresa, Alstom and Hitachi Rail.
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China: High speed family gets ready to move faster
China’s first lines designed for 400 km/h operation are now under construction, and two 450 km/h variants of its domestically developed Fuxing high speed train family started test running earlier this year. Toma Bačić investigates.
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Monopoly commission recommends splitting-off German railway infrastructure
GERMANY: The monopoly commission says infrastructure manager DB InfraGO should be separated from the rest of Deutsche Bahn.
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Track machines custom-designed for Australia
AUSTRALIA: Plasser Australia is supplying Australian Rail Track Corp with five track maintenance machines custom designed to suit local conditions.
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Beograd tram deliveries begin
SERBIA: Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya has begun delivering 25 trams to Beograd public transport operator GSP.
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Government sets out plans to sort out ‘appalling mess’ at High Speed 2
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told the House of Commons that she plans to address a ‘litany of failure’ around the High Speed 2 programme.
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Double first as freight train runs to Northampton terminal via East West Rail
UK: A freight train operated by DB Cargo UK has become the first to use the full length of the Oxford – Bletchley section of the East West Rail route and the first to serve a newly-built Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in Northampton.
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First trams from three-city joint order enter passenger service
GERMANY: Frankfurt (Oder) transport operator SVF has put into service the first of the Škoda Group ForCity Plus FCB trams being supplied under a joint order placed by three cities.
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ČD to launch 200 km/h Pendolino operation
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD is undertaking final works to enable the maximum operating speed of its Pendolino sets to be raised from 160 km/h to 200 km/h.
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Discontinuous electrification for Rheinland-Pfalz
GERMANY: Discontinuous electrification is to be rolled out on lines in Rheinland-Pfalz to allow battery-electric multiple-units to replace diesel trains from 2026 onwards.
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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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RailSense acquires Bance
UK: Monitoring technology company RailSense has acquired maintenance equipment supplier Bance.
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California High Speed Rail Authority rebuts ‘misleading’ FRA compliance report
USA: The California High Speed Rail Authority has rejected the premise of a Federal Railroad Administration compliance report which has sought to strip the project of around $4bn in funding.
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High speed: Alto aims higher
Canada’s Toronto – Québec City passenger rail project is to be taken forward as a dedicated high speed line requiring up to 1 000 km of new alignment. However, many challenges must be overcome to make the plan a reality, as Nick Kingsley explains.
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Open access start-up signs track access contract but funding challenges remain
UK: Open access start-up co-operative Go-op has signed a track access contract and is now seeking investors to finance the launch of services between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-Super-Mare in December 2026.
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Thornlie – Cockburn Line east-west link opens in Perth
AUSTRALIA: Perth’s Transperth suburban rail network has expanded with the opening of the Thornlie – Cockburn Line, providing an east-west link between the north-south Mandurah and Armadale lines.
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Train Management & Control System to be deployed in Western Australia
AUSTRALIA: 4Tel is to equip 1 276 km of track across the Nullarbor Plain between Tarcoola and Kalgoorlie with Train Management & Control System.
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Dubai Metro Blue Line construction officially launched
UAE: Construction of the Dubai Metro’s Blue Line is launched with the laying of a foundation stone in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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