Railway Gazette
GBRX to develop rail sector artificial intelligence strategy
UK: Innovation body GBRX has begun work to develop a strategic approach and understand the practical conditions required to use artifical intelligence across the rail industry.
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Duration Capital Partners makes $600m investment in short line group
USA: Duration Capital Partners has made a minority equity investment of more than $600m in Watco Companies.
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World Speed Survey 2025: China still ahead as Whoosh joins the club
Railway Gazette International’s biennial survey of the world’s fastest scheduled passenger trains finds that no less than seven countries now run trains at more than 300 km/h, but China is still the global frontrunner in the speed stakes. Jeremy Hartill investigates.
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Québec tramway early operator appointed
CANADA: Public infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra has appointed RATP Dev Canada as the early operator for the TramCité project in Québec City.
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Simulators: Football fan feature helps new entrant gain ground
Polish simulator specialist SIM Factor is now delivering its largest order of 32 simulators for UK train operator Northern, using its own hardware and software, as the manufacturer explained to Benjámin Zelki in Warszawa.
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Sevilla metro signalling maintenance contract
SPAIN: Metro de Sevilla has awarded Alstom a contract for the maintenance and upgrading of its signalling systems.
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Train’d Up management buy-out backed
UK: Chiltern Capital has backed a management buy-out of online rail and engineering apprenticeship company Train’d Up Railway Resourcing, with a debt facility provided by alternative lender ThinCats.
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First class seating to be reduced to match changed travel demand
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS is to reduce the number of first class seats on Sprinter local services to reflect changes in passenger demand since the pandemic.
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Narrow gauge turnouts supplied
CZECH REPUBLIC: Track supplier DT Výhybkárna a Strojírna has produced two 600 mm gauge turnouts for a project to provide a cross-platform interchange between the national rail network and a heritage line.
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London Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains delayed until 2026
UK: The air-conditioned trains which Siemens Mobility is supplying for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line are now expected to enter service from the second half of 2026, Transport for London has confirmed.
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Pizza and Pints to boost public transport ridership
USA: New Jersey transport agency NJ Transit is aiming to increase leisure ridership with a map highlighting pizzerias, breweries, distilleries and wineries within walking distance of its bus, rail and light rail services.
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President unveils Stadler coach for Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: The first of the coaches that Stadler is building to modernise national railway KTZ’s fleet was shown to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev when he visited the company’s factory in Astana.
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Dark Green Line approved as Tainan monorail network takes shape
TAIWAN: The western coastal city of Tainan is working to develop an eight-line urban rail network, which is expected to use monorail technology.
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Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
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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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