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IRJ News in brief - Transit
Málaga: March 27 saw the opening of a 1.7km extension of the Málaga Metro light rail network, running in tunnel from El Perchel to a new terminus at Atarazanas closer to the historic city centre....
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IRJ News in brief - Projects
MOZAMBIQUE: New concrete sleepers have been successfully laid over a 289km section of the 318km Machipanda main line between the port of Beira and Machipanda, near the country’s border with Zimbabwe,...
View ArticleTunisia’s first new electrified suburban railway enters service
TUNISIA’s first new electrified suburban railway line, the Tunis Rapid Rail Network (RFR) Line E, has welcomed its first passengers, marking an important step in a 13-year project to improve public...
View ArticleSingapore’s LTA awards Cross Island Line systems contracts
SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded systems contracts to Siemens Mobility and ST Engineering Urban Solutions for the Cross Island Line (CRL) which at 50km will be Singapore’s...
View ArticleDSB places additional €184m order for eight-car Talgo trains
DANISH State Railways (DSB) has confirmed it has placed a second order with Talgo, under a framework agreement signed in 2020, for the supply of eight Talgo 230 trains and spare parts, subject to the...
View ArticleQuebec City awards LRV supply and maintenance contract
QUEBEC City has confirmed that it has awarded a contract to Alstom for the supply of 34 low-floor Citadis LRVs for the city’s light rail project, with the vehicles specially adapted to the eastern...
View ArticleParis orders 60 more RER NG trains for lines D and E
FRENCH National Railways’ (SNCF) passenger business, SNCF Voyageurs, has signed a €1bn contract with Alstom for the supply of 60 additional RER New Generation (NG) EMUs under an existing framework...
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Saudi Arabia Railways issues call to suppliers of locomotives and wagons
SAUDI Arabia Railways (SAR) has issued a call for expressions of interest for a contract to supply 25 mainline locomotives, including options for additional locomotives, and a second for the design,...
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Three French cities make joint order for 22 Alstom LRVs
THE transport authorities of Toulouse, Brest and Besançon have awarded Alstom a contract for the manufacture of a new generation of LRVs for the three French cities. The framework agreement has a term...
View ArticleRomania’s CFR launches Poarta - Caransebeş upgrade tender
ROMANIAN Railways (CFR) has launched a Lei 1.3bn ($US 298.1m) tender for modernisation of the 37.2km section of railway between Poarta and Caransebeş to allow speeds of up to 160km/h. The contract...
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