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MEDIAWORLD

China expands high-speed and overnight sleeper services

A new national timetable was introduced in China on December 30 2019 which increases the number of passenger trains by 263.5 per day to reach 4816.5 daily round trips.

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ALSTOM News

Alstom begins delivery of Prima M4 locomotives to ONCF

Alstom has delivered in Morocco the first Prima M4 locomotive in the frame of the contract signed in 2018 with ONCF to supply 30 electrical Prima locomotives.

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MEDIAWORLD

Beijing Metro tops 699km making it world’s largest network

The two new metro sections comprise a 16.6km eastern extension of Line 7 and a 4.5km southern extension of the Batong Line to Huashuang and a common terminal at Universal Studios. The Universal Studios theme park is still under construction and is due to open in 2021.

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MEDIAWORLD

UAE: Etihad Rail Tender Awarded to CRCC and NPC

Etihad Rail has awarded a tender worth 4.6 billion AED (1.1 billion euros1.25 billion USD) to a joint venture between China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and National Projects and Construction (NPC).

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ALSTOM News

Alstom Wins Maintenance Contract in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian national railway company BDZ has awarded Alstom a contract to maintain 46 trains. This is Alstom’s first contract in Bulgaria.

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HITACHI RAIL News

Hitachi Rail STS to modernise LGV + Paris-Lyon project in France

French infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau has awarded a €129.3m contract to Hitachi Rail STS to modernise its LGV + Paris-Lyon project.

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MEDIAWORLD

Talgo UK’s Longannet Factory Site Gets Go-Ahead

Talgo UK is pleased to announce that Fife Council has approved an application by Scottish Enterprise to transform an old industrial site, following minor certifications, in Longannet.

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MEDIAWORLD

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF EUROSTAR

Over the last quarter-century, Eurostar has expanded its range of destinations, broken several records and transited royals, footballers, celebrities and politicians to the other side of the British Channel.

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MEDIAWORLD

CAF Signalling trials Automatic Train Operation in the Netherlands

CAF group’s technological subsidiary CAF Signalling has completed the testing of its Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over ETCS (GoA2) in CAF’s SNG trains.

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ALSTOM News

First line in Denmark equipped with full ERTMS by Alstom now in commercial service

December 2019 – The Early Deployment Line North that runs from Roskilde to Köge in Eastern Denmark opened for commercial service earlier this week. It is the first line in Denmark equipped with both ERTMS trackside, on-board signalling solutions and fully integrated with the Traffic Management System from Alstom. The line is a little over 20 km long and the fleet running on the line consists of 12 trains, owned by DSB.

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A new national timetable was introduced in China on December 30 2019 which increases the number of passenger trains by 263.5 per day to reach 4816.5 daily round trips.

Alstom has delivered in Morocco the first Prima M4 locomotive in the frame of the contract signed in 2018 with ONCF to supply 30 electrical Prima locomotives.

The two new metro sections comprise a 16.6km eastern extension of Line 7 and a 4.5km southern extension of the Batong Line to Huashuang and a common terminal at Universal Studios. The Universal Studios theme park is still under construction and is due to open in 2021.

Etihad Rail has awarded a tender worth 4.6 billion AED (1.1 billion euros1.25 billion USD) to a joint venture between China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and National Projects and Construction (NPC).

The Bulgarian national railway company BDZ has awarded Alstom a contract to maintain 46 trains. This is Alstom’s first contract in Bulgaria.

French infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau has awarded a €129.3m contract to Hitachi Rail STS to modernise its LGV + Paris-Lyon project.

Talgo UK is pleased to announce that Fife Council has approved an application by Scottish Enterprise to transform an old industrial site, following minor certifications, in Longannet.

Over the last quarter-century, Eurostar has expanded its range of destinations, broken several records and transited royals, footballers, celebrities and politicians to the other side of the British Channel.

CAF group’s technological subsidiary CAF Signalling has completed the testing of its Automatic Train Operation (ATO) over ETCS (GoA2) in CAF’s SNG trains.

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