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FOLLOWING a Europe-wide tender, DB Regio has won Lot 1 of the contract to operate the Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg network contract in western Germany..
INDIA's Research, Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with HBL Power Systems, India, has carried out field trials using a new domestically-developed train protection system - the Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK with two loans worth a total of €165m to upgrade two sections of line..
NTV, Italy's open-access high-speed operator, has announced that its founding president, Mr Luca di Montezemolo, has decided to step down. He is being replaced by Dr Antonello Perricone who joins NTV from the publishing world.
www.progressiverailroading.com US Railroad News
Weak coal, merchandise volumes too much for NS to overcome in 3Q
CP: 3Q financial results show 'momentum is building'
SFMTA seeks bids for Central Subway construction contract
Coming (very) soon: RailTrends 2012
D.C. airports authority reveals five teams competing for Dulles Corridor Phase 2 contract
Making headway on National Gateway: CSX halfway through intermodal initiative's first phase
Greater Cleveland transit agency opens Buckeye-Woodhill Station
Canadian environmental agency to assess proposed rail line in Quebec mining region
VIA Rail honored for Pacific Central Station restoration
Franczak, Kummant assume exec roles for Australian freight-rail operator
www.railway-technology.com Updates
Alstom to deliver 12 Xtrapolis EMUs for Chilean state railways Alstom has won two orders worth a total of €54m from Chilean state-owned railway company Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE).
Vinci to build 4km rail tunnel in Hong Kong
Vinci Construction Grands Projets has been awarded a €280m contract by MTR Corporation to build a 4km rail tunnel linking Hin Keng to Diamond Hill in Hong Kong.
Transnet orders 95 locomotives from CSR consortium
South African rail, port and pipeline company, Transnet, has awarded a ZAR2.6bn ($300m) contract for the supply of 95 electric diesel locomotives to China-based consortium CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR).
Network Rail to begin Tarka Line renovation in UK
Network Rail in the UK will start renovation work in two weeks on the Tarka Line, which connects Barnstaple and Exeter in Devon.
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