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THE European Union (EU) has agreed to contribute € 134m to Austrian TEN-T projects, including €106m for the Brenner base tunnel, €25.5m for the St. Pölten freight bypass, and € 1.5m towards the construction of a bridge on the Koralm line between Graz and Klagenfurt.
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Desiro City is Siemens' new Desiro Class rolling stock specially designed for commuter and inter-urban services in the UK.
The lightweight and high-performance commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) features design advancements over the Desiro UK fleet of trains that are already operating on the British railway network.
More than one thousand Desiro City train sets are scheduled for operations on the Thameslink route, in London, from 2016 onwards.
The Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed line, which is under construction, will connect Xiamen city in the Fujian Province with Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province of China.
The 502.4km line forms the last and longest section of China's Southeast Coast High-Speed Rail Corridor, called the Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Railway.
The construction of Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed railway was started in November 2007. The line is expected to be operational by the end of 2013 or by early 2014.
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