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29 May 2020
Ontario signs agreement for Yonge North Subway Extension
The Regional Municipality of York and the Province of Ontario in Canada signed a preliminary agreement for the Yonge North Subway Extension.
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29 May 2020
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner to restore partial operations from 1 June
US-based passenger rail service Amtrak Pacific Surfliner has announced that the operations partially restart to San Luis Obispo with one train in each direction each day.
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28 May 2020
USDOT FRA provides $302m funding to 12 rail projects
The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced grant funds worth $302m for 12 railroad projects.
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28 May 2020
Alstom to test ATO on German regional trains
Alstom has won the ‘Innovation Prize for Regulatory Sandboxes’ from the German Federal Ministry of Economics to test automatic train operation (ATO) on regional trains.
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28 May 2020
Bombardier to provide 28 BiLevel commuter rail cars to Sound Transit
Bombardier Transportation has secured two contracts worth $108m for the delivery of 28 Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail cars.
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27 May 2020
Veidekke to construct underground station in Vestland, Norway
Veidekke has received an environmentally certified contract from Bybanen Utbygging for the construction of the first underground station in Vestland, Norway.
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27 May 2020
Govia Thameslink Railway uses 30-day Covid-19 virucide
UK-based train operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has used a powerful new virucide to kill the coronavirus (Covid-19) for up to 30 days.
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27 May 2020
Amtrak requests additional $1.475bn funding
US-based passenger railroad service Amtrak has sent a letter to US Congress requesting $1.475bn in supplemental funding for the next fiscal year.
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26 May 2020
Victoria completes work on Bendigo Rail Project
Australia's Victoria Government has completed the work on the Bendigo Rail Project with the replacement of 48,000 sleepers.
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26 May 2020
Siemens to deliver ten Smartron locomotives to Bulgaria
Siemens Mobility has secured an order to deliver ten Smartron locomotives to Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ).