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Monday Brief: Half a tunnel. Paid for twice.
Plus | Promised in 2023: Poland reaches 250 km/h | 12 Alstom trains race Bulgaria’s EU deadline
Radio test clears way for 250 km/h on Warsaw–Kraków line
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) tested the new GSM-R radio system on the Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa (CMK…
Bulgaria must approve 12 Alstom trains by 31 August to keep EU funds
BULGARIA: Twelve of the 35 Alstom Coradia Stream sets ordered by the Bulgarian transport ministry are financed by the EU Recovery and Resilience…
Finance chief takes over as CargoBeamer cuts board to three
GERMANY: CargoBeamer has reduced its management board from five to three members and appointed Markus Fischer as chief executive.
Light at the end of Switzerland’s half-built Alpine tunnel
SWITZERLAND: Railway operator BLS has submitted the plan changes for the Lötschberg base tunnel, which the Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has put out…
Switzerland pays twice for the Lötschberg
Switzerland will spend about CHF 1.7bn (EUR 1.8bn) to finish a tunnel it chose to leave unfinished in 1996.
Fribourg operator buys 13 Stadler trains via SBB contract
SWITZERLAND: Transports publics fribourgeois (TPF) has placed a firm order with Stadler for 13 four-car Flirt Evo electric multiple units worth CHF 117m…
Friday Brief: Tenders are screened. Buyers just order.
Plus | 20 daily trains: Virgin wins Channel access | DB InfraGO takes its regulator to court
Chinese-built CRRC train enters service in Romania
ROMANIA: A Chinese-built CRRC Sifang train began carrying passengers between Bucharest and Brașov on 19 August, operated by private company Astra Trans…
Virgin cleared for London–Channel line as Eurostar objection fails
UK: The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has pre-approved a track access agreement giving Virgin Trains up to 20 daily return services on High Speed 1, the…
DB InfraGO goes to court over Italo access rule
GERMANY: DB InfraGO has filed a lawsuit against the Bundesnetzagentur’s 17 July ruling that limits how many long-distance paths DB Fernverkehr may hold…
Stuttgart S-Bahn network goes out to competitive tender
GERMANY: Regional transport authority Verband Region Stuttgart has put the operation of the entire Stuttgart S-Bahn network out to tender, inviting…
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