SCT Logistics automates resource management tasks
AUSTRALIA: SCT Logistics has signed a multi-year agreement to use Trapeze Group’s Rail Workforce Management software to automate a range of complex staff and fleet resource allocation processes.
President unveils Sierra Leone iron ore railway locos
SIERRA LEONE: President Julius Maada Bio attended the unveiling of 10 diesel locomotives which CRRC Ziyang has supplied for the 197 km railway linking Leone Rock Metal Group’s New Tonkoliri Iron Mine with the port of Pepel.
Danish ETCS programme revised again
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has announced a revised timetable for the deployment of ETCS in eastern Denmark, following further delays to the national Signalling Programme.
Government proposes lowering the minimum age to be a train driver
UK: Industry bodies and drivers’ union ASLEF have welcomed the start of consultation on a government proposal to lower the minimum age to become a train driver in Great Britain from 20 to 18.
Control centre opening marks latest stage in Paris RER modernisation
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP and national railway SNCF have transferred the management of RER Line A to a new control centre.
FirstGroup’s Lumo seeks to launch Rochdale – London open access service
UK: FirstGroup has applied to operate Rochdale – London open access passenger trains, more than 20 years after a short-lived through service ran between the two destinations.
Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
Eurostar plans to acquire 50 ‘fully interoperable’ trains
EUROPE: International high speed train operator Eurostar says it is ‘preparing to invest’ in up to 50 high speed trainsets, which would be fully interoperable ’across five countries and beyond’.
Oxygène next-generation French inter-city train unveiled
FRANCE: National passenger operator SNCF Voyageurs and manufacturer CAF have unveiled the first of the Z26700 Oxygène inter-city trainsets which will replace Corail locomotive-hauled coaches on 200 km/h inter-city serves on conventional lines.
Modernised Port Harcourt – Aba railway reopens
NIGERIA: Minister of Transportation Sa’idu Alkali flagged off an inaugural train to mark the completion of work to modernise the 62 km Port Harcourt – Aba line on April 30, and has provided an update on progress with other ongoing rail projects.
Xi Jinping and Orbán agree to develop Hungarian rail projects
British Steel rail ordered for Turkish project
Scenic Plus coach refurbished for New Zealand tourist train service
Capacity to be increased on Siberian main lines
RegioJet orders Škoda EMUs
Southeastern announces shortlist to supply ‘modern trains for a modern network’
Prasa reports completion of resignalling schemes
Korean company awarded Thai signalling contract
DB ESG expands rail sector digital manufacturing services
Laos: Nascent link fosters tourist and cargo trade
First Fehmarn Belt immersed tunnel element cast
Virtual reality to help people use public transport
Progress Rail locos delivered to Mongolian coal railway
DB Regio orders EMUs with ski holders
Improvements to railway serving car-free village near completion
Alberta to develop passenger rail master plan
Fare Collection: Data sharing is key to a complex ticketing landscape
World rail freight news round-up
Tidyco to overhaul Class 170 HVAC units
Chizhou – Huangshan high speed line opens