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‘Catalunya will be fully equipped with standard gauge in two or three years’

Marco Raimondi
October 16, 2024
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The difference in railway gauges between the Iberian peninsula and the rest of Europe remains a significant bottleneck for international rail freight services. However, it…

After securing 1,5 billions in funding, Hafeet Rail now signs contract for new freight locomotives

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October 14, 2024
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The Omani-Emirati joint venture Hafeet Rail is purchasing 27 new heavy-haul freight locomotives from Progress Rail. The deal now comes after the joint venture secured…

Video: Bridge progress at West Midlands HS2 Interchange station

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October 12, 2024
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HS2 has released footage of workers lifting fifteen huge bridge beams into position at its Interchange Station in Solihull in the West Midlands.

Major work completed on HS2 viaducts in Northamptonshire

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October 12, 2024
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Major work has been completed on two viaducts being constructed near Brackley in Northamptonshire for the HS2 line between London and Birmingham.

Crucial Dutch Betuwe line closed: 60 of the 80 weeks will be ‘usual busy days’

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October 11, 2024
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Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, near the border…

Germany might not get access to the Brenner Base Tunnel until 2050

Marco Raimondi
October 10, 2024
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The German Christian Democratic parliamentary group CDU/CSU rejected Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) project for German access to the Brenner Base Tunnel, running between Austria and Italy.…

Oman – UAE Hafeet Rail secures 1,5 billion dollars in funding

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October 10, 2024
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The planned railway between Oman and the United Arab Emirates, Hafeet Rail, can count on 1,5 billion US dollars out of the 2,5 billion in…

Rail served oil terminal closes in Cumbria

Simon Walton
October 9, 2024
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It may not be the biggest oil terminal in Britain, but it is the only oil terminal in the northwest county of Cumbria. The Dalston…

West of England railway line set for two week closure

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October 9, 2024
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For two weeks in November there will be no train services between Axminster and Exeter while engineers install new track through Honiton Tunnel.

Climate change likely major factor in Iron Ore Line derailments

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October 9, 2024
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Two derailments in short succession on the Swedish Malmbanan, or Iron Ore Line in English, sparked suspicions of sabotage. Now that the investigations for the…