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Belgian Railways selects HASTUS-Rail software to optimize planning, scheduling, and daily operations for new transport plan

10 February 2011
SNCB have purchased the HASTUS 2011 scheduling and daily operations software...

Plenary assembly of 135 Kontiki conference participants

All aboard for the (((eTicket Germany

9 February 2011
Central topic of the 40th Kontiki Conference on 3–4 February 2011 in Frankfurt was the eTicketing strategy of the Deutsche Bahn AG (DB)...

CITYFLO 650 Metro Madrid

Bombardier’s CBTC system set to further increase capacity and improve passenger experience on the Madrid Metro

9 February 2011
Bombardier’s advanced CBTC system, CITYFLO 650, is in service on the 8400 series metro cars...

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Oyster confirmed as the ticket of choice for millions of London commuters

8 February 2011
More than two million journeys a week now made using Oyster pay as you go on London's commuter rail services...

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Alstom to modernize PATCO’s entire metro fleet operated between Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

7 February 2011
Alstom Transport has won in the U.S a contract worth €140 million ($194 million USD)...

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Thessaloniki mayors present their Metro extension proposals

4 February 2011
A work session between Attiko Metro S.A. / Thessaloniki Metro and the Mayors of Thessaloniki Western Suburbs was held today...

Philip Hammond, UK Department for Transport

£45.5m savings give boost to UK transport improvements

4 February 2011
Nine local transport schemes were given the go-ahead today after £45.5m (14%) of savings were identified, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced...

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Arriva confirms new bus order for Malta

3 February 2011
Arriva Malta has announced it has placed an order for 174 new buses with Chinese bus manufacturer Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co. Ltd (King Long)...

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Contract to extend Milan underground’s M5 line is signed

2 February 2011
Azienda and ALSTOM have signed an agreement with Milan Municipality to extend Line 5 as far as the San Siro Stadium...

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Siemens lands first contract for its new metro platform

2 February 2011
Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o.o., has placed a EUR272 million order for 35 six-car metro trains with a consortium consisting of Siemens and Newag, the Polish rolling stock manufacturer...

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OTN Systems wins multi-million contracts with Chinese Metro Lines

26 January 2011
OTN Systems, has been awarded several multi-million Euro contracts from various Chinese metro lines...

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London

Mayor calls for 150,000 vehicles to clean up and avoid fines ahead of tougher air quality standards

24 January 2011
From 3 January 2012 around 75,000 heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches will have to meet tighter Low Emission Zone standards...

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GOCO Mid Hants Link rail trial to be postponed

24 January 2011
GO! Co-operative Limited trading as GOCO, announced that the trial period for its Mid Hants Link rail service, is now postponed until further notice...

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority

Scoping meetings for next phase of Foothill Extension a success

21 January 2011
The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Construction Authority) and Federal Transit Administration completed a series of scoping meetings last night...

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Invensys Rail achieve major project milestone in Norway

19 January 2011
Building on the success of earlier infrastructure projects in Norway, Invensys Rail has completed a number of commissionings on the Oslo Metro system...