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Latest news and developments from Europe region

• Government of UK announces termination of rail franchising system [free access]

  September 21, 2020
  The Government of the UK has announced the termination of the rail franchising system.

• Social-distancing feature added to mobile-ticketing platform for Ipswich Buses, UK

  September 21, 2020
  UK-based UrbanThings has developed a social-distancing feature that is integrated into Ticketless, the existing mobile-ticketing platform for Ipswich Buses, a bus operator in Ipswich.

• Innovactory launches first MaaS app pilot in the Netherlands

  September 18, 2020
  Innovactory has launched Gaiyo, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) application (app) for the Leidsche Rijn and Vleuten-De Meern neighbourhoods, in the city of Utrecht.

• Light rail line conversion project delayed in Utrecht, Netherlands

  September 18, 2020
  The provincial government of Utrecht has announced that the project to convert the Sneltram Utrecht –Nieuwegein/IJsselstein (SUNIJ) line from a light rail line to a tram line has been delayed.

• Irizar to supply 20 electric buses to EMT Madrid, Spain

  September 17, 2020
  Irizar has secured a contract from Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT Madrid) to supply 20 electric buses.

• Solaris to supply electric buses to MZK Pila, Poland

  September 17, 2020
  Solaris has secured a PLN 16 million contract to supply five Urbino 12 electric buses to Miejski Zakład Komunikacyjny (MZK) Piła, the public transport operator in Piła.

• MVB secures contract to operate bus and tram services in Magdeburg, Germany

  September 16, 2020
  Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe (MVB), the municipal transport operator in Magdeburg, has secured a 22.5-year contract to operate tram and bus services in the city. The new contract will be valid till 2042.

• Funds allocated for MonoCabs project in Germany

  September 16, 2020
  The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has allocated EUR3.6 million to a study on the feasibility of MonoCabs.

• Indra deploys EMV payment solution on Cercanias Malaga transport network, Spain

  September 16, 2020
  Indra has developed a Europay-Mastercard-Visa (EMV) payment solution for Cercanías Málaga, the suburban rail transport network operated by Renfe.

• Passenger service commences on first phase of Bucharest Metro Line M5, Romania

  September 16, 2020
  Passenger service commences on the first phase of the new Bucharest Metro Line M5.

• Alstom signs agreement for acquisition of Bombardier Transportation

  September 16, 2020
  Alstom has signed the sale and purchase agreement with Bombardier Inc. and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) for the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.

• Multimodal contactless payment solution launched in Brest, France

  September 16, 2020
  Brest Métropole, Bibus, Mastercard, and Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) have launched a multimodal contactless payment solution for the public transport network in Brest.

• Plan announced to extend Basel Tramway Line 14, Switzerland

  September 15, 2020
  Baselland Transport (BLT), the public transport operator in Basel, along with the municipalities of Pratteln and Augst, has announced plans to extend Basel Tramway Line 14 to Augst.

• PK TS to supply 114 trams to Mosgortrans, Russia

  September 14, 2020
  PK Transportnye Systemy (PK TS) has secured a RUB22·15 billion contract from Mosgortrans, a public transport operator in Moscow, to supply 114 trams.

• HS2 Ltd selects first five companies for Innovation Accelerator programme, UK [free access]

  September 13, 2020
  High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has selected the first five technology companies to join its Innovation Accelerator programme.

• Passenger service commences on Paris T4 tram–train extension, France

  September 13, 2020
  The final 900-metre-long line of the Paris T4 tram–train extension project to Montfermeil Intercommunal Hospital has commenced passenger service.

• Contactless ticketing system deployment commences in Bonn, Germany

  September 11, 2020
  The first phase of the deployment of the contactless ticketing system has commenced in Bonn.

• RMV introduces occupancy forecast system for public transport, Germany

  September 10, 2020
  Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), the public transport operator in the Rhein-Main area, has introduced the occupancy forecast system for public transport services.

• Volvo to supply electric buses in Bodo; partners with Batteryloop to reuse batteries

  September 10, 2020
  Volvo Buses (Volvo) has secured the contract to supply 31 electric buses to Nordlandsbuss, the bus operator in Nordland County, for the city of Bodö in Norway.

• City of Pisa approves first tram route plan, Italy

  September 10, 2020
  The city of Pisa has approved a plan to build a tram line in the centre of the city.