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• Passenger services commence on converted light rail line from Utrecht to Nieuwegein, Netherlands

  January 8, 2021
  Passenger services have commenced on the converted 13.3-km-long Line 60 from Utrecht main station to Nieuwegein.

• CAF to provide remedial service for LRVs in Besancon, France

  January 7, 2021
  Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has agreed to provide remedial service at its own cost on 19 23.6-metre-long three-section Urbos light rail vehicles (LRVs) that are currently deployed in Besançon, after cracks were discovered in the bodies of the low-floor vehicles, supplied by CAF, in December 2017.

• RATP and Enedis partnership extended, France

  January 7, 2021
  Régie Autonome des Transport Parisiens (RATP) Group and Enedis have extended their partnership for two additional years to support the development of sustainable transport services.

• DfT selects Coventry and Oxford to become first all-electric bus cities, UK

  January 7, 2021
  The Department for Transport (DfT) has selected Coventry and Oxford to become the first all-electric bus cities in the UK.

• New depot and charging management system deployed in Berlin, Germany

  January 7, 2021
  A new depot and charging management system has been deployed in Berlin.

• Synectics delivers operational management system for S-Bahn in Berlin, Germany

  January 7, 2021
  Synectics has delivered the first phase of an operational management system for S-Bahn Berlin GmbH.

• Passenger services commence on Istanbul Tram line T5, Turkey

  January 5, 2021
  Passenger services have commenced on the first section of tram line T5, spanning 8.8 km from Cibali to Alibeyköy across 12 stations.

• Test runs on London Underground’s Northern Line Extension completed, UK

  January 5, 2021
  Transport for London (TfL) has completed an initial test run on the 3.2-km-long Kennington–Battersea Power Station section of London Underground’s Northern Line extension, covering two stations.

• Moovit and DfT collaborate for BODS project, UK

  January 5, 2021
  The Department for Transport (DfT) and Moovit, an Intel company, are collaborating to begin utilising the Bus Open Data Service (BODS), which is a central source of data on the timetable, bus location, and fare of every bus operator across England.

• Hydrogen bus trials completed in Dublin, Ireland

  January 5, 2021
  Hydrogen bus trials have been successfully concluded in Dublin.

• EC launches European Year of Rail initiative [free access]

  January 4, 2021
  The European Commission (EC) has launched the European Year of Rail, an initiative that will help in highlighting the benefits of rail as a sustainable, smart, and safe means of transport to encourage more people and businesses to use rail services.

• First four Irizar ie electric buses commence passenger services in Dusseldorf, Germany

  January 4, 2021
  Rheinbahn, the public transport operator in Düsseldorf, has deployed the first four of 10 Irizar ie electric buses in Düsseldorf.

• Heuliez Bus delivers first electric bus in Brest, France

  January 4, 2021
  Heuliez Bus has delivered the first GX 337 Elec electric bus in Brest.

• BYD to supply 100 electric buses in Turin, Italy

  January 2, 2021
  BYD has secured a EUR72 million framework contract from Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT), the public transport operator in Turin, to supply 100 electric buses in Turin.

• Porr and Strabag secure tunnelling contract for Vienna U-Bahn Line U2, Austria

  January 1, 2021
  A consortium of Porr and Strabag has secured a EUR500 million contract from Wiener Linien, the public transport provider in Vienna, to construct a seven-km-long tunnel and four stations as part of the redirection of the Vienna U-Bahn Line U2.

• First series 483/484 train deployed on Berlin S-Bahn network, Germany

  January 1, 2021
  S-Bahn Berlin GmbH has deployed the first of 10 series 483/484 trains on Line S47 of the Berlin S-Bahn network.

• EC approves COVID-19 compensation scheme for rail operators in Denmark

  December 30, 2020
  The European Commission (EC) has approved a DKK1 billion government scheme under EU state-aid rules to compensate passenger rail transport operators in Denmark that have suffered losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Google Pay enabled for Moscow Metro services, Russia

  December 29, 2020
  Moscow Metro in partnership with VTB Bank, Google, and Mastercard has enabled fare payments using Google Pay on Android devices.

• Solaris completes delivery of 90 Urbino 12 electric buses to BVG, Germany

  December 29, 2020
  Solaris has completed the delivery of 90 Urbino 12 electric buses to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the public transport authority in Berlin.

• Tender launched for construction of railway bridge for Rail Baltica project, Lithuania

  December 29, 2020
  LTG Infra, the company responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania, has launched the second stage of a tender to select a contractor for the railway bridge over the river Neris, near Jonava in Lithuania.