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EUROPE: Rail sector bodies in Brussels have reiterated their concern about the consequences for rail if the European Commission’s proposed Combined Transport Directive is abandoned. While the crux of the problem is agreeing an updated definition of combined transport, six rail associations are calling for work on the other aspects of the directive to carry on.

POLAND: Port Polska airport and railway project promoter CPK has formally established Port Polska.KDP as its dedicated rolling stock leasing company, which will call tenders this year for the supply of high speed, airport express and regional express trains.

Port Polska.KDP will acquire the trainsets and then make them a...

AUSTRALIA: The first of 25 six-car X’trapolis 2.0 electric multiple-units that Alstom is supplying for the Melbourne suburban network has entered service.
The first trainset is being deployed on the Upfield, Craigieburn and Frankston lines. The remaining units are expected to be rolled out across the network over the next few years, replacing older stock ...

SPAIN: The Spanish government is to set up a technical accident authority to oversee investigations across the maritime, rail and aviation sectors. This will replace CIAF as the body responsible for reporting incidents such as the Adamuz rail crash in January. 

On May 26, a parliamentary committee failed to agree on the railway members of the...

CZECH REPUBLIC: A consortium of Firesta, Pedasta and N+N has been selected to build the Olšanská – Habrová tramway extension in Praha.
The winning bid was priced at KC599.2m+VAT, almost KC110m below the estimate.

The majority of the 2 km long partly single-track route with six stops will be built on the alignment of the disused Praha-Žižkov – Praha...