international passenger news

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China increases its passenger services to 9800 per day.

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/china-increases-services-with-new-timetable/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20499 

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Eurail consolidates all its various ticketing into one app.  Good forthe various 33 counties type passes,

https://www.railjournal.com/technology/eurail-launches-digital-europe-wide-ticket/

[SD60MAC9500]

 

Overmod

 

 

SD60MAC9500

I know many Brits are happy about this. The UK passenger franchise model is coming to and end.

 

 

The link was copied wrong, with the HTML code left at the end instead of the slash character.

 

This is the correct link.

Any idea at all when the Williams Rail Review will be published?

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-williams-rail-review#evidence-papers

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the fix.

 

[Overmod]

SD60MAC9500

I know many Brits are happy about this. The UK passenger franchise model is coming to and end.

The link was copied wrong, with the HTML code left at the end instead of the slash character.

This is the correct link.

Any idea at all when the Williams Rail Review will be published?

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-williams-rail-review#evidence-papers

 

 

[SD60MAC9500]

 

I know many Brits are happy about this. The UK passenger franchise model is coming to and end.

 

 

 

 

[54light15]

Interesting about the restoration of the TEE. My German N scale layout is set in that era.

[blue streak 1]

Germany is proposing a restoration of the TEE network that end in the late 109-s.  Would be called TEE 2.0

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/germany-calls-for-a-new-trans-europe-express-tee-2-0-network/

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Network rail  ( Great Britian )  has published a plan to electrify 13,000 track Kms  ( ~ 8125 statue miles )  at about 450 track Kms ( ~ 281 SMs ) per year.  Article notes that requirements will need to have a ramp up or increasing supply chain for every needed part.

Have to wonder if this much this will limit other countries ability to electrify ?  With Chna still on a break neck speed for HSR installation connecting of all cities over ~400,000 population how will this effect the US for any extensions of CAT on the NEC ?

Note the ppicture of a current project of working on al 4 main tracks at once.

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/13000km-of-electrification-required-plus-battery-and-hydrogen-to-decarbonise-british-network/

[BaltACD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSpdD6MswA

[blue streak 1]

Jerusalem - Tel aviv electrifiation work completed ahead of schedule.   Testing started  sept 7th

https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/jerusalem-tel-aviv-electrification-completed/57307.article 

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Study to increase passenger capacity on critical Spandau - Nauen portion of Berlin = Hamburg route.  

https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/increasing-capacity-west-of-spandau/57275.article 

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Japaneese RR (JR) is doing additional earthquake reinforcing of support pylons that structural engineers feel are necessary.  JR is going to clad pylons with steel probably somewhat Cal Dot did to parts of the 880 freeway.

https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/jr-east-starts-repair-work-on-shinkansen-structures/57264.article 

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Russia has inaugrated new swift Talgo services  200 Km / hr  Moscow -  St Petersburgh and Moscow - Samara ( SE of Moscow )

https://www.railjournal.com/news/russian-railways-expands-swift-services/

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China continues building HSR despite pandemic.

https://www.railjournal.com/in_depth/pandemic-fails-slow-chinas-high-speed-network-expansion 

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For those who thought China was nearing the end of rail expansion appears it isn't so.  Plans to connect every city of 200,000  to national network and every city of 500,000 to HSR .  Quite ambitious.

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/china-outlines-ambitions-long-term-expansion-plans/ 

 

 

[blue streak 1]

Heere is a link from Aviation week about rail effects on air travel.  Article not very long.

Vhttps://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-routes/do-nationalism-high-speed-rail-challenge-aviation-china?utm_rid=CPEN1000000511129&utm_campaign=25077&utm_medium=email&elq2=4bd48c9b57c54d07aaf36e5a90db1ed3

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Ceneri base tunnel officially goes to SBB in September.  Sevice to commence in December.  This is the final link in the Gottard base tunnel project that will greatly reduce transit times.

https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/ceneri-base-tunnel-set-for-december-opening/ 

[54light15]

Both are good reasons to take a sleeper. I'm all for it for whatever reason. 

[MidlandMike]

54light15

It's due to Covid-19 according to this. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/covid-19-reawakens-europe-sleeper-trains 

 

The article also said it was due to avoiding security checks and lines at airports, and people wanting to reduce their carbon footprint.

[54light15]

It's due to Covid-19 according to this. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/covid-19-reawakens-europe-sleeper-trains 

[Memma]

Also great to see the Egyptian railways investing in over 1,300 new carriages from Russia. It seems ENR are in desperate need of some new carriages!!

The first 35 have now arrived - https://trainreview.com/news/first-new-carriages-arrive-egypt-from-russia

[Memma]

Some good news over the weekend - SNCF are re-instating the Paris - Nice couchette, and Sweden has mandated the acquisition of carriages to run an overnight Brussels - Malmo and Hamburg - Stockholm service!

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EU supporting 55 rail infrastructure projects to start by early 2021.

https://www.railwaygazette.com/56983.article?utm_source=RGInewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Story%202%20Link&utm_campaign=RGInewsletter-%2020200724 

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Croatia starting another night service.

https://www.railjournal.com/news/regiojet-opens-ticket-sales-launched-for-its-summer-night-service-to-croatia/ 

 

Croatia expanding the above overnight service due to large demand.

https://www.railjournal.com/regions/europe/regiojet-increases-frequency-croatia-overnight-service/ 

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Croatia starting another night service.

https://www.railjournal.com/news/regiojet-opens-ticket-sales-launched-for-its-summer-night-service-to-croatia/ 

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Another overnight service starting even with the covid-19 problems. RDC German service. Twice weekly service from the Baltic - Austria.  RDC is also going to offer an Auto Train service this summer. From northern Germany - sSwitzerland. 

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/rdc-launches-new-german-overnight-service/?RAchannel=news 

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Sweden is doing more planning for domestic overnight train service.  As well looking for night trains to Germany in 2022  -2023,

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/sj-to-expand-domestic-night-train-offer-as-sweden-eyes-overnight-continental-connections/ 

[blue streak 1]

France is requirig Air France to move domestic passenger to a rail route that can be completed in less than 2 - -1/2 hours.  That is a requirement for a bail out.

https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/trains-prioritised-over-planes-in-air-france-rescue-deal/56408.article 

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China increases its HSR passenger train miles at 3.0%+ during corvid -19 times.  Would be interesting if we could get a ridership report from eye witnesses ?

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/china-introduces-new-high-speed-services/ 

Note: 4970 HSR trains a day an increase of 130 trains.  Link actually list a .5 train a day   Interesting?  Wonder how many train miles? 

Also total number of train sets including spares  ?

[MidlandMike]

UBS=Union Bank of Switzerland

The article was vague on the connection between the pandemic and climate change.