The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment is to directly award Nederlandse Spoorwegen a 10-year public service contract to operate passenger services on the ‘Besluit hoofdrailnet’ core rail network and HSL Zuid in 2015-25. The Zwolle – Enschede line and stopping trains on the Roermond – Maastricht Randwyck and Sittard – Heerlen lines are excluded.Under a three-stage programme to install optic fibres along the La Habana – Santiago de Cuba main line, Cuba’s national railway UFC has completed 90% of work between La Habana and Santa Clara, including the route to Cienfuegos. The second stage to Camagüey includes the branch to Nuevitas and the third stage to Santiago the route to Bayamo. Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship has awarded Arriva RP a 1·6m z More...
