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USA: Secovia Capital has acquired Genesis Rail’s vegetation inspection and management services business Ferrovia from Auxo Investment Partners.

Genesis Rail provides outsourced infrastructure maintenance services to main line and industrial railway customers throughout the USA and Canada. It was acquired by Auxo in 2021, and

EGYPT: Zagro has supplied Siemens Mobility’s maintenance depot in Egypt with four E-Mazi XL Vario electric shunters which have been specially adapted to withstand harsh and sandy conditions.

Two of the vehicles are equipped with a robust roof and windows on both sides to protect the operator from direct sunlight while providing visibility in dust...

UAE: Dubai’s government-owned Dubai Aviation City Corp has awarded a turnkey contract for the construction of what the winning consortium says will be the world’s largest airport automated peoplemover, with an ‘unprecedented’ length of 50 km and nine stations.

The APM serving the first phase of the future Al Maktoum International Airport is to b...

SPAIN: Transport engineering consultancy Ineco and national research council CSIC are to collaborate to improve the prevention and management of forest fires near railways.

CSIC will contribute its multidisciplinary expertise in forest fire risk assessment and management and the development of sensors for environmental monitoring.

Ineco wi...

Germany’s long-distance network has suffered from worsening reliability over recent years. Whilst shorter-distance regional services (pink on the chart) have also been affected, the decline in on-time arrival classed as within six minutes of the advertised time has been more severe on the long-distance network. Here, minor delays can be amplified quickly by congested ...