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The article offers information on a world premiere held in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the first train in the world powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and mentions that Coradia iLint built by Alstom, is equipped with fuel cells that convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity.

The article discusses an open letter by Federal Minister A Dobrindt of Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure-Berlin, European Union (EU) Commissioner V. Bulc European Commission for Transport-Brussels about impact of damages to the railway line in Rhine Valley on rail freight.

The article offers world rail transportation news briefs as of December 2016 including the free InterRail Pass for all young European teens, the localization of freight wagons on Swiss railway net and the automation and digitization at railway company SBB Cargo AG.

The article discusses requirement of Swiss railway operator SBB from the federal office of transport UFT to renew the national long-haul traffic concession for another 15 years, increase in customer satisfaction and Bipinite train for long-distance traffic and the high-speed train Giruno.

The article discusses the multi-annual work programme of the European Railway Agency (ERA) for 2014-2017. The agency's works in accordance with the European Commission White Paper on transport and its policy goals for railways is outlined. Its strategic priorities to achieve its objective on areas including the development of railway safety, railway technical specifications and processes, and rail regulations. How it promotes and disseminates the EU legal framework is also explored.

The article reports on the proposed beginning of the factories of the Stadler Rail, the maker of the Giruno SBB electric train, as of September 2015, and mentions the high speed railroad services to be offered by the trains in Italy.

The article offers information related to rail transportation. It states that a memorandum of understanding for the order of 350 electric locomotives was signed by Russian State Railways (RZD) in connection with the 2013 Hannover Messe. It mentions that the design and supply of the control traffic, telecommunications, and railway signalling center of the 183 kilometers (km) High Speed Line was awarded by the Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) to Ansaldo STS France and Cofely Ineo.

The article focuses on the cooperation agreement signed by I. Scalfarotto, undersecretary for Economic Development of the Italian Government and A. Ahmetaj, Minister of Finance and Economy of the Albania, under which railroad company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane will support Albanian railroads.

The article offers information on a meeting of the CSIR (Interregional Trade Union Council) of Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes and Arco del Lemano in Italy, discussing the motion approved at the meeting to goods from the road to the railways between France and Italy.

The article discusses collaboration of Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Co. Ltd. (BEM) and CH. Karnchang Public Co. Ltd, with a consortium of Siemens and ST Electronics (Thailand) Ltd. to deliver rail technology for the extension of Blue Line Metro in Bangkok, Thailand.

The article reports on the contract received by rail transport firm Alstom SA for rendering traction systems as well as monitoring and train control system for subway carriages under Phase 2 of Shanghai, China's metro rail line.

The article reports on the agreement among European railway companies to launch better and more cross-border rail services from Frankfurt/Main and Milan, Germany through Switzerland starting December 2017.

The article offers information on the investments by railroad contractor Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie (GCF) in France in 2018, discussing the renewal in of railroads, the number of GCF construction sites in France, and the construction on Carcassonne shipyard in France.

The article offers information on an agreement between Italian state-owned railroad company FS Italiane and Indian Railways to upgrade the railway corridor between New Delhi and Jaipur in India, discussing the Memorandum of Understanding signed in January 2017.

The article announces that the Siemens Velaro family of high speed trains manufactured by Siemens have won the "Red Dot" design award from the designer Design-Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.

The article reports that the European Union (EU) agency European Railway Agency (ERA) has launched a program aimed to analyze the expansion the operation and signals of railways radio communication system.

The article reports on the successful take off of the first driverless rail transit in Honululu, Hawaii on October 2017.

The article offers information on SurferLab, the rail industry's joint research and development lab, launched in October 2017 in France by Bombardier Transportation and its partners.

The article informs that Ranken Railway Construction Group Co. Ltd., the subsidiary of Sapphire Corporation has secured contracts for municipal metro and rail transit lines in China which includes the construction of two railway stations and section connecting station in the Ganjingzi District.

The article discusses memorandum of understanding (MOU signed in New Delhi, India by R. Mazzoncini of FS Italiane in the presence of Minister and chairman of the Indian Railways for cooperation between FS Italiane and Indian Railways to develop the infrastructure security and staff training.

The article reports that railroad firms Xrail DB Schenker and SBB Cargo will launch railroad services between rail between Germany and Switzerland, as of September 2015, and mentions that the railroad will feature high speeds trains, and presents comments from D. Burgy of SBB Cargo on the same.