IARO Express

IARO Express, Issue 587 - 11th July 2024

• East Midlands Airport logistics park expansion
• Melbourne mediator backs government’s above-ground airport station
• Poland: CPK shrunk?
• Sound Transit - new light rail facility near airport
• New Atlanta intercity rail hub to connect to airport

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IARO Express, Issue 586 - 4th July 2024

• Yangtze River Delta high-speed loop train launched
• Flytoget eyes an open access future
• Heathrow Express secures track access agreement to June 2028
• “A Huge Milestone” for California High Speed Rail
• More services for Manassas?

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IARO Express, Issue 585 - 27th June 2024

• DB completes sale of Arriva
• Progress in Hyderabad
• More Elizabeth line trains ordered
• Investors submit revised bid for London Heathrow
• Local transportation leaders urge Brightline expansion to Tampa 

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IARO Express, Issue 584 - 20th June 2024

• Melbourne Airport rail link arguments continue
• Stuttgart 21 delayed until 2026
• First test trips along Finch West route
• New trains for old Luanda airport route
• Manchester Airports Group seeks international expansion

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IARO Express, Issue 583 - 13th June 2024

• Manchester Airport on planned Liverpool - Manchester high speed rail route
• News from Ottawa
• SWISS and SBB expand Air Rail from Geneva
• Herat railway extension work under way
• “Airport-Rail Inter-modality in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and the Impact of High-Speed Rail”

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IARO Express, Issue 582 - 6th June 2024

• Half-price train tickets to Brisbane Airport
• In-town check-in in Rome
• Girona –  light rail to airport?
• Half of Tyne & Wear’s new fleet complete
• Metrolinx begins Bloor-Dundas tunnel construction

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IARO Express, Issue 581 - 30th May 2024

• Alberta to develop passenger rail master plan
• Abu Dhabi Airports working on Etihad Rail connection to new terminal
• Light rail for Reus?
• Budapest airport rail project
• A personal recommendation for the RA3

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IARO Express, Issue 580 - 23rd May 2024

• Light rail link for Helsinki Vantaa
• Opening dates for Grand Paris Express lines 16 & 17
• BYD monorail for Congonhas
• Portal North Bridge will (ultimately) help ease access to Newark
• Siemens Mobility wins Edinburgh contract

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IARO Express, Issue 579 - 16th May 2024

• Three new rail links to open next year:

-          to Barcelona airport

-          to Honolulu airport

-          and to Los Angeles airport

• New tram links for Manchester airport re-surface
• New Sharjah Etihad Rail station to be close to the airport

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IARO Express, Issue 578 - 9th May 2024

• Porto link moves ahead
• Suburban rail link planned for Konya airport
• News from Mumbai
• Siemens trains for new Las Vegas-Los Angeles route
• Eurostar – 100% renewable energy by 2030

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IARO Express, Issue 577 - 2nd May 2024

• Air France and KLM open refurbished Air&Rail lounge in Brussels
• Caltrain line electrification complete
• Metro Manila Subway Project – progress
• Piccadilly Line to Heathrow to close to prepare for new trains
• Atlanta airport station closed for upgrade

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IARO Express, Issue 576 - 25th April 2024

• Haneda Airport Access Line
• UP Express to make fewer stops
• A good year for the Luton Airport Express
• Istanbul’s airport railway extended
• Grand Paris Express airport ticketing 

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IARO Express, Issue 575 - 18th April 2024

• Tacking the Melbourne Airport link stalemate
• Dublin Airport heavy rail link
• St Lucie River bridge replacement
• Cardiff Airport line services to be increased
• New services for Salt Lake City Airport

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IARO Express, Issue 574 - 11th April 2024

• Progress in Prague 
• Eglinton link to Pearson – next stage
• New Lyon operating contract 
• New cargo airport for Cape Town

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IARO Express, Issue 573 - 4th April 2024

• Northern Powerhouse Rail cut back, but will still serve Manchester Airport
• Phnom Penh – new airport, new  light rail connection
• Rail-bus-air ticketing initiative launched by Dublin Express and Irish Rail
• South Shore double track project complete next week
• “The future is multimodal” 

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IARO Express, Issue 572 - 28th March 2024

• Haramain High-Speed Railway enhances service capacity for Ramadan
• Brightline Florida data
• New options for HS2 to Manchester Airport
• New transit hub for Newark Airport
• Snowfall to offer rail content to Spanish agency consortium Grupo GEA

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IARO Express, Issue 571 - 21st March 2024

• MultiModX
• Caltrain - EMU testing milestone
• Canary Islands’ major airports to be rail connected
• Manchester Airport has potential add £16.3bn a year to UK economy by 2050
• Enough said?

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IARO Express, Issue 570 - 14th March 2024

• News from Kuala Lumpur
• Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit free fares scheme
• Shortlist of names for new Elizabeth Line operator revealed
• Ottawa’s Trillium Line delayed further
• Fornebu to get a metro connection

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IARO Express, Issue 569 - 7th March 2024

• New trains for Cleveland…
• …and new trains for Newcastle
• New trams for re-opening of the Toulouse airport line
• Grand Paris Line 17 contracts
• East Japan Railway to work with the University of Birmingham

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IARO Express, Issue 568 - 29th February 2024

• Heathrow in 2023
• Finnbus?
• New hydrogen powered line to Busan’s new airport
• Aquino Airport light rail to open in September
• Rail for Eagle County – and Steamboat Springs?

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IARO Express, Issue 567 - 22nd February 2024

• Bali airport railway to open in September 2024
• 80% of new Piccadilly line trains will be built in Yorkshire
• Malaysia Airlines and AccesRail
• Port of Huntsville - record growth in 2024
• Change in Sweden

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IARO Express, Issue 566 - 15th February 2024

• Katowice’s airport railway
• Plans for Orlando links move ahead
• Fort Lauderdale – bridge or tunnel debate continues
• Airline check-in at Shanghai
• HS2 – some light?

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IARO Express, Issue 565 - 8th February 2024

• Chengdu’s line 19 connects two international airports
• Eglinton Crosstown West Extension contracts awarded
• Brightline West project update
• Line 17 at Le Bourget – in service in 2026
• Inverness Airport’s station – a year old!

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IARO Express, Issue 564 - 1st February 2024

• New station for Teesside Airport
• Late night UP Express service returns
• Vilnius Airport to get new station under Lithuanian Airports master plan
• Luzon inter-regional railway study
• High-Speed Rail for Dallas, with a DFW connection?

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IARO Express, Issue 563 - 25th January 2024

• Brightline bottleneck to be eased
• Manchester Metrolink operator contract extended
• Auckland Light Rail project cancelled
• Airtrain Newark replacement programme moves ahead
• Direct link to Torino reopened

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IARO Express, Issue 562 - 18th January 2024

• Alstom to run Airtrain Newark
• TriMet to Portland (Or) airport – new disruption
• Heathrow Express and the Elizabeth Line
• Major Manila North-South Commuter Railway contract awarded
• Israel plans railway network expansion

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IARO Express, Issue 561 - 11th January 2024

• Air Canada intermodal bookings – a follow-up
• Los Angeles Airport Metro Connector update
• Kinshasa airport link to be the first phase of its network.
• One way to make money!
• Progress with Stuttgart 21

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IARO Express, Issue 560 - 21st December 2023

• Great Britain station usage statistics April 2022 – March 2023
• Madrid airport high speed rail link contract awarded 
• First section of Maya Train opens
• Air Canada introduces intermodal ticketing
• CPK signs an agreement with ADIF to boost the development of Poland’s high-speed railway network

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IARO Express, Issue 559 - 14th December 2023

• EU recovery funds underwrite two more Italian route modernisation schemes
• Dallas Fort Worth Airport contracts with Alstom for APM modernisation
• Claire Mann appointed TfL's Chief Operating Officer
• EasyJet and Airportr in London and Geneva
• North-South Commuter Railway express EMUs ordered 

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IARO Express, Issue 558 - 7th December 2023

• CAT orders new Stadler trains
• Fort Lauderdale river crossing arguments continue
• Ferrovial sells Heathrow stake
• CHSRA and Burbank Airport reach agreement
• Navi Mumbai opens first stage of airport metro line 

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IARO Express, Issue 557 - 30th November 2023

• Successful IARO Meeting this week
• Vienna – Bratislava connection accelerated in Austrian €21bn rail investment plan
• Brightline West Project moves forward
• Air + High-Speed Rail project launched
• Off-airport check-in for Galápagos 

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IARO Express, Issue 556 - 23rd November 2023

• SWISS International Air Lines expands Air Rail Network
• Brightline at Fort Lauderdale - bridge or tunnel?
• High speed rail to Barajas by 2026
• Second intermodal interline agreement for Air India
• Riga starts terminal build tender process

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IARO Express, Issue 555 - 16th November 2023

• Opening date for bigger and better Gatwick Airport station announced
• Torino Airport – city services to re-start
• Berlin’s U7 airport extension
• Update from Nursultan (formerly Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Airtrain JFK disrupted during terminal reconstruction

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IARO Express, Issue 554 - 9th November 2023

• New Orleans airport to get daily Amtrak  service
• “More than 5,000 Amsterdam flights to be replaced by rail in 2030”
• Heathrow Southern Railway Limited appoints new Chief Executive and two Board Directors 
• Brightline’s Orlando ridership

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IARO Express, Issue 553 - 2nd November 2023

• Helsinki Airport’s 10-year development programme complete
• Heathrow’s results for the first 9 months of 2023
• Progress with Honolulu’s transit system
• MAX Red Line to Portland (Oregon) airport re-opens
• Viracopos regional line dropped

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IARO Express, Issue 552 - 26th October 2023

• New express bus services for Heathrow
• DB to sell Arriva
• Hydrogen fuel cell multiple units for California
• Better Charleroi connection – but still by shuttle bus
• Philippines Northrail project finally closed

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IARO Express, Issue 551 - 19th October 2023

• Self-service check-in facilities coming to Kuala Lumpur Sentral
• Mid-life refurbishment for Copenhagen’s Metro trains
• Brightline to develop AI safety system after grant approval
• Muscat airport link planned
• DART temporarily closed because of Luton Airport fire

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IARO Express, Issue 550 - 12th October 2023

• More on the Maya Train
• Delhi’s new airport takes shape
• Domestic air passengers in Germany moving to rail
• Progress with Canada’s High Frequency Rail
• The HS2 saga

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IARO Express, Issue 549 - 5th October 2023

• Changes to Hong Kong’s airport line coming
• Alger airport metro work re-starts
• New EMUs for Bari Airport service
• South Bend rail connections to be improved
• Bristol Airport’s new public transport hub 

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IARO Express, Issue 548 - 28th September 2023

• How SMART has regained ridership while avoiding California’s transit ‘fiscal cliff’
• CAF wins Naples Airport train contract
• First trains delivered for Mexico’s Tren Maya project 
• Hudson Tunnel Project To Receive $6.88 Billion Federal Grant
• The Railway Research and Innovation Centre 

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IARO Express, Issue 547 - 21st September 2023

• Register now for the IARO Conference and Networking Meeting
• Italy: major programme to bring rail and air closer together
• Congratulations to Angie Doll, GTR’s new CEO
• Brightline to serve Orlando from 22 September
• Rail, road, air freight interchange for Winnipeg

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IARO Express, Issue 546 - 14th September 2023

• Heathrow’s RailAir bus routes improve
• Heathrow Southern Rail Link gets boost from London Mayor
• San Francisco service improvements
• Melbourne airport link – the debate continues
• Luton Airport’s shuttle buses re-deployed!

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IARO Express, Issue 545 - 7th September 2023

• Luton Airport DART celebrates 1 million passengers in 147 days
• Improved connection for UP Express
• Air India partners with AccesRail
• Trains and planes on the Barcelona – Madrid corridor
• Melbourne’s airport railway 

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IARO Express, Issue 544 - 31st August 2023

• Belgrade Airport rail link construction to begin next year
• Dublin’s airport metro progress
• Prague – progress with tram to future airport railway
• TfL tendering for DLR operating contract
• Mysuru (Mysore) airport and railway plans in conflict 

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IARO Express, Issue 543 - 17th August 2023

• First segment of Montreal’s REM open
• New connection for Seoul Gimpo airport
• Brightline delayed launch of Orlando service
• Air France launches remote baggage check-in service in Paris
• EasyJet and Jet2 start twilight bag drop at Glasgow airport

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IARO Express, Issue 542 - 10th August 2023

• Options to be explored for rail link for Calgary airport
• New S-Bahn trains for Munich
• New Piccadilly Line trains begin testing in Germany
• Mexican government fosters rail revival
• More on CPK – Central Poland Airport

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IARO Express, Issue 541 - 3rd August 2023

• Poland’s CPK rail programme
• New inter-regional double-deck trainsets for Switzerland
• HS2 launches procurement process for automated people mover
• First segment of Honolulu's Skyline rail system open
• TSA assessing airside-to-airside connectivity by coach  

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IARO Express, Issue 440 - 27th July 2023

• Flytoget – is the end in sight?
• New operator for Leipzig-Halle
• Three consortia qualify for Canada’s HFR Project
• Rail link for Edmonton?
• Airport drop-off charges at UK airports 

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IARO Express, Issue 539 - 20th July 2023

• Bergamo begins work on airport rail station
• Hong Kong re-opens in-town check-in
• Brightline finishes Orlando route construction 
• Plans revived for U-Bahn extension to Berlin airport
• PRT for Noida

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IARO Express, Issue 538 - 13th July 2023

• How SMART has regained ridership while avoiding California’s transit ‘fiscal cliff’
• CAF wins Naples Airport train contract
• First trains delivered for Mexico’s Tren Maya project 
• Hudson Tunnel Project To Receive $6.88 Billion Federal Grant
• The Railway Research and Innovation Centre

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IARO Express, Issue 537 - 6th July 2023

• Manila Clark’s rail link
• Work starts on Abidjan metro
• Doncaster Sheffield Airport may re-open
• “There will be no AirTrain to La Guardia Airport”
• ÖBB orders double-deck Railjet trains as passenger traffic booms 

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IARO Express, Issue 535 - 29th June 2023

• HART gears up for service launch
• Airport link is part of  Kansas City area plan
• Sydney Airport Metro consortium chosen
• Mayan Train to serve Chetumal airport
• Nice airport services 

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IARO Express, Issue 534 - 22nd June 2023

• Round “the Bend” no more?
• News from Hong Kong MTR
• Report suggests link to Quebec Airport
• Salerno link costed
• Heathrow’s Regulatory Accounts

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IARO Express, Issue 532 - 8th June 2023

• Heathrow Express – celebrating 25 years
• East – west commuter rail for Miami Airport?
• Tianjin Daxing link news
• Proposed high speed rail  link to planned new Lisbon airport
• New shuttle for Sonoma County Airport

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IARO Express, Issue 531 - 1st June 2023

• Happy 25^th, Heathrow Express!
• Consultations on Los Angeles’ C and K Line services
• Emirates opens check-in centre in Dubai's financial district
• Twilight bag-drop service expanded at Edinburgh Airport
• Metro to Istanbul Airport open

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IARO Express, Issue 530 - 25th May 2023

• Katowice – Ostrava high speed line alignment selected
• Better Heathrow rail access
• SFO People-mover serves Terminal 1 again
• Etihad plans air-rail intermodality at Daxing
• ITA Launches New Rail+Plane Tickets With Trenitalia

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IARO Express, Issue 529 - 18th May 2023

• Inverness – problem being solved?
• AirPortr in Vienna
• Novel system for San Jose airport
• Philippines North-South Commuter Railway contracts signed
• St Louis light rail system to try out metal detectors

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IARO Express, Issue 528 - 11th May 2023

• Bordeaux tramway reaches the airport
• Chicago’s Blue Line helps during highway reconstruction
• Eagle County airport line concept dropped
• Inverness: “we have a problem”
• MTR’s solar photovoltaic projects

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IARO Express, Issue 527 - 4th May 2023

• Heathrow in Q1
• Much news from Brightline
• More on the Palma  light rail project
• Melbourne Airport Rail link delayed
• New trains to Schiphol 

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IARO Express, Issue 526 - 27th April 2023

• Tri-rail ridership continues upward trend – with much airport use
• First section of Honolulu light rail to open: airport section is next
• BucureÈ™ti airport metro construction contract awarded
• Class 360s sent for scrap
• Solar power at Lyon St-Exupéry 

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IARO Express, Issue 525 - 20th April 2023

• Auckland route consultation
• Luton Airport passenger numbers increase: DART launched
• Work in Portland will enhance airport line
• Transport minister praises ERL’s initiative
• Gepard Express to take over Brno – Wien Airport service

And finally…
“Understanding the importance of Non-Exhaust Emissions for the rail industry”

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IARO Express, Issue 524 - 13th April 2023

• Washington National Airport direct link re-opens
• More calls for Avalon Airport Rail Link
• Dublin rail link – planning consent applied for
• Heathrow Express and the Elizabeth Line
• Finnair to replace two routes with buses to reduce its carbon footprint

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IARO Express, Issue 523 - 6th April 2023

• New Metro link between Washington and airport proposed
• Rio converts BRT to  light rail
• Ottawa airport line – more delay
• Abidjan update
• Girona update

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IARO Express, Issue 522 - 30th March 2023

• Luton DART open
• World’s fastest airport trains.
• Zagreb airport and city centre to be connected by train
• Brightline to open to Orlando airport service  in the next few months
• Progress with railway to Manila Clark airport

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IARO Express, Issue 521 - 23rd March 2023

• Mode of transport to selected UK airports
• Chile to tender light rail line to Santiago airport
• ITA Airways Signs Air & Rail Integration MoU 
• New air rail project in Guatemala
• Brightline West, Los Angeles to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail
• University of Birmingham to work with Saudi Arabia Railways

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IARO Express, Issue 520 - 16th March 2023

• Dublin airport link update
• New Haneda airport connection
• Brightline to Orlando coming soon
• Manchester – some progress
• Huangshi tram progress

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IARO Express, Issue 519 - 9th March 2023

• Elizabeth line update: nearing completion
• Portuguese high speed rail to serve Porto airport
• Tel Aviv airport line to be enhanced
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood – transit plans 
• New early morning Stansted Express service

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IARO Express, Issue 518 - 2nd March 2023

• Luton DART to start carrying passengers
• Penang light rail
• Linate connected
• Thomson-East Coast line extended
• ·Premium bus services for flyers 

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IARO Express, Issue 517 - 23rd February 2023

• Manchester Airport line platform extension work
• Grand Central to JFK
• Tram for Ulsan airport
• Prague – airport link’s city terminal being modernised
• Montreal progress

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IARO Express, Issue 516 - 16th February 2023

• Green light for the construction of the new railway Milano Malpensa Terminal 2 – Gallarate
• Changchun T3 integrated into high speed rail  station
• UP Express hit by brake disc problem
• New trains for the Piccadilly Line
• Metro link to Panama Tocumen to open soon

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IARO Express, Issue 515 - 9th February 2023

• Most Don Muang airport trains now use new Bangkok terminus
• Inverness Airport station open
• Work on Palma link to start this year
• Chennai Metro Rail stations to have in-town check-in
• Progress with Portland’s Red Line

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IARO Express, Issue 514 - 2nd February 2023

• Orlando’s Sunshine Corridor
• Metro to Wuhan’s GA airport opens
• National Express Group awarded €1 billion rail contract serving Düsseldorf 
• Luton DART update
• Heathrow fares

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IARO Express, Issue 513 - 26th January 2023

• Istanbul – metro to Sabiha Gókçen airport open
• Prague (Praha) airport link update
• Heathrow flight departure boards installed at Canary Wharf
• Auckland’s  light rail makes progress
• Toronto’s Crosstown  light rail delayed  

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IARO Express, Issue 513 - 26th January 2023

• Istanbul – metro to Sabiha Gókçen airport open
• Prague (Praha) airport link update
• Heathrow flight departure boards installed at Canary Wharf
• Auckland’s  light rail makes progress
• Toronto’s Crosstown  light rail delayed  

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IARO Express, Issue 512 - 19th January 2023

• Amsterdam-Schiphol metro funded
• Heraklion tram plans revived
• Future disruption at Old Oak Common
• Miami-Orlando Airport service to start late summer
• Siemens Mobility to deliver turnkey metro system for Western Sydney Airport Metro

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IARO Express, Issue 511 - 12th January 2023

• Madrid Barajas to get high speed connection
• London City Airport planning to improve public transport access
• Air cargo by rail between Osaka and Tokyo
• San Diego considers whether to continue rail expansion plan
• Arriva launches Schiphol night services

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IARO Express, Issue 510 - 5th January 2023

• Nanning – high speed rail to airport
• Consortium to construct Venice Airport rail connection
• Fort Lauderdale commuter rail service closer
• Laing O’Rourke to build Birmingham’s HS2 Interchange station
• Friends in MTR

Plus: “Airport Railways of the World” Update

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IARO Express, Issue 509 - 22nd December 2022

• Report from Doha: Airport Metro Link
• Katowice airport rail link coming
• Junction improvements speed up Burbank trains
• News from Manchester
• First Vehicle for Frankfurt’s new Sky Line delivered

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IARO Express, Issue 508 - 15th December 2022

• GB airport rail station usage
• Dulles Metro opens – at last
• Long Island Railroad’s East Side Access opens
• New Incheon fleet design shown
• Foster + Partners wins competition to design new CPK airport in Poland 

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IARO Express, Issue 507 - 8th December 2022

• King Charles visits Luton Airport DART
• New business lead and director for Heathrow Express
• French short flight ban approved
• Work starts on Metro Manila Subway
• Eagle County rail line controversy continues

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IARO Express, Issue 506 - 1st December 2022

• News from Gatwick
• San Jose – single bore tunnel  design approved
• Fraport and Lufthansa establish “FraAlliance” Joint Venture
• Demand for more Metro feeder buses from Aluva to Kochi airport
• Ningbo airport hub design competition launched

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IARO Express, Issue 505 - 24th November 2022

• Manchester Airport Staff Travel Bulletin
• Old Oak Common area stations not funded
• Italian rail  infrastructure initiatives
• Rail link to Columbus?
• Zhengzhou airport line open

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IARO Express, Issue 504 - 17th November 2022

• East Midlands Airport rail terminal to be extended
• Spokane International Airport completes second phase of air-rail-road facility
• SWISS Air Rail expanding to Lucerne and Interlaken
• Rio to convert BRT to LRT
• Three new express routes from Haneda airport

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IARO Express, Issue 503 - 10th November 2022

• Elizabeth Line – nearly complete
• Luton DART delayed until 2023
• At last – Metro to Dulles
• Porto to have a high speed rail loop
• Al Ula tramway to connect World Heritage Sites and airport
• Bengaluru airport rail link – second time lucky?

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IARO Express, Issue 502 - 3rd November 2022

• Brussels – tram to airport by 2026
• Hangzhou airport metro opens
• Heathrow – Woking
• Heraklion tram plan revived
• Air-rail-road Mojave Inland Port planned

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IARO Express, Issue 501 - 27th October 2022

• Perth Airport Line opens
• MTR awarded a two-year extension for the Elizabeth line
• Delta expands air+rail programme
• Amsterdam - Brussels fleet to be renewed
• Lagos Airport link moves ahead
• Congratulations

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IARO Express, Issue 500 - 20th October 2022

• New trains ordered for Barcelona airport
• Changsha airport metro open
• Rail link to Kinshasa airport?
• High Desert Corridor line planned
• Heathrow Connect Class 360 EMUs re-purposed

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IARO Express, Issue 499 - 13th October 2022

• Melbourne Airport Rail preferred bidder selected 
• Heathrow Express – book through Uber app
• Mexico – Toluca operating concession awarded
• Aeroexpress service reduced at SVO
• Rail Baltica - second stage of Latvia mainline construction procurement announced 

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IARO Express, Issue 498 - 6th October 2022

• New Metro to LAX closer
• Doncaster Sheffield Airport to close after no ‘tangible proposals’
• Catalunya studies tram-train networks
• Bahrain metro progress
• Brazil: Fortaleza later this year, Natal in the longer term

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IARO Express, Issue 497 - 29th September 2022

• Brightline developments
• Dublin Airport may get a rail connection
• New tram link to Geneva airport
• Construction of Shanghai - Sujia inter-city line starts
• Baghdad light rail to serve airport 

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IARO Express, Issue 496 - 22nd September 2022

• Developments in Madrid
• HART begins trial running on part of the Honolulu light rail line
• Florida Coastal Link takes a step forward
• Noida airport terminal building construction to start
• Fuel by rail to Prestwick

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IARO Express, Issue 495 - 15th September 2022

• Air-river link
• Peak fares on tube and Elizabeth Line journeys to Heathrow
• Rail services to future Chennai airport?
• CDG – Picardy connection scaled down
• Disruption to Washington DC Metro to National Airport

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IARO Express, Issue 494 - 8th September 2022

• Flytoget to spread its wings?
• Heathrow publishes new Surface Access Strategy
• Elizabeth Line to start running trains between Heathrow and Abbey Wood
• Orlando Airport’s Terminal C
• Air rail intermodality with a difference

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IARO Express, Issue 493 - 1st September 2022

• California high speed line starter section set for completion
• Progress in Bucharest
• Management buy-out for Abellio UK
• Abidjan metro progress
• Muan rail link – date announced

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IARO Express, Issue 492 - 25th August 2022

• Perth’s Airport line to open in October
• Thameslink’s class 700 fleet
• Regionaltangente West to go ahead
• Brightline service to Orlando now to start next year
• Happy 75th, CTA!

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IARO Express, Issue 491 - 18th August 2022

• Venice Airport to get rail link
• The Ontario Airport tunnel
• Inverness Airport station
• New metro connection planned for Beijing Capital Airport
• Sydney’s new airport 

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IARO Express, Issue 490 - 11th August 2022

• KLM launches rail-air service with Thalys
• Rio to convert BRT to LRT
• Edinburgh – e-bus, tram, air!
• Brightline Announces the Sunshine Corridor
• Stockholm’s airports served by Finnish operator rather than German one

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IARO Express, Issue 489 - 4th August 2022

• California High-Speed Rail finalises plans for San Francisco - San Jose segment
• Casualties of the virus
• Heathrow in H1, 2022
• Hong Kong’s new automated people-mover
• This decade’s air-rail openings
• Kunming metro Line 5 opens with tunnel wall advertising

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IARO Express, Issue 488 - 28th July 2022

• Birmingham Interchange Station progress
• Brightline aims to carry holiday travellers to Orlando by Christmas
• French high speed line financing strategy
• New high speed rail services improve integration between rail and air
• Indore airport  line trains ordered

And…Remembering Cyril Bleasdale

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IARO Express, Issue 487 - 21st July 2022

• Air-Rail ticketing in Berlin
• Lyon to go paperless
• California’s Metrolink tests use of quake alerts to stop trains
• Metrolink extension to St Louis MidAmerica airport
• Manchester upgrade starts

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IARO Express, Issue 486 - 14th July 2022

• SNCF partners with SITA for better rail-air travel
• BART extension to San Jose airport moves forward
• Boston – ferry or train?
• Orlando – Tampa railway to receive grant
• HS2 near Manchester Airport simplified

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IARO Express, Issue 485 - 7th July 2022

• Paris Orly TGV connection
• Heavy rail link to Newcastle airport  back in the frame
• Chicago Access/Michigan East
• Easier access to JFK coming
• Emirates – home check-in for first class customers 

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IARO Express, Issue 484 - 30th June 2022

• Paris Orly TGV connection
• Heavy rail link to Newcastle airport  back in the frame
• Chicago Access/Michigan East
• Easier access to JFK coming
• Emirates – home check-in for first class customers 

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IARO Express, Issue 483 - 23rd June 2022

• Eurostar Group formed as a holding company for Eurostar and Thalys
• CDG Express on the move again
• San Diego – better transit link still under discussion
• South Shore Line work
• Daxing developments

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IARO Express, Issue 482 - 16th June 2022

• Progress in Montreal
• Tram-trains proposed for Tarragona and Reus airport 
• Bahrain Metro progress
• News from Guangzhou
• Air rail news with a difference!

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IARO Express, Issue 481 - 9th June 2022

• The Elizabeth Line – a rider experience
• SMART aims for big boost in ridership
• Auckland Airport plans new transit into its upgrade
• Linate metro extension plan
• Moscow’s smart card

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IARO Express, Issue 479 - 26th May 2022

• Orlando landmark
• Heathrow traffic growth prompts calls for rail link decisions
• Metrolink is the first US passenger rail system powered by renewable fuel
• Mactan-Cebu monorail
• DB partners with airline ticketing provider to improve intermodal travel

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IARO Express, Issue 479 - 26th May 2022

• French bee joins Train + Air
• Stansted Airport Station virtual tours
• Progress in Honolulu
• LAX people mover superstructure now complete
• More progress in the Philippines

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IARO Express, Issue 478 - 19th May 2022

• SWISS Air Rail
• Heathrow in Q1
• Olympics-related improvements at Burbank
• Chengdu’s air rail cargo connection
• Subic-Clark Railway

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IARO Express, Issue 477 - 12th May 2022

• Elizabeth Line progress
• Additional Sacramento Airport service to be evaluated
• Metro link planned to new Visakhapatnam Airport 
• Aeromovel to serve GRU Airport 
• Problems with Öresund contract

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IARO Express, Issue 476 - 5th May 2022

• Progress on CDG Express
• People-mover for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
• Heathrow’s A40 bus route – a clarification
• Bangkok’s Bang Na - Suvarnabhumi Airport LRT feasibility study completed
• Crenshaw/LAX line operating plan update

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IARO Express, Issue 475 - 28th April 2022

• KLM and Thalys continue developing their AirRail product
• Progress in San Diego
• SFO simplified
• The Thai three airports project
• Elizabeth Line “won’t start early enough”

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IARO Express, Issue 474 - 21st April 2022

• Work halts Boston Airport line trains until early May
• Eurostar:Thalys merger approved
• Agatha trains for Catania airport
• Heathrow Express – “best”!
• Construction of the Guangzhou HSL to start
• Audio Walk makes the wait before takeoff shorter for families

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IARO Express, Issue 473 - 14th April 2022

• Gatwick Express - strayed?
• Tel Aviv – orbital metro to serve airport
• New connections for Pearson?
• Marseille – Nice route modernisation signed off
• First sections of Pune metro inaugurated

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IARO Express, Issue 472 - 7th April 2022

• Delhi inter-airport line progress
• Wonsan – situation unclear
• M52 to Schiphol?
• Pedestrian bridge structure to LAX people mover station installed
• Scottish Transport Minister visits site of Inverness Airport station

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IARO Express, Issue 471 - 31st March 2022

• Heathrow Express’s latest trains
• Beijing – new metro provides for airport line interchange
• Faro airport railway funding application
• Amtrak may serve Miami airport
• Interesting idea for a rail link

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IARO Express, Issue 470 - 24th March 2022

• Gatwick Express returns
• New fleets for Scandinavia
• New plans for Fortaleza
• Friedrichshafen electrified
• LGA links to be discussed again

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IARO Express, Issue 469 - 17th March 2022

• Dulles metro to open in summer?
• Grand Paris Line 18 to Orly
• Frankfurt Terminal 1 – 50 years old
• Birmingham Railway Research Centre celebrates 50 years of innovation
• Tucumán to get air rail cargo connection

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IARO Express, Issue 468 - 10th March 2022

• Brightline completes Orlando Airport work
• New contracts for Western Sydney Airport line
• Groupe ADP unveils strategic roadmap to build a sustainable airport model by 2050
• Chandigarh – a second look?
• More trains for Heathrow T5 peoplemover
• Congratulations to the new Heathrow Express Commercial Strategy Lead

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IARO Express, Issue 466 - 24th February 2022

• Luton DART on test
• Helsinki long-distance link nearer
• Lufthansa Express Rail
• KLIA Aerotrains to be replaced
• Plans for Ardmore Multimodal Logistics Hub move ahead

And finally...

• “Southern” - or south of France?

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IARO Express - Issue 465 - 17th February 2022

• Testing starts in Madrid’s third cross-city tunnel
• Shenzhen – first phase of automated metro line 20 opens
• LAX Crenshaw Line – opening dates
• Progress in Tirana
• Heathrow launches 10-year sustainability strategy 

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IARO Express - Issue 464 - 10th February 2022

• News from São Paulo
• Shadow operator appointed for Paris’ driverless light rail lines
• Dakar – progress, but no airport connection yet
• Major segment of LAX people mover now complete
• Birmingham Airport’s HS2 connection

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IARO Express - Issue 463 - 3rd February 2022

• KLM sells Schiphol-Amsterdam train tickets
• Updated financial plan for Hudson Tunnel 
• California High Speed Rail reaches critical milestone
• Good progress with Inverness Airport station
• Auckland chooses underground light rail
• WISP

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IARO Express - Issue 462 - 27th January 2022

• Airport railway for Andorra
• New Orleans – possible airport shuttle?
• Manchester Airport and HS2
• CDG – Amiens TGV plans revived
• News from Nanning

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IARO Express - Issue 461 - 20th January 2022

• New line to Stuttgart airport opens
• O’Hare Transit re-opens
• Work in progress on Manchester tangle
• Eurostar:Thalys merger to go ahead
• Dhaka airport metro funded

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IARO Express - Issue 460 - 13th January 2022

• Alstom trains for Transdev’s Nice service
• Tunnel boring machines for Metrolinx have arrived in Canada
• Ivanpah revived?
• Melbourne – work to start this year
• Links to airports in Northern Ireland
  ...And finally: Marking IARO Express Issue 460

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IARO Express - Issue 459 - 6th January 2022

• Lublin Airport link closed
• Luton Express fleet
• Northern’s new trains improve service
• Auckland – light rail to airport recommended
• Long-discussed San Diego Airport Trolley extension sees progress 
• The IARO Website

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IARO Express - Issue 458 - 15th December 2021

• New Salt Lake City Airport station opened in October
• Progress on Silver Line to Dulles
• Work to start on Catania airport link
• Next phase of upgrades to Gatwick airport start – with Gatwick Express
• Da Nang airport – metro planned

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IARO Express - Issue 457 - 9th December 2021

• Train + Air extended
• Luton Airport express trains settling in
• Buffalo – buses or light rail?
• Tenders invited for Melbourne airport station package
• Part of Turin link re-purposed

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IARO Express - Issue 456 - 2nd December 2021

• Happy Birthday, Newcastle!
• Grand Paris Express Line 18 to Orly - track contract awarded
• Manchester service - funding issues
• Western Sydney Airport metro line shortlist
• Airport rail station usage Great Britain 2020/21

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IARO Express - Issue 455 - 25th November 2021

• Refurbished Thalys trains
• Mobile ticketing launched on Osaka Monorail 
• Dulles Metro reaches major milestone
• Crosstown West Extension in Toronto
• Testing begins on Istanbul airport metro

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IARO Express - Issue 454 - 18th November 2021

• Brussels airport tram agreed
• TransPennine Express to test a battery hybrid train
• Ship canal challenge as Istanbul extends metro line
• UP Express becomes first in Canada to allow riders to use debit cards to 'tap-on'
• Shenzhen’s automated people mover

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IARO Express - Issue 452 - 4th November 2021

• Work on new Inverness Airport station starts
• Malta planning airport light rail
• Ho Chi Minh City – airport line planned
• Ottawa link funded
• Beijing Capital’s  automated people mover upgraded

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IARO Express - Issue 451 - 28th October 2021

• Keolis-MHI takes over Dubai metro and tram operations
• Rail link to LaGuardia Airport put on hold
• SWISS plus AirPortr in Geneva
• Lima Airport Metro progress
• Birmingham University School of Engineering – official opening and tour of research facilities

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IARO Express - Issue 450 - 21st October 2021

• Schiphol among Dutch stations most affected by Covid
• Heathrow Express’s tranquil train
• Colombo – progress?
• Better service to Portland
• Lounges introduced at Chinese high-speed railway stations

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IARO Express - Issue 449 - 14th October 2021

• Heathrow Express in Quarter 1, 2021/22
• More trams for Toulouse
• GMR Group to invest in metro rail link project to Hyderabad Airport
• Denver recognised!
• Takeuber?

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IARO Express - Issue 448 - 7th October 2021

• Inter-terminal autonomous light rail at Kunming
• Another light rail connection for Düsseldorf?
• Emirates’ new baggage services at Dubai
• Sepulveda corridor projects move ahead
• Stansted’s rail connections cited by new start-up

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IARO Express - Issue 447 - 30th September 2021

• Trondheim airport railway to be electrified
• Marseille-Nice concession to Transdev
• Perth Airport Link to open next year
• SEPTA wayfinding to be improved
• South Shore Line - new bids requested

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IARO Express - Issue 446 - 23rd September 2021

• Munich Airport rail tunnel extension completed
• Schiphol sees first Dutch open-access train service
• Austin’s Project Connect light-rail project starting
• Improved service to Incheon under S. Korea’s $100 bill 10-year rail plan
• New automated train developed for Zhengzhou airport

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IARO Express - Issue 445 - 16th September 2021

• Mexico City and its airports
• Birmingham International HS2 station bidders
• Suvarnabhumi light rail link re-surfaces
• New Paris operating contract
• Commercial rivalries, politics and trains to Eagle County Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 444 - 9th September 2021

• HSL-Zuid – the saga continues
• Dallas - Silver Line revenue service to start 2024
• Much activity in Florida
• Plans for Muscat airport metro revived
• Istanbul canal may impact airport rail links

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IARO Express - Issue 443 - 2nd September 2021

• Excellent Austrian innovations!
• Fraport’s people-movers
• Construction starts on Los Angeles airport interchange
• Thomson East Coast Line
• Crossrail – “full completion in May 2023”

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IARO Express - Issue 442 - 26th August 2021

• Chengdu’s new airport to get high speed rail
• Indianapolis Airport to get new Amtrak station?
• Lugano Airport tram-train cut-off tunnel approved
• Santiago (Dominica) – rail link plans revived
• Airport railways today: how are the services?

…And another milestone is now reached: IARO’s 300th air-rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 441 - 19th August 2021

• Bangkok: New line opens to Don Muang
• Qingdao Jiaodong Airport starts operations
• Thalys + Delta Air+Rail
• Piccadilly Line to go driverless?
• Toronto Crosstown subway funding announced

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IARO Express - Issue 440 - 12th August 2021

In this Week’s Issue:

• Air-rail complementarity in France
• Air-rail integration in China
• easyJet’s new air-rail connection service
• Luton DART report denied
• Burbank Airport railway to be enhanced

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IARO Express - Issue 439 - 5th August 2021

In this Week’s Issue:

• Heathrow H1 results
• Air-rail cargo intermodality at Malpensa
• Three airports on Atlanta-Charlotte high-speed rail line
• Dubai Red Line reaches Expo 2020
• An interesting fare option

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IARO Express - Issue 437 - 22nd July 2021

In this Week’s Issue:

• Rail Baltica construction officially starts at RÄ«ga International Airport
• More on new Piccadilly line trains
• Trains for Shenzhen Line 20
• SNC-Lavalin appointed Sydney airport line delivery partner
• Caltrain electrification delay
• Minister for Transport opens new rail research building at the University of Birmingham

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IARO Express - Issue 436 - 15th July 2021

• Chengdu’s new airport opens
• Thai Three Airports line progress
• Glatttal line to be extended
• Amtrak to T.F.Green?
• HERT MRT to Stansted
  
  And Also - Congratulations to Manchester

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IARO Express - Issue 435 - 8th July 2021

In this Week’s Issue:

• Xiamen’s future airport connections
• Masterplan for Central Poland Airport
• New airport for Novi Sad
• Proposed North Atlantic Rail Corporation to connect five US airports
• The Manchester tangle
• Awards for Heathrow Express

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IARO Express - Issue 434 - 1st July 2021

• Plans for high speed service to Madrid Barajas airport revived
• Heathrow western access rail link ‘set to be mothballed’
• Kochi airport’s regional rail link
• Michigan City street running ends
• New Blue Line trains for Chicago

 SPECIAL REPORT
Sustainable Transport: A green post-pandemic recovery of Finland’s aviation

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IARO Express - Issue 433 - 24th June 2021

• Oslo suburban service concession to continue
• Brightline's Orlando-to-South Florida line more than 50% complete
• Old trains, new uses
• Rail-air link to Paris Orly
• Rail link to Lagos airport

Plus – Innovation: New Technology at Fraport

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IARO Express - Issue 432 - 17th June 2021

• Flytoget’s new trains start to enter service
• Airport access recognised in Budapest railway strategy
• Dhaka airport metro
• Texas backs Austin Metro
• Planning consent received for Inverness Airport station

Sustainable Transport: HybridFLEX on test in Derbyshire

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IARO Express - Issue 431 - 10th June 2021

• Dulles link progress
• Arriva planning night trains to Schiphol
• Heathrow Express in 2020/21
• First Lugano tram-train delivered
• Taiyuan airport line planned

Sustainable Transport: Hydrogen-fuelled train to be showcased at COP26

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IARO Express - Issue 430 - 3rd June 2021

• Bromma airport tram opens
• New metro planned for Shanghai Pudong
• Honolulu airport line next summer?
• Metro to Schiphol moves forward
• Penzance Heliport – with a rail link

And in addition…
Etihad launches at-home baggage check-in service – and more!

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IARO Express - Issue 429 - 27th May 2021

• New trains at Stansted
• Linz to be linked better
• Los Angeles Airport Metro Connector
• First Chinese driverless tram at Kunming airport
• Lagos airport connection launched

...And finally: Manchester light rail study shows covid transmission limited  

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IARO Express - Issue 428 - 20th May 2021

• Finland - Estonia tunnel now to link two airports
• Dart Progress at Luton
• Amritsar – possible high speed link
• Oklahoma City – potential rail link
• Newark code-share ends

...And: Sustainability - Photovoltaic pavement in Barcelona  

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IARO Express - Issue 427 - 13th May 2021

• Heathrow’s Q1 results
• Bengaluru airport metro approved
• Guiyang airport metro open
• Prague to get main-line link
• Four bids to replace Newark Airtrain

...And: Sustainability - Long Island Rail Road to test feasibility of electric trains on diesel branches

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IARO Express - Issue 426 - 6th May 2021

• Hong Kong’s Octopus Card to launch payment card for mainland China
• Silver Line access to Dallas/Fort Worth airport agreed
• New TGV station for Nice Côte d’Azur airport
• Light rail to Coolangatta
• Gatwick Express  loading information in use

...And: Sustainability - Airport transport in Glasgow

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IARO Express - Issue 425 - 29th April 2021

• RER B replacement contract problems resolved
• Heathrow Southern Rail Link
• High speed rail close to Ontario
• São Paulo metro operator CCR to manage Congonhas Airport extension
• Consortium wins Shenzhen airport transportation hub competition

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IARO Express - Issue 424 - 22nd April 2021

• Fresh start for Auckland LRT plans
• Canada update
• London City Airport masterplan
• Düsseldorf contracts awarded
• Bordeaux ready to start

Sustainable Transport: “Passenger power”

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IARO Express - Issue 423 - 15th April 2021

• Dubai Metro to get new operator
• Tram to Brussels airport by 2026
• “Reduction of German domestic flights requires rail investment”
• Bristol Airport link supported
• Controversial land deal near SFO to affect high speed rail 

Plus - Sustainable Transport: Alternative traction fuels

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IARO Express - Issue 422 - 8th April 2021

• Catania – one link good, two links better
• Bangkok’s new airport railway
• Karachi Airport Railway opens
• New Piccadilly Line trains
• Dulles link to open in July
• And finally: “Tram alert”

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IARO Express - Issue 421 - 1st April 2021

• Contract signed for construction of Rail Baltica station at Riga Airport 
• Changes coming at London Luton Airport
• Contract awarded for Clark - Malolos project
• Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project moves ahead
• Two seats good, one seat better
• Suburban trains to Bucharest Airport – a clarification

Sustainable Airport Surface Access news
UK Prime Minister launches £3 billion bus initiative

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IARO Express - Issue 420 - 25th March 2021

• Bahrain Airport metro link re-surfaces
• Lufthansa Express rail expands further
• High speed train access to Barajas coming?
• London Plan backs Heathrow rail links
• LaGuardia Airtrain moves ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 419 - 18th March 2021

• Progress in Istanbul
• Alexandria airport link back on track
• Grand Est seeks Strasbourg airport line concessionaire 
• Birmingham people mover plans approved
• Brightline extension under discussion

Sustainability:
Retired wind turbine blades to reinforce concrete on HS2 

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IARO Express - Issue 418 - 11th March 2021

• Stuttgart 21 makes progress
• Heathrow in 2020
• Toronto electrification moves ahead
• New rail-connected cargo airport for Gujarat
• Palma airport tram approved
• SUSTAINABLE SURFACE ACCESS: München’s CO₂ neutral buses

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IARO Express - Issue 417 - 4th March 2021

• New trains for Munich Airport’s Regensburg service
• Rail connections to Bengalaru International Airport
• Heathrow Express most punctual railway in Great Britain
• Dallas – new loan for Silver Line
• Dubai’s Route 2020 Line
• And finally…“Intermodality”? or “Multimodality”?

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IARO Express - Issue 416 - 25th February 2021

• Improved funding for US airport rail connections
• Paddington’s Elizabeth line station enters final commissioning phase
• China Southern’s home delivery service
• KLM promotes train for up to 700 kilometres 
• Tiranë airport rail link moves ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 415 - 18th February 2021

• Daxing line extended
• Newark Airtrain system to be replaced
• Plans for Rome move ahead
• Bromma link delayed
• Heathrow Express fleet replaced

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IARO Express - Issue 414 - 11th February 2021

• Suburban trains to Bucharest Airport
• Qingdao opens metro lines to two airports
• Canterbury to Gatwick and Reading?
• First airport metro cars arrive in Istanbul
• Sound dampers

And a response to last week’s IARO Express “Extra” Report on Manchester

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IARO Express - Issue 413 - 4th February 2021

• Work restarts on CDG Express
• Tour of Farringdon Crossrail Station
• Nairobi airport connections
• MidAmerica St Louis Airport light rail
• Chengdu’s second airport to open in June?
• National Express

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IARO Express - Issue 412 - 28th January 2021

• News from Lyon
• Cluj-Napoca studies transport options 
• Two lines to Hangzhou Airport open
• Sepulveda Corridor to Los Angeles
• Inverness Airport station progress

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IARO Express - Issue 411 - 21st January 2021

• Aalborg Airport link opened in December
• New trains for Heathrow’s Piccadilly Line
• Penang link moves ahead
• North Korea’s second airport railway
• Siemens to equip Ottawa's Trillium Line South Extension
• MTR’s photovoltaic panels on trains

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IARO Express - Issue 410 - 14th January 2021

• Chengdu openings
• Kazan
• News from Heathrow
• Rail Needs Assessment
• Route selected for Prague airport rail connection
• Disney and Brightline reach agreement to build Disney station

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IARO Express - Issue 409 - 7th January 2021

• Charlotte: light rail back?
• Berlin Terminal 5 to close in March 2021?
• Phuket’s light rail line delayed until 2026
• Riyadh Metro progress
• Manchester congestion

- Plus: Update on the IARO Airport Railways of the World database

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IARO Express - Issue 408 - 17th December 2020

• Heathrow Express class 387s on test
• 160 km/h trainsets for Guangzhou airport route
• Ottawa Airport station – a casualty of coronavirus?
• Kenya launches commuter rail system
• The Polish government approves the first stages of its mega hub

- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: Aberdeen’s hydrogen powered buses

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IARO Express - Issue 407 - 10th December 2020

• GB station usage report 2019/20
• Ljubljana Airport link planned
• Seattle Airport’s Link light-rail runs on clean energy
• New Nairobi Airport link to start next year
• Gatwick Express suspended

- Special Report: New railway research centre at the University of Birmingham completed

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IARO Express - Issue 406 - 3rd December 2020

• Trondheim airport line to be electrified
• Bologna’s Marconi Express opens
• Air-rail ticketing through Hongqiao airport
• Light rail for Charlotte
• Heathrow temporarily suspends Free Travel Zone
   
• Sustainable Transport: Hydrogen fuel cell train to be developed with EU funding

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IARO Express - Issue 405 - 26th November 2020

• Melbourne Airport to get its city rail link – at last
• Brightline: progress in Florida
• More links for Copenhagen airport
• Lucknow airport to get a second metro link
• East Midlands Airport’s proposed connections
• Sustainable Transport: Solar power

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IARO Express - Issue 404 - 19th November 2020

• Baghdad airport metro
• Shannon link revived
• DB awarded Munich operating contract
• Direct services between Birmingham Airport and York and Newcastle
• Work starts on tunnel between Technoparc and Montréal-Trudeau airport

Sustainable Transport:
More on Hydrogen power

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IARO Express - Issue 403 - 12th November 2020

• Austrian AIRail service extended
• BER airport and its rail links
• Luton Airport Express to start in May?
• Austin’s Project Connect approved by voters
• Wuxi airport metro open

Sustainable Transport:
Birmingham University helps develop hydrogen powered train

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IARO Express - Issue 402 - 5th November 2020

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport rail link plan dropped
• An extension to Shanghai’s maglev?
• Zurich Airport to Munich in under four hours
• Brightline West
• One new link to Madrid Barajas - not two!

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IARO Express - Issue 401 - 29th October 2020

• Austrian Railways Masterplan links Vienna Airport to the east
• CAA mode share data
• Antelope Valley capacity improvements programme helps Burbank
• First phase of line to Chengdu’s future airport opens
• Work to restart on São Paulo’s Congonhas line

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IARO Express - Issue 400 - 22nd October 2020

• Heathrow Western Rail Access delayed
• More integrated ticketing in China
• Thailand’s airport projects delayed by Covid-19
• The riddle of Lamezia Terme
• Sacramento extension moves ahead
• …and Sustainable Airport Access: Electric coaches for Scotland

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IARO Express - Issue 399 - 15th October 2020

• Innovative system for Brightline’s Orlando extension
• Kunming Metro airport line extended into city
• Berlin studies U-Bahn airport extensions
• BucureÈ™ti airport rail link progress
• University of Birmingham selected as preferred bidder to work with NCATI

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IARO Express - Issue 398 - 8th October 2020

• Berlin Brandenburg to open on 25 October 2020
• Changsha airport maglev reaches 160km/h
• Sonoma airport railway
• Monterrey (Mexico) commuter rail to serve airport
• Long-term plan for East Midlands Airport 

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IARO Express - Issue 397 - 1st October 2020

• Two EU-funded projects in Milan
• Honolulu – further delays
• Bengalaru airport connection – up in the air?
• Great Western Railway takes delivery of trimode electro-diesel multiple-unit
• Terrorist attacks on passenger railways

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IARO Express - Issue 396 - 24th September 2020

• Île-de-France to accelerate competitive tendering in Paris
• Manila Clark contract awarded
• SNC-Lavalin awarded consultancy contract for Tung Chung Line Extension
• Five multi-modal Area Studies for South East England
• Toronto Pearson now believes in transit
• Sustainable Airport Access: Munich’s bio-methane bus

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IARO Express - Issue 395 - 17th September 2020

•       Thessaloniki Airport Metro Extension
•       Glasgow – progress
•       Congonhas completion
•       Newark Airport City
•       Tunnelling completed for Perth air-rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 394 - 10th September 2020

• What are Airport Expresses doing now?
• DART cost increases add to Luton’s problems
• Sheremetyevo Airport bus + metro
• Ontario issues RFP for Eglinton Crosstown extension tunnels
• New section of Cairo metro opens

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IARO Express - Issue 393 - 3rd September 2020

• Better connectivity in the Pearl River Delta
• Progress in Senegal
• BWI link to extend further south?
• Tallinn to expand tram network
• Links to Liverpool airport under study

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IARO Express - Issue 392 - 27th August 2020

• Boyolali airport train starts
• Zürich - Geneva Flugzug introduced
• Etihad expands air-rail partnership with AccesRail
• LaGuardia Airport link gets initial approval from FAA
• HS2 Ltd agrees partnership with British universities

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IARO Express - Issue 391 - 20th August 2020

• Australia: Gold Coast airport light rail study funded
• Happy 25^th, Green Line
• Atlanta-Charlotte rail connection
• Teesside Airport station
• Berlin S-Bahn tenders
• …and finally – a longer read: MTR’s recent experiences and future plans

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IARO Express - Issue 390 - 13th August 2020

• Developments in Frankfurt
• Sydney’s airport line to be upgraded
• CRISI grant awarded to rail project near Albuquerque airport
• São Paulo Congonhas monorail trains and systems contract signed
• IARO Express 383 report on Manchester

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IARO Express - Issue 389 - 6th August 2020

• Better public transport for Genoa Airport
• New trains for English links
• Austin Airport connection recommended
• Kuwait link planned
• New Moroccan link

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IARO Express - Issue 388 - 30th July 2020

• Lufthansa Express Rail
• Two connections for Venice?
• Bhogapuram airport to have metro link
• ZEMUs to Burbank?
• New trains for the Piccadilly Line

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IARO Express - Issue 387 - 23rd July 2020

• Plans for Bangalore (Bengalaru)
• Kennedy Space Center railroad back in operation
• Swedish Railways subsidiary begins concession in northern Norway
• Porto airport line tests contactless
• University of Birmingham secures new funding for green train development

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IARO Express - Issue 386 - 16th July 2020

• Dubai Red Line extension
• Ringtrambus inaugurated
• CaHSR Burbank - Los Angeles
• Luton Airport Parkway lift renewal
• Heathrow’s regulatory accounts.

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IARO Express - Issue 385 - 9th July 2020

• AIRail extended to Salzburg
• Auckland airport light rail plans dropped
• More trains for Canada Line
• NRPS Spring 2020
• Class 170 trains to get new emissions technology

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IARO Express - Issue 384 - 2nd July 2020

• MTR appointment
• Gautrain celebrates 10 years
• Environmental solutions for Calgary
• Good news for Mount Fuji
• Riga airport link progress
• A “tube-style” network for the West Midlands
• VLR – Very Light Rail

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IARO Express - Issue 383 - 25th June 2020

• BART: priority airport screening for transit passengers
• News from Turkey
• Tram-train for Frankfurt
• Light rail for Canberra airport
• Infrastructure issues and Manchester airport services

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IARO Express - Issue 382 - 18th June 2020

• Palermo link takes shape
• High rail mode share at Southend
• Rail link for Kochi airport
• Heathrow Express Class 387 testing
• San Jose update and DMV 

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IARO Express - Issue 381 - 11th June 2020

• Crossrail trains cleared for use at Heathrow
• CARS good for Gatwick
• Ecuador’s first airport rail link
• Grand Paris line 18
• RDU bypassed 

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IARO Express - Issue 380 - 4th June 2020

• More rail links to Chinese airports
• Manchester-Boston link moves forward
• Consulting contract for Tirana airport link
• Birmingham Airport HS2 station
• Air France-KLM considers trains as an alternative to short-haul flights

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IARO Express - Issue 379 - 28th May 2020

• Singapore T5
• Shenzhen
• Catania
• Houston - Hobby
• Hobby
• Gatwick upgrade
• People movements

Sustainability

• Rail decarbonisation

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IARO Express - Issue 378 - 21st May 2020

• GB airport station usage data
• Future plans for Schiphol
• UP Express ridership
• Western Sydney Airport
• Metro to Vnukovo
   
• Sustainable Airport Access…Landside driverless electric shuttles at Austin

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IARO Express - Issue 377 - 14th May 2020

• Boston’s Blue Line
• LAX’s Crenshaw Line
• Thalys and Eurostar to merge
• Fraport’s recovery plan
• Xi’an’s airport railway
• More trains for Stansted
• And a partial report on light rail to airports

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IARO Express - Issue 376 - 7th May 2020

• Coronavirus recovery – the MTR Hong Kong experience
• One way of doing it!
• Connections to Frankfurt’s Terminal 3
• Heathrow Q1 results
• Melbourne – medium capacity transit?

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IARO Express - Issue 375 - 30th April 2020

• Change coming in Lyon?
• Caltrain plans
• Chengdu airport express metro trains delivered
• Hamilton – new metro and international gateway
• Heathrow Express finances (2018/19)

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IARO Express - Issue 374 - 23rd April 2020

• Tung Chung extension approved
• Ulsan airport tram
• Amtrak's Hiawatha line to get new trains 
• Construction work ready to begin at Birmingham Airport’s HS2 station 
• Naples – now 2022?

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IARO Express - Issue 373 - 16th April 2020

• Coronavirus impact update
• Airport Express Hong Kong shuttle bus information
• Grant for Burbank Airport station works…
• …and Environmental Impact Report nearly ready
• New link between Krakow airport and the north?
• Luton Airport train service plans
• Fastest airport train?

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IARO Express - Issue 372 - 9th April 2020

• 387s on Heathrow Express - a major step forward  
• Panama Metro Line 2 airport extension approved 
• Rail access to Ontario airport – a tangled web
• Schiphol Sustainability
• Coronavirus impact update
• Alternative Sustainable Airport Surface Access

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IARO Express - Issue 371 - 2nd April 2020

• Coronavirus impact on air-rail links
• Bradley Airport link closer
• Gatwick station upgrade
• Transdev sells Swedish Flygbussarna Airport Coaches to Norwegian railways
• SPECIAL REPORT: RAIL RESEARCH

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IARO Express - Issue 370 - 26th March 2020

• Coronavirus: Further reactions and updates
• An integrated rail plan for the North and Midlands 
• Norway’s planned tendering programme
• Second rail connection for Casablanca Airport
• Portland airport station to close during concourse expansion

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IARO Express - Issue 369 - 19th March 2020

• Coronavirus report
• The impact of a large fare increase
• Heathrow Express punctuality – excellent!
• South Shore Line improvements to go ahead
• Stuttgart Tram U6 to the airport
• Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train project on schedule for 2021 completion

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IARO Express - Issue 368 - 12th March 2020

• Bologna Airport People Mover 
• Heathrow Express’s new fleet
• Heathrow – fuel by rail
• Progress in Austin
• Nice idea - from Los Angeles…and Boston

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IARO Express - Issue 367 - 5th March 2020

• Bergen to test autonomous light rail
• Bradley Airport – station coming?
• Boston - commuter-rail electrification
• Montréal Trudeau metro link
• Train to Plane Saver 

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IARO Express - Issue 366 - 27th February 2020

• LaGuardia and Newark update
• Guangzhou - high speed metro line to airport
• Île-de-France to accelerate competitive tendering
• Qatar Airways code-share with Deutsche Bahn
• Premium intercity bus lines launching new airport-oriented services

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IARO Express - Issue 365 - 20th February 2020

• EuroAirport rail connection
• SMART extends south
• Phuket Light Rail project 
• Multimodal tickets
• The world’s oldest airport railway?

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IARO Express - Issue 364 - 13th February 2020

• Bordeaux airport access improvements
• News from Brightline 
• Sustainability controversy over Leeds Bradford Airport expansion
• Tracklaying begins on New Istanbul Airport Line
• Bengalaru airport rail connections

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IARO Express - Issue 363 - 6th February 2020

• UK National Rail Passenger Survey Autumn 2019
• Nice Line 3 open
• “Strengthening Cooperation on Standards for Intermodal Travel”
• First leg of Honolulu light rail network could be open by October
• Greater Toronto Airports Authority part-funds Metrolinx extension

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IARO Express - Issue 362 - 30th January 2020

• TexRail records 500,000 riders in first year
• Kyiv airport route uses Ukrainian DMUs
• Guangzhou linked to Shenzhen airport
• Dutch Railways to introduce the Airport Sprinter to Schiphol
• Birmingham Airport and Midlands Connect sign agreement

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IARO Express - Issue 361 - 23rd January 2020

• Southern access to Heathrow
• California’s Ontario Airport offers free Lyft rides from train to plane
• Tel Aviv – Jerusalem electric service launched
• Abidjan metro contact awarded
• KLM intercity buses

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IARO Express - Issue 360 - 16th January 2020

• Improved connectivity for London Stansted
• Hohhot airport now on the metro
• Tunnel under Burbank Airport planned for California HSR
• New Berlin airport rail links to open in October 2020
• Doha airport metro completed
• And finally…

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IARO Express - Issue 359 - 9th January 2020

• Daxing opens
• Renovated BWI Airport Station opens
• New Istanbul Airport
• Dhaka Airport metro progress
• Birmingham rail experts partner with India’s transport leaders for high-tech future

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IARO Express - Issue 358 - 19th December 2019

• Jeddah airport station open
• Consultation on access to Washington DC airports
• Moscow Central Diameters lines open 
• Heathrow Express: Current status
• Thameslink going automatic

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IARO Express - Issue 357 - 12th December 2019

• Zürich to operate new Delhi airport
• Free bus and train rides for passengers flying into LAX during Thanksgiving week
• Tiranë airport rail link tenders invited 
• TfL Rail to operate services to Reading from 15 December
• Passenger rail performance in Great Britain 2019/20 Q2 statistical release

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IARO Express - Issue 356 - 5th December 2019

• Stansted Express ATVMs for Singapore
• LA Metro seeks contractor to develop Sepulveda Transit Corridor project
• Helsinki Airport expansion
• Future of Gautrain
• Luton’s bridge successfully installed

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IARO Express - Issue 355 - 28th November 2019

• LAX completes first foundation work for automated people mover 
• Lufthansa expands Air-Rail connections
• Vietnam update
• Airports renamed
• Delhi Metro introduces check-in for Air Asia, Spicejet and Go Air

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IARO Express - Issue 354 - 21st November 2019

• ANA to offer domestic air pass with multiple flights and unlimited accommodation
• “We want an airport train, but it has to be done right”
• Schiphol to get more frequent trains
• Stuttgart airport rail connection contract awarded
• Delta Air Lines may pull out of Alitalia bidding

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IARO Express - Issue 353 - 14th November 2019

• SWISS and SBB conclude strategic partnership
• New Zhanjiang Airport to have rail and metro connections
• Mall of America station renovated
• Heathrow Express to use single platform at Paddington
• Security and the Chennai Metro

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IARO Express - Issue 352 - 7th November 2019

• Breakthrough: Testing starts on Crenshaw/LAX Line
• Thai 3-airport high speed rail link update
• Virgin Trains USA – further Florida extension
• Aviation is stimulating the development of the Polish railway network
• United to offer premium baggage delivery service

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IARO Express - Issue 350 - 24th October 2019

• Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline Autumn 2019 Schemes Update
• Dhaka airport metro moves ahead
• Los Angeles’ Blue Line reopens – as the A Line
• Changes coming to Toronto’s UP Express
• Melbourne Airport Rail Link – the debate continues
• And, by way of marking IARO Express Issue 350…

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IARO Express - Issue 349 - 17th October 2019

• Auckland - light rail to airport?
• SWISS expands “Flugzug” service?
• San Diego link moves forward
• LAX/Aviation station
• Another new airport proposal for Manila

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IARO Express - Issue 348 - 10th October 2019

• Dulles Metro to open mid-2020
• Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion high speed line moves forward
• Aeroexpress agreement with St Petersburg Government
• Urban mobility trends in the US
• Green Speed = Eurostar + Thalys
• Sacramento clarification
• Sacramento airport connection?

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IARO Express - Issue 347 - 3rd October 2019

• Réunion tram project revived
• Sacramento airport connection?
• Katowice airport rail link part-funded
• Rails to planes in Canada - part 5
• New light rail link proposed for Heathrow

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IARO Express - Issue 346 - 26th September 2019

• Airport rail link for Nizhny Novgorod
• Preparations continue for Luton’s DART
• “Rails to planes” in Canada - part 4
• Consultation begins for new Polish airport
• Lyon-Saint Exupéry voted best airport

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IARO Express - Issue 345 - 19th September 2019

• Melbourne – cut-price rail link criticised
• “Fly Responsibly”
• Celebrating 8 years of Heathrow Pods
• “Rails to planes” in Canada - Part 3
• Aeroexpress Sheremetyevo extended

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IARO Express - Issue 344 - 12th September 2019

• “Rails to planes” in Canada - part 2
• Vnukovo to be on the Moscow Metro
• New trains for East Midlands franchise
• Catania - trains to the airport
• JR East to build three new lines to Haneda airport

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IARO Express - Issue 343 - 5th September 2019

• “Rails to Planes in Canada”: Part 1 - Vancouver
• Moscow Sheremetyevo airport rail link expansion
• New connections for Doncaster Sheffield Airport
• Better connection for Graz
• Mumbai metro Line 3 progress

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IARO Express - Issue 342 - 29th August 2019

• UK mode share statistics
• US West Coast high speed service update
• Zürich light rail to be extended
• Two metro lines to connect Noida Jewar airport
• Update on Canberra

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IARO Express - Issue 341 - 22nd August 2019

• Luton Airport: train improvements coming with new franchise
• New line for Helsinki
• Sepulveda Transit Corridor to serve Los Angeles International Airport
• Fuzhou Airport lines approved
• Jaipur update

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IARO Express - Issue 340 - 15th August 2019

• Xi'an airport metro
• Burbank Airport – half hourly service on the Antelope Valley Line recommended
• Heathrow’s rail profit
• Munich – Salzburg service closer
• Alstom to supply CDG Express trains

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IARO Express - Issue 339 - 8th August 2019

• REM station construction begins at Montréal airport
• First train delivered for Linate Airport metro
• Glasgow Connectivity Commission calls for new rail network
• Shanghai inter-airport express metro
• Shenzhen: Request for information
• More Madrid – Barcelona competition

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IARO Express - Issue 338 - 1st August 2019

• Gatwick Airport station upgrade
• Progress in Perth
• Bucharest Coandă airport rail link
• More trains to Milwaukee airport?
• South Shore double-track project moves forward 

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IARO Express - Issue 337 - 25th July 2019

• MAG-nificent
• New Central Poland airport - rail freight link?
• Penang LRT project approved
• Dulles link – next July?
• New buses for BWI

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IARO Express - Issue 336 - 18th July 2019

• London Luton’s transit system
• Harstad-Narvik airport line probably not viable
• Improvements at San Diego airport
• A different rail link?
• First test run for train on line to Beijing's new Daxing airport

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IARO Express - Issue 335 - 11th July 2019

• San Francisco - improvements coming
• São Paulo airport EMU revealed 
• GB Passenger rail complaints
• Swedish company wins Trondheim airport rail franchise
• Metro to Vnukovo

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IARO Express - Issue 334 - 3rd July 2019

• Spring 2019 UK Rail Passenger Survey
• Port Authority Capital Plan revisions affect airports
• Brussels – tram? bus? trambus?
• Adelaide Airport to city light rail a ‘must do’
• Cottonbelt now Silver

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IARO Express - Issue 333 - 27th June 2019

• 24/7 air-rail services: what do you think?
• Manchester correction
• Live real time train times on Gatwick Airport’s website
• Krasnodar plans airport tram
• Rail access to Washington DC’s airports to be improved
• Singapore 2040 transport master plan

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IARO Express - Issue 332 - 20th June 2019

• Rail link to Manila Clark funded
• Toronto transit expansion
• New Terminal for Berlin Brandenburg
• Plan to link HS2 line with new northern rail scheme improves airport connection
• News from São Paulo

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IARO Express - Issue 331 - 13th June 2019

• Beijing Daxing Airport prepares for opening
• Work to start on Split Airport rail link
• LaGuardia AirTrain connection
• Alliance’s Southampton plans rejected
• Virgin Trains USA – on to Orlando

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IARO Express - Issue 330 - 6th June 2019

• CDG Express postponed
• Thai government backs three airports rail link
• Wellington airport link – in 10-15 years time?
• Vancouver airport access

 

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IARO Express - Issue 329 - 30th May 2019

• Heathrow Express’s new trains
• Denver’s Airport Line has carried 20 million riders
• San Marcos Regional
• Progress in Manila
• SJ to run Öresundståg

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IARO Express - Issue 328 - 23rd May 2019

• Progress on Luton’s DART
• Rail Baltica design contract awarded
• Montréal integration under discussion
• Nagpur metro inaugurated
• Two train routes will connect Bandung Kertajati Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 327 - 16th May 2019

• Update from Nice
• Doha opens first part of its metro
• Alger Airport rail link open
• Portland (Oregon) – double tracking and more trains to Hillsboro
• Consultancy contract awarded for Bogota RegioTram project

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IARO Express - Issue 326 - 9th May 2019

• Paris Orly: single terminal - and multi-modal station
• Gdynia: Warsaw airport service in 2023
• China and Thailand: two aerotropolises cooperate
• Trinity Rail Express connection to Dallas-Fort Worth rebranded
• Afghanistan approves airport section of Khaf – Herat railway

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IARO Express - Issue 325 - 2nd May 2019

• Hong Kong – more ferry links planned
• Lucknow airport rail opened by video link
• Hartford Bradley International Airport – new ground transportation centre
• Amsterdam: city stations to expand - and Zuid to become city’s main station
• Abellio wins East Midlands franchise

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IARO Express - Issue 324 - 25th April 2019

• KLIA Ekspres update
• Light rail to Houston Hobby studied
• News from San Francisco
• Planned high speed railway to connect two Russian airports
• Plans for Tegel

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IARO Express - Issue 323 - 18th April 2019

• Orlando – an update
• Sydney’s second airport renamed and on its way?
• Orly TBM to start next month
• Thailand develops LRT
• University of Birmingham in partnership agreement with Transport Systems Catapult

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IARO Express - Issue 322 - 11th April 2019

• Dubai metro operating contract extended
• New metro to Suvarnabhumi?
• Rail Baltica service plan unveiled
• Highlighting luggage areas
• Brightline and Virgin Trains - multimodality

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IARO Express - Issue 321 - 4th April 2019

• Long distance competition in Switzerland
• KLIA Ekspres and Malindo Air
• Charlotte - light rail line to airport
• British Airways to launch Gatwick to Milan Bergamo service
• People-mover for Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI)

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IARO Express - Issue 320 - 28th March 2019

• New park and ride for Cardiff Airport?
• News from Moscow
• Federal and Victorian governments sign off on Melbourne airport rail link
• Expansion plans for Milwaukee
• Short air routes to go?

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IARO Express - Issue 319 - 21st March 2019

• Douala Airport may get light rail
• Freight rail extension to South Bend airport studied
• Dallas – progress on Cotton Belt project
• Palermo airport line reopens following modernisation
• Glasgow access – where next?

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IARO Express - Issue 318 - 14th March 2019

• Flytog’s new trains – more details and photos
• Dr Jacob Kam to be MTR’s new CEO
• Live queue times now available online for New York airports
• Consultation starts on Leeds-Bradford access
• Third rail route to Tokyo Haneda Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 317 - 7th March 2019

• Heathrow Express accepts Contactless and Oyster card payments
• Romania launches another tender for Bucharest air-rail link project
• Toronto pedestrian tunnel delayed
• Delhi’s new airport: construction to start, for 2022 opening
• Progress with Dakar link
• Next week - Airport Express Oslo’s new trains

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IARO Express - Issue 316 - 28th February 2019

• A new platform for LCY?
• Lucknow metro – north-south corridor to open soon
• Accra airport access improvements under study
• Progress on Silver Line to Washington Dulles
• Firenze airport tram route open

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IARO Express - Issue 314 - 14th February 2019

• Wenzhou airport line planned
• Airport and Aerospace Express in Toulouse
• SMART over a million
• Social mobility for door to door booking
• Taxi and parking costs at airports

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IARO Express - Issue 315 - 14th February 2019

• Riga Airport’s new terminal
• Amtrak plans to serve Long Island
• Old Oak Common station plans
• Chennai Blue Line extension opens
• KLIA Ekspres to go international?

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IARO Express - Issue 313 - 7th February 2019

• Rail connection to Milan Bergamo Airport
• National Rail Passenger Survey results - Autumn 2018
• BART – San Jose extension
• Progress with Jinan Metro
• Beijing New Airport Line train unveiled

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IARO Express - Issue 312 - 31st January 2019

• California state rail plan (September 2018) – connecting airports
• Work starts on Heathrow Express 387s
• Which way to go?
• North West Rail wins Hannover S-Bahn contract
• India: Bengalaru – airport metro and four suburban lines approved

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IARO Express - Issue 311 - 24th January 2019

• News from the Crenshaw/LAX Line
• Temporary in-town check-in in Paris
• Navi Mumbai metro project delayed
• More links for Manchester airport
• Shenyang tram – now 2 lines to the airport

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IARO Express - Issue 310 - 17th January 2019

• Tex Rail did open!
• Usage of airport stations in Great Britain
• News from Norway
• Gatwick Airport to change hands
• Rio airport tram extended

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IARO Express - Issue 309 - 10th January 2019

• Qingdao – new high speed connection
• TEX Rail to DFW – opening slightly delayed by Federal shutdown
• Trams reach Nice Côte d’Azur Airport
• CAT in 2017
• Birmingham airport masterplan
• ….And finally: Happy 2019!

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IARO Express - Issue 308 - 20th December 2018

• Paderborn Airport: off-airport check-in closed
• Seattle's Lynnwood light-rail project to go ahead
• Mumbai airport – progress
• Badgery’s Creek - progress
• DB to operate regional express services to Munich Airport
• UK mode share statistics - clarification

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IARO Express - Issue 307 - 14th December 2018

• Mode shares at major UK airports - 2017
• Changes to Los Angeles Metro services
• Second München S-Bahn crossing contract awarded
• Kyiv airport link open
• First Dakar airport train shipped

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IARO Express - Issue 306 - 6th December 2018

• Siemens to provide new Piccadilly Line trains
• Riyadh Metro line 4
• Procurement started for Riga airport railway
• Bucharest Coanda Airport – two tenders published
• New bag drop opens in car park at Denver International airport

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IARO Express - Issue 305 - 29th November 2018

• Porto – tram carryings encouraging
• Vijayawada Metro likely to be light rail
• Auburn-Lewiston – potential rail connection
• Birmingham International developments to start soon
• Japanese passengers prefer train over air travel for short routes

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IARO Express - Issue 304 - 22nd November 2018

• Auckland airport link under discussion
• Italian State Railways confirms bid for Alitalia
• Brightline: Miami - Orlando and beyond 
• Thai inter-airport rail link contract to be awarded by January
• Changing traction

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IARO Express - Issue 303 - 15th November 2018

• Boston 2040
• Istanbul’s new airport
• Est-Nord link confirmed
• Light automated metro for Bristol?
• Bhopal and Indore metros approved
• Mexico City

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IARO Express - Issue 302 - 8th November 2018

• Friends on the move
• Cleveland’s airport railway celebrates 50!
• Keolis keeps Bergen light rail contract
• Gatwick airport – access modes
• Urumqi Airport Metro opens

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IARO Express - Issue 301 - 1st November 2018

• Personalised “disruption-messaging” technology
• Cotton Belt commuter rail line to Dallas-Fort Worth approved
• Three bids submitted for Panama airport metro
• New Stadler tram-trains for Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway
• Delhi – inter-airport link

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IARO Express - Issue 300 - 25th October 2018

• When will Crossrail trains run into Heathrow?
• Aerial cableway proposed for San Diego airport
• New central station for Bangkok to accommodate three airports service
• Poland is planning Europe’s biggest airport
• Abuja airport light rail open

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IARO Express - Issue 299 - 18th October 2018

• Leeds-Bradford Airport bus rail link closer
• Air Transat joins TGV AIR
• Helsinki link part of international tender
• Sydney – improvements coming slowly
• Financing completed for Montréal’s REM

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IARO Express - Issue 298 - 11th October 2018

• Bristol Airport may get rail link
• Airline to run Madrid - Montpellier open access service
• Sonoma airport railway to be extended northwards
• Haramain line partially opens: airport spur to open next year
• Thailand to Double Airport Capacity

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IARO Express - Issue 297 - 5th October 2018

• Las Vegas: Ivanpah revived?
• Central Poland Airport – Transport Hub
• Israel’s high speed link opens - partly
• No weekend trains at Southend until December
• Sri Lanka government approves Mattala BOT airport rail link tender

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IARO Express - Issue 296 - 27th September 2018

• Frankfurt airport regional station being renovated
• 5-year TGV expansion programme includes Picardy – CDG
• Melbourne rail link moves ahead with PPP
• WMATA seeks operator for Dulles airport extension
• Porterbrook and University of Birmingham to develop the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train

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IARO Express - Issue 295 - 20th September 2018

• St Petersburg air-rail connection
• South Bend improvements for Gary airport
• São Paulo – Guarulhos Airport services
• Additional funding approved for Milano Linate metro
• Progress on Bangkok’s inter-airport high speed line
• Heathrow’s Inter-Terminal Shuttle – a clarification

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IARO Express - Issue 294 - 13th September 2018

• BWI main line station to be renovated
• Heathrow’s ITT is back
• New destinations for Lufthansa Express Rail
• KL’s new air rail link
• The Zhengzhou Aerotropolis

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IARO Express - Issue 293 - 6th September 2018

• Badgery’s Creek Aerotropolis
• Hamburg S-Bahn automation agreement signed
• FTA awards $22.5m grant to SMART for extension
• Extra service on Bangkok airport railway – intriguing story
• Great Western franchise consultation

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IARO Express - Issue 292 - 30th August 2018

• Indonesia’s airport rail links take off
• What next for Los Angeles’ Green Line?
• Light rail link planned to Oradea airport
• Light rail to Auckland airport
• Mattala link moves ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 291 - 23rd August 2018

• Emirates expands its network in Italy, signs codeshare agreement with Trenitalia
• Los Angeles Blue Line disrupted for upgrades January – September 2019
• Doncaster-Sheffield: masterplan consultation supported
• Metro links to Istanbul’s new airport
• Seoul high speed service suspended

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IARO Express - Issue 290 - 16th August 2018

• Manchester Metrolink’s T2 extension
• Baltimore airport light-rail service to resume on 20 August
• Bromma tram to open in 2020
• Hajj metro prepared for annual seven-day operating season
• Beijing’s new airport scheduled to open in September 2019

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IARO Express - Issue 289 - 9th August 2018

• Florence link to open in October
• Urumqi Metro – phased entry into service
• Innovative transit options for Atlanta’s Aerotropolis studied.
• BART San Jose extension moves closer
• Royal Jordanian joins tgv’air

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IARO Express - Issue 288 - 2nd August 2018

• Malpensa Express – new record
• Abuja airport light rail opens
• Freight NYC – rail freight terminal at JFK
• Better rail links for East Midlands
• Storm erosion causes partial suspension of BWI’s airport light rail

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IARO Express - Issue 287 - 26th July 2018

• Congratulations and best wishes
• No tram to BHX
• CDG – Stratford competitor to Eurostar?
• Honolulu rail project $134m short
• Tram link to Ouargla airport planned
• Rail connections between Delhi’s airports planned

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IARO Express - Issue 286 - 19th July 2018

• 2 * 20
• Nice – first phase of airport tram opens
• Dalian airport metro extended
• Piccadilly line to get air-conditioned trains
• Cruise liner check-in + train at Seattle

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IARO Express - Issue 285 - 12th July 2018

• New trains for CDG – Orly RER service
• East Midlands: air-rail cargo plans live
• India – you win some…you lose some
• LaGuardia Airport rail link moves ahead
• New light rail connection to Ottawa airport proposed

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IARO Express - Issue 284 - 5th July 2018

• NRPS Spring 2018
• Metro begins feasibility study for connecting Los Angeles airport with the San Fernando Valley
• Novosibirsk airport link coming – slowly
• Gothenburg Airport rail link to go ahead
• Chennai Metro – new airport station well used

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IARO Express - Issue 283 - 28th June 2018

• KeolisAmey to run Wales’ trains
• Two routes emerge for Melbourne Airport rail link
• Los Angeles City Council approves airport automated people mover
• Cathay Pacific to sell air-rail tickets
• Denmark – Sweden cross-border metro project moves forward
• UK Parliament approves Airports National Policy Statement

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IARO Express - Issue 282 - 21st June 2018

• East Midlands and CrossCountry Franchises
• In-town check-in planned for Kochi Metro
• Düsseldorf – new tracks for more frequent services
• Chicago Express bidder chosen
• Calgary Green Line approved – may reach airport sometime

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IARO Express - Issue 281 - 14th June 2018

• Delhi’s new airport: three rail links?
• New UK flows of aviation fuel by rail
• Minsk link suspended
• People-mover for Logan?
• Work to start next year on Venice Airport rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 280 - 7th June 2018

• Taipei in-town check-in – some nice points
• Pearson Airport’s new draft master plan includes transit hub
• Refurbished repowered trains for Reading – Gatwick service
• High speed train connection announced for Girona airport
• Guangzhou metro extension

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IARO Express - Issue 279 - 31st May 2018

• Rail link to Delhi’s domestic terminal opens
• Birmingham International station redesign makes progress
• Ottawa’s light rail project receives more funding
• Transdev wins Hannover S-Bahn concession
• Intermodality promoted in China

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IARO Express - Issue 278 - 24th May 2018

• Toulouse line 3 contract awarded
• Emirates offers free rail ticket with flights from Stansted
• “Improving rail links to Heathrow from the west and beyond”
• “How many Angelenos will use multibillion-dollar trains to get to LAX?”
• Volgograd airport rail link opens

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IARO Express - Issue 277 - 17th May 2018

• Heathrow Connect: The end of the line
• Burbank Airport’s second station opens
• Tenders invited for Tiranë airport rail link
• Light rail to Auckland Airport – an interesting view.
• New Central Poland Airport planned

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IARO Express - Issue 276 - 10th May 2018

• Kuala Lumpur – link to second airport
• Salvador metro reaches airport
• More trains between SFO and Millbrae?
• Upgrade to improve Fiumicino’s rail links
• Heathrow Express – “negative” gender pay gap

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IARO Express - Issue 275 - 3rd May 2018

• Australian Government to invest US$3.9bn in Melbourne Airport rail link
• Contracts awarded for new line to Orly
• Chicago Blue Line signal upgrade contract awarded
• Work starts on Luton Airport people-mover
• MTR to operate and maintain Macau LRT Taipa Line

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IARO Express - Issue 274 - 26th April 2018

• Gatwick Airport station upgrade planned
• Increased service between Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris CDG
• News from Toronto
• Guarulhos link opens – in stages
• ISRET 2018

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IARO Express - Issue 273 - 19th April 2018

• New trains to Heathrow
• Phnom Penh airport rail link opens
• Dublin – Metro North back
• Two bidders selected for the O’Hare Express project
• Baku suburban railway planned

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IARO Express - Issue 272 - 12th April 2018

• Bordeaux Airport developments
• Amtrak retains BWI contract
• Light rail to Doncaster airport?
• Audio guides on the London Underground
• Moving walkways for Chennai Airport metro link

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IARO Express - Issue 271 - 5th April 2018

• Gatwick Express to retain premium
• Los Angeles Green Line reopens early
• Kuwait – regional rail confirmed
• Trondheim airport line tendering
• Rail Baltica launches design tender for Riga section

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IARO Express - Issue 270 - 29th March 2018

• Trieste Airport station open
• Firenze tram to open in October
• Kiev airport railway – December?
• Good news on Heathrow Southern Rail Access
• Port Authority capital budget helps Newark and LaGuardia

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IARO Express - Issue 269 - 22nd March 2018

• News from Stansted
• Metro do Porto changes seat layout
• State rail plan includes Bradley Airport
• Governments commit to second Sydney airport rail link
• KLIA Ekspres gets new trains

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IARO Express - Issue 268 - 15th March 2018

• Grand Paris Express – new dates
• Testing begins in Crossrail Thames tunnel
• Conglomerates bid to upgrade Manila airport
• The New Blue
• Wuxi Airport link now to open in 2020

 

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IARO Express - Issue 267 - 8th March 2018

• Through trains from Gatwick to Peterborough and Cambridge
• Flytoget’s first new train nears completion
• Los Angeles APM builder selected
• Singapore T5 to be part of MRT system
• Priorities?

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IARO Express - Issue 266 - 1st March 2018

• Aircraft as rail cargo to an airport
• HOK to design new Pearson Airport transit centre
• Heathrow Southern Rail Link – key to cargo by rail?
• Changes in Helsinki
• Thailand’s Three Airports Seamless Connection project

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IARO Express - Issue 265 - 22nd February 2018

• Low cost and high speed to new station near Barcelona airport
• London-Amsterdam service to start in April – but no Schiphol stop
• Montréal light-rail construction to begin in April
• Manila Clark – rail connection in 2022?
• Light rail link for Baghdad international

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IARO Express - Issue 264 - 15th February 2018

• Per Thorstenson to retire
• Avalon Airport to get rail connection?
• Indonesia – rail links take off
• Reproduced from www.dutchnews.nl (without comment)
• Rail cargo terminal for Heathrow?
• Consortium selected for Los Angeles Airport people-mover

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IARO Express - Issue 263 - 8th February 2018

• JAL markets Air and Rail tours
• New north-south connection to Los Angeles airport being studied
• NRPS Autumn 2017
• New Paris tram – to Orly Airport eventually
• Congonhas monorail – new operator, new date

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IARO Express - Issue 262 - 1st February 2018

• Shanghai Line 17 opens
• Incheon Airport Terminal 2 rail link opens
• Los Angeles Green Line part closure
• Elizabeth Line services
• Katowice airport rail link planned

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IARO Express - Issue 261 - 25th January 2018

• West Coast high speed rail to serve Vancouver and Portland airports
• Bilbao airport metro closer?
• New Indian airport to have rail links
• Korea opens Olympic high-speed line
• IAG, Heathrow and Heathrow Express

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IARO Express - Issue 260 - 18th January 2018

• Cross-Øresund services to be split
• Brighton Main Line rail improvement project
• Calgary Airport LRT
• Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed rail to open on 30 March 2018
• Chongqing Airport Line opens

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IARO Express - Issue 259 - 11th January 2018

• Record year for Heathrow Express
• Thalys ridership breaks seven-million barrier
• CDG Express secures state loan
• Orlando Airport intercity rail approved
• Work starts on Abidjan airport link
• Jakarta – a correction

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IARO Express - Issue 258 - 4th January 2018

• £286m business case agreed for Birmingham airport hub
• Volgograd airport link to be ready for kick-off
• Delays and escalating costs hit Stuttgart 21
• Amtrak to Providence TF Green Airport?
• Beijing region plans rail-connected airports

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IARO Express - Issue 257 - 21st December 2017

• Rail connections to Charlotte under consideration
• New service between Milan Malpensa and Switzerland from June
• Luton’s vision
• Bengalaru – controversial decision
• UNEP Assessment report on Beijing Capital International Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 256 - 14th December 2017

• First section of Luxembourg tramway opens
• Airport station usage Great Britain 2016/2017
• Los Angeles Green Line – temporary closure for airport connection
• Suburban connection to Bengalaru airport coming
• Manila airport links move ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 255 - 7th December 2017

• Southend to operate its own trains?
• Montpellier – high speed link to open in July
• O’Hare Express revived?
• Proposed rail extension to Newark airport goes before the public
• Direct trains from Incheon to the Winter Olympics
• Birmingham’s railway experts win Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education

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IARO Express - Issue 254 - 30th November 2017

• Vinci inaugurates Terminal 1 at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
• Jakarta airport rail line open
• Aeroexpress Kiss EMUs enter revenue service
• Long Beach Airport shuttle
• May 2018 GB timetable (GBTT) change

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IARO Express - Issue 253 - 23rd November 2017

• Heathrow Express tickets now available through Virgin Atlantic Wi-Fi
• CATch the City!
• Tex Rail starts work in DFW
• Urumqi airport line contract
• Spanish airline to enter high-speed rail market

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IARO Express - Issue 252 - 16th November 2017

• City Airport Train Bonus Club gives Fast Track access
• A new transit hub at Pearson?
• Kuwait metro back on track: airport on first phase
• AirPortr expands
• LAIRA

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IARO Express - Issue 251 - 9th November 2017

• Amiens – CDG connection funded
• Developments in Manila
• Atlanta - Chattanooga high speed line to serve both airports
• Better bus service to Luton Airport
• Salvador metro Line 2 – closer to the airport

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IARO Express - Issue 250 - 2nd November 2017

• Draft National Transport Infrastructure Plan – Skavsta’s link in, Gothenburg’s delayed
• Chengdu Metro Line 10 officially open
• New multimodal cargo hub for East Midlands airport
• Dundas West TTC station to be connected to Union Pearson Express station
• Thalys revises onboard products

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IARO Express - Issue 249 - 26th October 2017

• Denver airport rail campaign wins APTA AdWheel Grand Award
• Trams for East Midlands Airport?
• Planned new Overground stations will improve connectivity to Heathrow
• Tram-bus for Brussels?
• Plans for Jaipur airport metro advance

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IARO Express - Issue 248 - 19th October 2017

• New airport recommended for Costa Rica
• Dublin airport connection coming – slowly
• New offshore airport for Dalian
• SMART – baptism of fire
• Heathrow Southern Link closer?

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IARO Express - Issue 247 - 12th October 2017

• Amtrak connection to Sacramento airport?
• Connections to Milan Malpensa
• Operator chosen for Bandung Airport rail link
• More services to Stansted airport
• Smarter move?

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IARO Express - Issue 246 - 5th October 2017

• Early morning services to Gatwick
• More services to Zürich airport?
• Wellington airport light rail supported
• Salt Lake City – saving, value engineering or sell-out?
• Doha metro trains begin testing

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IARO Express - Issue 245 - 28th September 2017

• Report recommends fewer early morning services to Gatwick
• More capacity on the New York - Newark line coming?
• Gautrain ownership changes
• New tram route between Tallinn Airport and city centre
• Saudi Arabia starts passenger services

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IARO Express - Issue 244 - 21st September 2017

• Report recommends more early trains to Gatwick
• New transit link planned between Minneapolis – St Paul airport and St Paul
• Tenerife to restart planning for Tren del Sur
• Mexico City studies airport rail link
• Kansai Airport railway targeting inbound passengers

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IARO Express - Issue 243 - 14th September 2017

• News from Berlin
• Atlanta to start work on automated people mover extension
• Edinburgh Gateway station criticised – prematurely?
• Shiraz opens airport metro extension

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IARO Express - Issue 242 - 7th September 2017

• New station for Graz airport
• Vijayawada light rail to serve airport?
• First TEX Rail DMU completed
• Free high speed train travel to Taoyuan
• Aberdeen airport rail link still on council’s agenda

 

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IARO Express - Issue 241 - 31st August 2017

• Central Airport Poland
• Tehran metro extended to Imam Khomeini International Airport
• UP Express to make another stop
• First part of Lucknow metro approved for commercial operation
• Heathrow Express – second most punctual train service in the country

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IARO Express - Issue 240 - 24th August 2017

• Samsun airport light rail
• Palermo rail project restarts
• News from Delhi Metro
• Improvements to Providence Airport studied
• SMART commuter-rail system starts 25 August

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IARO Express - Issue 239 - 17th August 2017

• Good first half for Mass Transit Rail Corporation
• Monorail for new airport in Shaanxi
• Los Angeles Blue Line improvements study
• Tallinn airport tram to be completed this year
• New West Midlands franchise
• 1100

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IARO Express - Issue 238 - 10th August 2017

• Work restarts on Naples (Napoli) metro airport extension
• Indian Railways integrated app for train and air travellers
• Los Angeles Gold Line moves ahead – but not yet to Ontario Airport
• RFI launched for New York LaGuardia Airport rail link
• UK government consults on aviation strategy

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IARO Express - Issue 237 - 3rd August 2017

• Work restarts on Naples (Napoli) metro airport extension
• Indian Railways integrated app for train and air travellers
• Los Angeles Gold Line moves ahead – but not yet to Ontario Airport
• RFI launched for New York LaGuardia Airport rail link
• UK government consults on aviation strategy

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IARO Express - Issue 236 - 27th July 2017

• Maglev proposed for Colombo Airport Railway
• Bill to seek funds for Las Vegas light rail signed
• London Luton peoplemover approved 
• Montpellier’s new station
• Heathrow Express – excellent NRPS scores

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IARO Express - Issue 235 - 20th July 2017

• Doncaster Airport train link?
• Boston Logan to get a better rail connection
• Dhaka metro proposals
• Salvador metro phase 2 finance arranged
• Malpensa – Switzerland train service

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IARO Express - Issue 233 - 13th July 2017

• Rail connectivity at Heathrow
• Funding for CDG Express approved
• Amadeus develops Global Distribution System (GDS) for rail
• Manila-Clark railway system to open in 2020
• Brightline trains to run on biodiesel

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IARO Express - Issue 234 - 13th July 2017

• Rail connectivity at Heathrow
• Funding for CDG Express approved
• Amadeus develops Global Distribution System (GDS) for rail
• Manila-Clark railway system to open in 2020
• Brightline trains to run on biodiesel

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IARO Express - Issue 232 - 29th June 2017

• Congratulations
• Malpensa – Switzerland trains disrupted until December
• Fraport’s people mover extended
• Montreal REM project on course
• New Luanda airport to open soon

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IARO Express - Issue 231 - 22nd June 2017

• Southampton ambition
• Ottawa light rail extension fully funded
• Riyadh Metro on track
• Work begins on Perth Airport rail link
• Sydney Airport to get increased train service

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IARO Express - Issue 230 - 15th June 2017

• Melbourne Airport rail link: start planning now
• Work starts on Astana airport light rail
• London-Amsterdam direct from Easter 2018
• Heathrow Express to the rescue
• Toronto - Windsor high-speed rail

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IARO Express - Issue 229 - 8th June 2017

• Work starts on high-speed link to Beijing’s new airport
• Tenders invited for Riga Airport link
• Heathrow track access charges
• Business pressure for inter-airport railway in Manila
• Miami cuts service

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IARO Express - IARO 228 - 1st June 2017

• Keflavik rail link – on the move again?
• Rhode Island Air Show – free trains a success
• Barcelona Line 9 construction to restart
• Inland railway connection to Queensland to serve Wellcamp Airport?
• Progress in Jakarta

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IARO Express - Issue 227 - 25th May 2017

• S-Bahn to Frankfurt Terminal 3?
• Support for Belfast International rail link
• LaGuardia AirTrain preliminary engineering appointment
• Phuket light-rail plans revised
• Shanghai – more on the planned inter-airport high speed line

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IARO Express - Issue 226 - 18th May 2017

• Manchester airport timetable improvements
• Melbourne airport rail link
• PANYNJ authorizes funds for PATH extension to Newark airport
• More free trains to Rhode Island Air Show
• Belgium Pass launched for European tourists

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IARO Express - Issue 225 - 11th May 2017

• Railway network to be set up in Pearl River Delta (PRD), serving Zhuhai airport
• Stansted Express new trains
• Orlando – good news and bad
• Rail Links and Sydney’s Airports
• Hanover – excellence in connections?
• BA on the move at Gatwick

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IARO Express - Issue 224 - 4th May 2017

• Bergen airport tram extension opens
• More airports on Chinese high speed lines?
• Toronto Pearson could become a transit centre
• Stansted Express – dedicated platform no more
• First phase of Salvador line 2 opens

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IARO Express - Issue 223 - 27th April 2017

• Melbourne Airport rail link – situation confused
• Airlines to invest in new Beijing airport
• Ticketing initiative on Stansted Express
• Munich to get second cross-city tunnel and S-Bahn Airport Express
• New ticketing and marketing initiatives in Philadelphia

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IARO Express - Issue 222 - 20th April 2017

• Catania metro makes progress
• Progress in Thessalonika
• Denver’s airport railway
• Las Vegas seeks permission to build light rail linking airport to 'The Strip'
• Kathmandu airport rail?

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IARO Express - Issue 221 - 13th April 2017

• Amsterdam – Eindhoven prototype for Dutch high-frequency inter-city services
• London rail tickets at Edinburgh airport
• Heathrow’s plans for sustainable growth
• KLIA Ekspres ridership growth
• Montréal airport metro funding

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IARO Express - Issue 220 - 6th April 2017

• Heathrow in 2016
• A one-seat ride to JFK?
• New tram to Düsseldorf?
• Airlines reduce discount on Taipei high speed rail tickets
• Best Airports for Transit – Global and US 2017 Rankings

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IARO Express - Issue 219 - 30th March 2017

• New Hollywood-Burbank Airport station construction starts
• Express tram for Moscow
• London & South Coast Rail Corridor Study
• Changes at Southampton
• Western Sydney Airport rail study consortium appointed

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IARO Express - Issue 218 - 23rd March 2017

• Royal Brunei Airlines launches new Fly-Rail-Coach product
• Jakarta air-rail link to start this summer
• Stockholm Citybanan subway to open in July
• Tucson – Phoenix route selected
• Americans believe improved ground transportation links to airports are needed

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IARO Express - Issue 217 - 16th March 2017

• Mass Transit Rail Corporation in 2016
• Tram link for Lille Airport?
• Milan metro and regional rail operators to merge?
• South Bend improvements approved
• Light rail for Bristol?

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IARO Express - Issue 216 - 9th March 2017

• Taipei’s airport rail link opens
• PisaMover opens
• Delhi to have inter-terminal people-mover
• Heathrow in top 30 big companies to work for
• Los Angeles Blue Line improvements being studied

 

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IARO Express - Issue 215 - 2nd March 2017

• Malindo Air now uses KLIA Ekspres in-town check-in services
• RER B fleet refurbishment contract announced
• Ottawa’s Stage 2 LRT plans include airport spur – probably
• Study completed for Ho Chi Minh City Airport metro
• Stansted’s newer trains

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IARO Express - Issue 214 - 23rd February 2017

• Lugano airport connection to be improved
• Smartphones to measure train ride comfort
• Cambodia announces the date for air-rail link construction
• Stewart line improvements discussed
• Plans submitted for MPT at London Luton Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 213 - 16th February 2017

• Light rail to Southampton Airport?
• Preliminary engineering RFP for LaGuardia AirTrain issued
• TEX Rail DFW Station contract awarded
• Taipei airport metro line starts trial running
• Hahn Air announces interline agreement with Eurostar

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IARO Express - Issue 212 - 9th February 2017

• Los Angeles Airport Express?
• News from Vancouver
• Second Jakarta airport link planned
• Border check process at Copenhagen airport station to be simplified
• Integrated booking on bmi?
• A tale of four cities – a postscript

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IARO Express - Issue 211 - 2nd February 2017

• A tale of four cities
• The Schiphol Warranty scheme
• Another rail-air-road interchange in the US
• Rails to Bogota's airports?
• Future Guwahati metro to serve airport

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IARO Express - Issue 210 - 26th January 2017

• Silver Line Progress
• Interesting synergy
• “Didn’t they do well?”
• Test running begins on Lucknow metro
• Zhengzhou airport metro opens

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IARO Express - Issue 209 - 19th January 2017

• Passenger surges
• Third Bosporus bridge to link 2 airports
• New San Jose link under consideration
• Improved Busan-Incheon connection
• Chennai air passengers to get walkator access to Metro

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IARO Express - Issue 208 - 12th January 2017

• Denver Airport Line success
• Plans for airport connections in Yorkshire, UK
• CDG Express – Parliamentary approval
• Delhi Metro makes progress with new lines
• Wuhan metro opens to airport

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IARO Express - Issue 207 - 5th January 2017

• Mode share at major UK airports
• Norwegian flights to spur rail connection to Stewart
• Brightline fleet developments
• Charlotte Douglas Airport link under study
• Inter-airport line included in Beijing Intercity Rail Network
• Sustainable development

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IARO Express - Issue 206 - 22nd December 2016

• Airport stations in Great Britain
• News from Edinburgh
• NEC Future to serve PHL
• Wuhan Airport connections open
• Prague airport rail link project moves forward

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IARO Express - Issue 205 - 15th December 2016

• Airport stations in Great Britain
• News from Edinburgh
• NEC Future to serve PHL
• Wuhan Airport connections open
• Prague airport rail link project moves forward

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IARO Express - Issue 204 - 8th December 2016

• Sea-Tac light rail connection to be improved
• Chennai: Battery cars to shuttle between metro and airport
• Coolangatta light rail backed
• CDG Express approved
• Wales & Borders bidders asked to propose Cardiff Metro options

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IARO Express - Issue 203 - 1st December 2016

• Zagreb airport tram makes progress
• Tram trains to boost economy by providing direct rail link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley and the city centre
• “Melbourne waffles on as Sydney quietly runs Airport Expresses”
• LIRR level of New York Penn Station to be modernised
• New CEF grant agreement for Rail Baltica signed

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IARO Express - Issue 202 - 24th November 2016

• Vinci consortium completes acquisition of Lyon airports
• Montreal rail project: bidders announced
• Sonoma airport link delayed?
• More Gatwick – Reading trains next year
• Delhi Airport Express: more fare options

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IARO Express - Issue 201 - 17th November 2016

• Royal Jordanian signs global agreement with AccesRail
• Grand Paris Express moves towards CDG
• West Anglia Line 5 Point call for action launched
• Columbus – Atlanta high speed line: benefits to Columbus
• Three potential routes for Atlanta-Chattanooga high speed rail line

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IARO Express - Issue 200 - 10th November 2016

• Two IARO Express Milestones today
• Dubai metro to Al Maktoum
• Silver Line to Dulles makes good progress.
• The “sharing” economy
• Budapest air-rail link closer
• Inverness (Scotland) Airport Station closer

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IARO Express - Issue 199 - 3rd November 2016

• Schiphol – more high speed from 2017
• Progress at Los Angeles
• Tirana link funded
• Developments at Birmingham, UK
• ERL won Best Safety Practices and Best Customer Service at LPT Symposium 2016

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IARO Express - Issue 198 - 27th October 2016

• New trains for KLIA Ekspres start to be delivered
• Heathrow’s Q3 results
• Intermodality issues in Austria
• UP Express news
• Ultra PRT for Glasgow Airport?

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IARO Express - Issue 197 - 20th October 2016

• South Bend airport service to be improved
• Perth airport link is good value for money
• Integration at Helsinki
• Feasibility study on Gautrain expansion project completed
• Improvements planned to Edinburgh tram

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IARO Express - Issue 196 - 13th October 2016

• Delta, Air France-KLM and Jet Airways to expand codeshare from CDG
• Delhi metro expands in-town check-in
• Direct rail link for Aberdeen?
• Options for airport rail in Texas and Oklahoma
• Baltimore - Washington DC maglev

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IARO Express - Issue 195 - 6th October 2016

• Bucharest – Coanda airport metro funding
• 2018 Thameslink timetable
• News from New York
• Regional inter-city services in Victoria
• Tel Aviv Airport on new high speed line

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IARO Express - Issue 194 - 29th September 2016

• Seattle Airport line extension opens
• Brussels airport – regional trams to start?
• Heathrow Express launches new multi-lingual advertising campaign
• Chennai metro reaches airport
• Virgin Trains targets flyers between London and Edinburgh

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IARO Express - Issue 193 - 22nd September 2016

• Congratulations…
• Better link for Torino
• Better South Western airport connections still wanted
• Nashville – LRT to the airport?
• Does improved transit to airports affect parking revenue?
• Changsha airport rail data

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IARO Express - Issue 192 - 15th September 2016

• Bergen Airport – trams closer
• First Elizabeth Line train unveiled to the rail media
• Consultation backs light rail to Coolangatta airport
• Lima airport metro trains on the way
• BART rewards program to encourage ridership outside peak hours

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IARO Express - Issue 191 - 8th September 2016

• Tex Rail project starts
• Work begins on Tallinn Airport tram extension
• Aeroexpress Moscow’s new trains?
• High speed line for Tehran Khomeini
• West Midlands Franchise ITT recognises airport needs

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IARO Express - Issue 190 - 1st September 2016

• Contract awarded for St Petersburg airport tram
• More connections for Newcastle (UK) Airport?
• Metro to Zhengzhou Airport coming
• Progress in Los Angeles
• Air & Rail cooperation extends in Spain

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IARO Express - Issue 189 - 25th August 2016

• Abellio retains East Anglia franchise
• Infrastructure improvements for Schiphol – Amsterdam
• Dakar Train Express Régional contracts
• Caltrain signs double-deck EMU and electrification contracts
• Orlando airport’s southern terminal to start

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IARO Express - Issue 188 - 18th August 2016

• Heathrow Western Access contract awarded
• Medan airport railway to be extended
• Northeast Corridor airport access
• CDG Express for Paris’s 2024 Olympic bid
• MTR – 6 months to 30 June 2016

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IARO Express - Issue 187 - 11th August 2016

• Heathrow Express at 18
• Airtrain Brisbane to use Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform
• Better links to Changi?
• Montréal light rail EIS
• Amman tram to serve airport
• Reading – Gatwick

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IARO Express - Issue 186 - 4th August 2016

• Cottonbelt Line coming to DFW
• Antalya airport tram enters regular service
• Heathrow’s results
• Macau LRT to begin operation in 2019
• .italo success
• James Cherry

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IARO Express - Issue 185 - 28th July 2016

• Better off-peak service to Long Island Islip MacArthur?
• UP Express remains in the news
• Schuman – Josephat tunnel
• Railway to buy airport?
• Battery-powered trains for Reading – Gatwick?

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IARO Express - Issue 184 - 21st July 2016

• Domodedovo aerotropolis
• Brighton main line study
• Bucharest’s airports to be rail connected within 5 years
• Contract awarded for Dubai metro Expo extension
• Two projects to enhance access to Newark Liberty International Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 183 - 14th July 2016

• Will Ontario Airport get a rail link?
• Trinity Railway Express may expand Dallas-Fort Worth service
• Kuwait – progress
• Ouigo to CDG?
• 24-hour trains at Birmingham?

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IARO Express - Issue 182 - 7th July 2016

• Plans for rail connection to Mexico City’s new airport
• Earl and Countess of Wessex use UP Express
• Tallinn airport tram
• Top European airports without railways
• NRPS Spring 2016

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IARO Express - Issue 181 - 30th June 2016

• TEN-T funding for airport links
• Light rail for Norfolk – 2 options
• TEX Rail on track for 2018 launch
• Tehran – progress
• 12-car Gatwick Express trains agreed

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IARO Express - Issue 180 - 23rd June 2016

• Shenzhen’s regional express to open end-June
• Birmingham airport light rail project on the move?
• Fourth Moscow airport officially opened
• Light rail to Ottawa airport
• Trondheim airport service included in competitive tendering

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IARO Express - Issue 179 - 16th June 2016

• Happy birthday, DART and TRE!
• News from Heathrow Express
• Better news from Vienna
• Cooperation between Indian Railways and Air India
• São Paulo – Congonhas monorail contract awarded

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IARO Express - Issue 178 - 9th June 2016

• Vienna in-town check-in
• Progress at Edinburgh Gateway
• South Shore Line double-track project moves ahead
• St. Petersburg airport tram plan revived
• Light rail to Santos Dumont

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IARO Express - Issue 177 - 2nd June 2016

• Jakarta’s airport trains
• Alstom chosen for Dakar rolling stock contract
• Second München S-Bahn tunnel approved
• London’s all-night tube rail to start from August
• Southern rail link for Philadelphia?

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IARO Express - Issue 176 - 26th May 2016

• Venice airport rail link closer
• Alliance formed to build Manchester rail project
• Airport funds for ground access
• Better air to high speed rail  connections in China
• Fraport Holds First “Frankfurt Airport Innovation Challenge”

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IARO Express - Issue 175 - 19th May 2016

• Malpensa’s T1-T2 rail link nearly “at the end of the line"
• Heathrow Express - record revenue in 2015
• Chennai metro likely to open to the airport soon
• SunRail to Orlando International
• Travelport part of online travel planning tool team

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IARO Express - Issue 174 - 12th May 2016

• New Bucharest South Airport to have 2 rail links
• Nexus and DB Regio to end Tyne & Wear Metro contract
• Jakarta airport train order
• Montreal - light-rail transit to the airport?
• Light rail for Las Vegas?

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IARO Express - Issue 173 - 5th May 2016

• ScotRail launches £20 fare for passengers connecting with Flybe flights
• Hong Kong Mass Transit Rail Corporation’s 2015 results
• Denver Airport: first impressions
• Honolulu Airport segment delayed
• Lufthansa Express Rail extended to Dortmund

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IARO Express - Issue 172 - 28th April 2016

• Record public transport share in ground transport service to Oslo Airport
• Denver's RTD service starts operating
• Brightline trains to use retractable gap filler
• Reykjavik airport rail link plans move forward
• Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link conducts emergency evacuation drills
• Early morning Airport Metrolink service set to take off

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IARO Express - Issue 171 - 21st April 2016

• Qatar Rail unveils Metro and Lusail tram designs
• Innovative Alitalia AereoBus service between Linate and Malpensa
• Israel Railways considers underground Tel Aviv – Airport line
• Luton Airport to St. Pancras in under half an hour
• Denver to DIA train opens Friday

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IARO Express - Issue 170 - 14th April 2016

• Antalya and Denver links to open on 22 April
• Milwaukee Airport service to be improved
• Manchester Airport shunted?
• Thessaloniki metro project ready to restart
• Tehran metro open to Mehrabad Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 169 - 7th April 2016

• London Airport to get LRT?
• Doha Red Line metro tunnel breakthrough
• Brussels Schuman - Josaphat rail tunnel opens
• Taipei airport link postponed again
• Southern rail access to Heathrow

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IARO Express - Issue 168 - 31st March 2016

• Changes to Rhônexpress
• Mumbai Metro airport stations to be funded by development fee
• Service Begins on Los Angeles Metro Gold Line Extension
• New Masterplan for Leeds Bradford (UK) Airport
• CH2M to lead UK HS2 Phase 1 work

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IARO Express - Issue 167 - 24th March 2016

• TfL secures €4m EU funding for two new Old Oak stations
• South Western rail franchise operators short-listed
• Work starts on Kolkata airport metro link 
• The A Line to JFK
• High Speed Rail Link from Keflavik to Reykjavík?

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IARO Express - Issue 166 - 16th March 2016

• Launch of new trains for Gatwick Express
• Chicago moves ahead with airport express plan
• Multi-section apm
• Ministry to seek approval for Phuket airport rail link
• Sri Lanka’s airport monorail plan shelved; light rail on the cards

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IARO Express - Issue 165 - 10th March 2016

• Consultation on western rail link to Heathrow
• Moscow's new Ramenskoye Airport to open soon
• MBTA to end late-night service by mid-March
• Port Canaveral and Orlando airport to work together
• Delhi Airport Express to carry cargo?

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IARO Express - Issue 164 - 3rd March 2016

• Bhopal and Indore airports to have metro connection by 2018?
• Coanda Airport Metro in the budget
• Contractor chosen for Perth airport rail link
• SeaTac Success
• “Surface transport to airports”

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IARO Express - Issue 163 - 25th February 2016

• Burbank Airport Metrolink ridership continues to drop
• Honolulu – first train to be delivered end-March
• Train Services to Padang Airport to be Launched This Year
• Edinburgh Gateway progress
• Second station for Sheremetyevo

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IARO Express - Issue 162 - 18th February 2016

• New Gatwick Express trains coming into service
• Skavsta link closer
• Eastern Iowa Airport
• KLIA trains do well!
• Mashhad (Iran) airport metro link open

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IARO Express - Issue 161 - 11th February 2016

• Number of maglev operations up by 50%!
• Western rail access delayed
• Burgas rail connection
• O’Hare Express - again
• Tel Aviv Airport station to be upgraded

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IARO Express - Issue 160 - 4th February 2016

• Dhaka – scope for confusion
• New links to new and old Bangkok airports
• Genoa airport rail link: an innovative solution planned
• Better connections at Las Vegas?
• Heathrow Express no. 2 in overall satisfaction

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IARO Express - Issue 159 - 28th January 2016

• RTD contractor to hold emergency preparedness drill for new airport line
• New link planned to Southend Airport
• New rail link between Helsinki and Tallinn proposed
• Honolulu trains start arriving in Spring
• Shenzhen update

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IARO Express - Issue 158 - 21st January 2016

• Planning agreement for high speed rail at Burbank
• Fraport in 2015
• Oyster to Gatwick – but with complications
• Fuzhou airport metro approved
• Palembang airport LRT to be completed by June 2018

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IARO Express - Issue 157 - 14th January 2016

• Great Britain airport station usage
• Amtrak airport station usage
• Update on LAX access improvements
• Salvador - Line 1 open, line 2 (to the airport) under construction
• Grand Paris progress

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IARO Express - Issue 156 - 7th January 2016

• Happy birthday, Heathrow!
• Christmas partnership between airport express trains in Stockholm, Oslo and London
• Dubai Metro's Route 2020 to serve DWC Airport - eventually
• Nanchang to get airport metro
• Brussels – direct rail link between airport and European quarter
• TEX Rail shared-use agreement

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IARO Express - Issue 155 - 17th December 2015

• Jeddah - metro train and equipment procurement
• MTR wins Stockholm suburban rail concession
• Manchester Airport’s rail news
• Test train runs under cab signalling on Thameslink route through central London
• Senegal – new railway for Dakar and its airport
• Light rail to Sacramento airport – progress

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IARO Express - Issue 154 - 10th December 2015

• Governor of Lombardy visits Malpensa’s T1-T2 link
• New mobile payment app for Chicago
• Changsha airport links
• Fine for Network Rail converted into passenger benefits
• Jet Airways to move from Brussels to Amsterdam  

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IARO Express - Issue 153 - 3rd December 2015

• Glasgow airport – new rail options explored
• December timetable changes for Gatwick
• Security checks for Thalys passengers
• Vladivostock’s airport train
• UP Express to October

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IARO Express - Issue 152 - 26th November 2015

• Procurement programme for LAX access modernisation programme announced
• Phuket airport monorail plans advance
• Work starts on Bologna airport monorail
• Leeds/Bradford rail connection still under consideration
• Travelport enhances Heathrow Express booking
• New Direction for IARO member Hatch Mott MacDonald

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IARO Express - Issue 151 - 19th November 2015

• Oyster cards to work on Gatwick route
• Rhein-Ruhr-Express operating contracts signed 
• Kiev’s airport railway
• Gateway Tunnel project could lead to Newark Airport Express
• Badgery’s Creek

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IARO Express - Issue 150 - 12th November 2015

• Aeromexico Announces AccesRail Alliance
• Toronto’s UP Express - progress
• Heathrow’s Q3 results
• Lufthansa rebrands connections
• East-west link to Delhi IGI Airport Domestic Terminal

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IARO Express - Issue 149 - 5th November 2015

• TfGM shortlists four companies for next Metrolink operations contract
• Second phase of Zürich cross-city link opens
• Denver expects meetings boost from new rail and air connections
• Orlando – a little closer
• Beijing - new Daxing Airport rail link construction starts this year

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IARO Express - Issue 148 - 29th October 2015

• How to use an Airport Express
• Rail service to Denver International Airport will begin on April 22, 2016
• Thameslink Class 700 testing to begin soon
• New airport trams arrive in Bergen
• Airport monorail for Davao City

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IARO Express - Issue 147 - 22nd October 2015

• Chinese contractors interested in Swedish Y
• New Leonardo Express trains enter service
• Nice orders Alstom trams for Airport Line T2
• HSR to MSP?
• Heathrow and Gatwick Express at Christmas

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IARO Express - Issue 146 - 15th October 2015

• Tampa airport rail connection
• Manchester Airport needs good access for success
• Ground-breaking ceremony launches start of construction of Frankfurt Airport’s new Terminal 3
• Dublin – Metro North to Airport is on (again)
• Ningbo (China) metro opens to airport

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IARO Express - Issue 145 - 8th October 2015

• British and Chinese universities sign research agreement on joint high-speed rail lab
• Gautrain chooses Thales’s TransCity solution
• Travelport: SNCF partnership renewed
• Salt Lake City – major construction starts
• Europe 1 – new airport for northern Italy?
• Ningbo Metro Line 2 opens to the airport

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IARO Express - Issue 144 - 1st October 2015

• Best wishes, Mike!
• Bangkok in-town check-in out?
• Amtrak adds later Saturday night trains at Milwaukee airport
• Yaroslavl (Russia) plans fast tram line to airport
• Spanish air-rail intermodality advances

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IARO Express - Issue 143 - 24th September 2015

• Beijing Airport Metro to be extended
• Honolulu Rail project facing funding shortfall
• Delhi Metro to reduce Airport Express fares
• Edinburgh Trams – earlier airport service trial
• easyJet announces strategic partnership with Cranfield University
• ACRP Report 118

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IARO Express - Issue 142 - 17th September 2015

• New light rail routes for Moscow airports
• Light rail to BHX?
• SNC-Lavalin consortium to build new Orly light rail
• What’s happening in Ahmedabad?
• 3 Arizona airports may get regional rail
• House of Commons Transport Committee looks at surface access to airports

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IARO Express - Issue 141 - 10th September 2015

• Heathrow Airport results
• Progress at Los Angeles? 
• Poland: Gdansk airport railway opens, Krakow re-opens
• Aeroexpress Moscow to cut EMU order?
• Shenzhen – regional express to Bao’An Airport next year

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IARO Express - Issue 140 - 3rd September 2015

• Zürich Airport rail service to change on 13 December
• Denver RTD adds new station to Airport Line 
• Xiamen – new airport to have two rail links
• Gatwick expansion continues
• High speed to airports

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IARO Express - Issue 139 - 27th August 2015

• Heathrow Express depot to move further than planned
• Launch date for London’s Night Tube to be delayed
• Maryland applies for funds for Maglev train study
• GdaÅ„sk airport railway to open in September
• Makassar railway works to start in October

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IARO Express - Issue 138 - 20th August 2015

• Mike Allegra to stand down as CEO of UTA
• Denver - train testing and commissioning in progress
• Two Russian airports to get rail links
• Airport rail link option for Prague selected
• Britain’s biggest tunnel-boring machine starts work

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IARO Express - Issue 137 - 13th August 2015

• Toronto’s other airport rail link
• Silver Line’s first birthday
• Lufthansa's new commercial strategy
• GSM-R to cover Heathrow Express infrastructure
• Rail link to KL’s second airport closer

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IARO Express - Issue 136 - 6th August 2015

• Oslo better connected to the north
• Luton airport plans high speed rail link to London?
• “Sydney's Badgerys Creek airport will not have a rail connection”
• Progress in Montréal
• First year of the Silver Line

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IARO Express - Issue 135 - 30th July 2015

• “Reducing traffic – a new plan for public transport”
• Dedicated shuttle to Palm Beach International Airport to begin on 1 September
• New plan for LaGuardia includes Airtrain link
• Barcelona’s second and third airport rail links
• Abidjan Airport metro moves ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 134 - 23rd July 2015

• New Los Angeles line 33% complete
• First trains delivered for Rio’s tram system
• Riyadh Airport Line Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launched
• Burgas airport rail link planned
• Crossrail station for London City? 

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IARO Express - Issue 133 - 16th July 2015

• Haramain high speed line to Jeddah airport to open 2017
• Miami – Orlando Airport service sees action
• Montreal Trudeau – progress?
• Heathrow – a new Southern Access scheme
• National Express and Abellio win Rhein-Ruhr-Express contracts serving Düsseldorf and Köln airports

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IARO Express - Issue 132 - 9th July 2015

• Hanover airport services tendered
• Billund Airport railway under study
• CaHSR station for Burbank Bob Hope Airport?
• New airport for Luanda to be rail connected
• Airport baggage services on the increase

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IARO Express - Issue 131 - 2nd July 2015

• UK Airports Commission: Final Report published
• Chennai Metro – nearly to the airport
• UP Express hitting targets
• Paris Gare du Nord to be transformed
• New plans for O’Hare rail connection
• Network Rail awards Heathrow Western Access design contract

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IARO Express - Issue 130 - 25th June 2015

• Rail to Las Vegas McCarran Airport?
• High speed rail to Skavsta closer
• Edinburgh tweets research
• Ghana studies airport light rail
• Funding agreed for Jakarta airport rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 129 - 18th June 2015

• Stansted Express enhances Liverpool Street information
• EBRD funds Amman airport link
• Emirates participation in tgv’air expands
• Tirana Rinas Airport to get a rail connection?
• Exciting days for TEX Rail

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IARO Express - Issue 128 - 11th June 2015

• UP Express - up and running!
• GTR uses Twitter for air-rail survey
• Express metro for new Chengdu airport
• Stuttgart U-Bahn delayed
• DB serve Hahn by long distance bus

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IARO Express - Issue 127 - 4th June 2015

• Bucharest Metro M6 to Coanda airport
• New airport for Rostov-on-Don to be on high speed line to Moscow and Adler
• Stansted statistics?
• VIA Rail extends its reach
• BWI station to be improved

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IARO Express - Issue 126 - 28th May 2015

• Chicago O'Hare Airport upgrade
• São Paulo Line 13 project management deal signed
• Luton to replace shuttle bus link?
• Firenze (Florence) – a start!
• The 2050 Airport (2050AP)

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IARO Express - Issue 125 - 21st May 2015

• Astana progress
• Firm plans for Bahrain
• TEX Rail moves forward
• MAG spreads its wings
• Bad news for Barajas

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IARO Express - Issue 124 - 14th May 2015

• Canberra – on or off?
• Heathrow's plan to reduce its environmental impact
• EU to support the development of better transport connections near Bucharest
• Dalian (China) - Metro to the Airport from 17 May

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IARO Express - Issue 123 - 7th May 2015

• Rostov-on-Don’s new airport
• Heathrow Airport’s figures
• Testing in progress on Taipei airport metro line
• Rome Fiumicino’s €12bn transformation enhancing end-to-end travel experience
• Dulles Airport Metro delayed until 2019

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IARO Express - Issue 122 - 30th April 2015

• Frankfurt announces Terminal 3 plans
• Newark airport monorail to be replaced?
• India to develop rail/air cargo links
• Light rail to Antalya Airport
• Tram-train for Manchester?

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IARO Express - Issue 121 - 23rd April 2015

• New trains for Gatwick Express
• New trains for WMATA’s Blue Line
• Ostrava airport rail link
• Linate trains ordered
• Doha airport to be on high speed rail network

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IARO Express - Issue 120 - 16th April 2015

• Prague - metro closer to airport
• Toulouse – tram to the airport
• DAS on airport railways
• Denver's new EMUs take maiden voyage
• Almaty Rail-Air Connection Brings Goods from China to Europe

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IARO Express - Issue 119 - 9th April 2015

• Work in progress on Badgery’s Creek extension
• Aeroexpress Moscow – funding issues
• Tri-Rail station to open at Miami airport
• Madrid Airport Metro line gets tunnel advertising
• New trains for Thameslink
• Today is US “Stand Up for Transportation” Day

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IARO Express - Issue 118 - 2nd April 2015

• New link for East Midlands Airport
• Chattanooga - light rail to airport?
• Airport Express Oslo orders CAF trains
• Progress with Cairo’s Line 3 to the airport
• Space – the final frontier?
• Stop press – Ostrava Airport Station opens on 15 April

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IARO Express - Issue 117 - 26th March 2015

• Leeds-Bradford (UK) Rail Link re-surfaces
• AdP ground transport investments
• Cross-Tokyo link to connect to Haneda?
• Denver airport fare reduced
• Gulf Air gives free German rail travel add-on

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IARO Express - Issue 116 - 19th March 2015

• KLIA Ekspres helps with the Makkah Metro during the Hajj
• Sydney airport trains punctuality
• Orlando International Airport investigates freight rail business
• 2014 results from Heathrow Airport…
• …and updated vision
• Orly tram to be extended

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IARO Express - Issue 115 - 12th March 2015

• “Imagining Our Transportation Future”
• PisaMover update
• All-night underground services to be extended in London
• Doha preferred bidder named
• Travelport becomes the first to offer a new industry-leading solution for airport express services 

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IARO Express - Issue 114 - 5th March 2015

• Union Pearson Express trains start pre-launch testing
• MBTA late night pilot program
• Helsinki Airport line to open in July
• Work on fourth platform at Manchester Airport completed
• Cairo Line 3 Phase 4 contracts awarded

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IARO Express - Issue 113 - 26th February 2015

• Stansted Airport Transport Forum on 19 February
• Monorail to Sabiha Gökçen?
• Transport the homeless – a challenge
• RTD Denver increases safety campaign with new lines
• Aeroexpress concentrates on Moscow 

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IARO Express - Issue 112 - 19th February 2015

• Faster tickets on the move with new Heathrow Express app
• Plans for direct trains between Dublin Airport and Cork, Galway and Limerick
• Siemens chosen for Rhine-Ruhr Express order
• UP Express and CIBC cooperate for customer service
• Chennai metro airport line takes shape

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IARO Express - Issue 111 - 12th February 2015

• Rail link between Shanghai’s Airports?
• UP tweet
• Fraport redesigns Terminal 1 road access
• AIRail Linz – Vienna a success
• South Wales electrification funding agreed

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IARO Express - Issue 110 - 5th February 2015

• Airport Express Hong Kong
• DHL to start helicopter service between Canary Wharf and Heathrow
• Travelport’s Schiphol cooperation continues
• Better rail services at Fiumicino
• Denver International Airport loses lawsuit against RTD

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IARO Express - Issue 109 - 29th January 2015

• Changsha Metro plans
• LaGuardia: going the wrong way?
• Glasgow Airport rail link work to start soon?
• Belfast to Dublin Airport?
• Linz airport connection coming from widening project

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IARO Express - Issue 108 - 22nd January 2015

• PATH forward
• Helsinki Airport Line to open in June
• Bologna airport shuttle
• A comment from Edinburgh
• Seoul metro operators to merge

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IARO Express - Issue 107 - 15th January 2015

• Manchester (UK) Metrolink Western extension
• Commuter or intercity rail to Manchester (USA)?
• Thalys sells through Amadeus
• First direct trains between Amsterdam Schiphol and Brussels airports
• Guidance for estimating airport construction emissions

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IARO Express - Issue 106 - 8th January 2015

• Austrian AIRail
• Trial Line 9 running to Barcelona airport
• Govia consults on timetable
• Possible bus-rail link to Hyderabad Rajiv Ghandi International
• Newark Airport - PATH airport extension study awarded to HNTB

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IARO Express - Issue 105 - 18th December 2014

• Union Pearson Express fares announced
• GCC railway to be completed by 2018
• Malpensa – Switzerland rail link closer
• Airport rail stations in Great Britain
• MAGnificent!

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IARO Express - Issue 104 - 11th December 2014

• Commuter or light rail being considered to link Columbus Airport to downtown.
• Enhancements for Gatwick
• Thailand update
• New rail line to Wroclaw Airport receives EU support
• First Double-Decker Aeroexpress Train Arrives in Moscow

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IARO Express - Issue 103 - 4th December 2014

• British Airways Launches Stress-Free Train Travel
• KLIA Ekspres orders CNR trains for 50% capacity increase
• New airport rail links possible under Northeast Corridor plan
• AIRail service changes
• Szczytno-Szymany

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IARO Express - Issue 102 - 27th November 2014

• Third quarter results from Heathrow…
• Longer CATs
• Cargo Tim
• First new EMUs on their way to Denver
• Wuhan: Keolis goes multimodal

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IARO Express - Issue 101 - 20th November 2014

• BART service to Oakland airport begins on 22 November 2014
• Thai AirAsia X launches onboard Sky Ticket service
• Thalys set to become independent in 2015
• Deal reached on Rail Baltica joint venture
• London City and Crossrail

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IARO Express - Issue 100 - 13th November 2014

• IARO Express reaches 100!
• Rail link for Aalborg
• National Express pulls out of Berlin S-Bahn competition
• Manchester airport station 4th platform coming
• Mid-America Port plan to bring multi-modality to Quincy
• Maroochydore Sunshine Coast light rail project re-surfaces

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IARO Express - Issue 99 - 6th November 2014

• Night Tube for London
• Work on Lucknow Metro Rail project starts
• All Ways Travelling
• Design competition for New York City airports announced
• VIA Rail goes international

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IARO Express - Issue 98 - 30th October 2014

• Praise:Complaint ratio
• Manchester Airport light rail line to open on 3 November
• Confirmation of new stock for Gatwick Express expected
• KLM launches Schiphol route planner app
• Malaysia Airlines joins tgv’air.

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IARO Express - Issue 97 - 23rd October 2014

• Utah Transit Authority (UTA): one of APTA’s 2014 Outstanding Public Transportation Systems
• PATH to Newark?
• Vienna’s new central station opens: new airport services in December
• Early birds at Köln
• Heathrow Airport Holdings announces the sale of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports

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IARO Express - Issue 96 - 16th October 2014

• Govia’s plans for airports
• Blackpool Airport to close?
• Brussels - Charles de Gaulle – Strasbourg TGV from 2016
• Silver Line ridership ahead of projections
• UAE Rail plans funded

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IARO Express - Issue 95 - 9th October 2014

• Heathrow Express or cab? No contest!
• Road-rail fire engines protect Diabolo link
• TEX Rail gets FTA and FAA approval to proceed
• Update on Denver’s airport railway
• Melbourne Airport CEO’s support for rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 94 - 2nd October 2014

• MTR Corporation news
• All Aboard Florida - Miami to Orlando Passenger Rail Service
• European Commission approves Thalys restructuring
• Air rail connection through Finland
• An update on the plans for high speed rail to Italian airports

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IARO Express - Issue 93 - 25th September 2014

• UP Express makes good progress
• PFCs for transit?
• Frankfurt is having a good year
• Sverre Høven
• Stansted Sustainable Development Plan

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IARO Express - Issue 92 - 18th September 2014

• Malpensa Terminal 2 rail link contract awarded
• Bordeaux by tram next year?
• New operator for Thameslink
• Siemens to build Florida inter-city trains
• Brisbane Airport Masterplan

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IARO Express - Issue 91 - 11th September 2014

• Frankfurt “Home to Gate” service
• Better rail links for Liverpool Airport
• Plans for Baltimore – BWI - Washington DC maglev re-surface
• Washington Silver Line Dulles Extension receives federal funding
• Indian cabinet approves Nagpur metro

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IARO Express - Issue 90 - 4th September 2014

• German Rail tickets straight to your mobile phone
• High speed rail connections to top 3 Italian airports?
• Paddington station excavation work reaches Crossrail tunnels
• Tokyo Monorail to extend
• Tianjin metro reaches Binhai Airport

 

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IARO Express - Issue 89 - 28th August 2014

• Ottawa – rails to the airport?
• Haramain update
• Sabiha Gökçen rail connection 
• New station for Krakow airport
• North of England franchises short-list

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IARO Express - Issue 88 - 21st August 2014

• DART service to DFW Airport starts
• NS to acquire part of Thalys?
• Dublin BRT consultation
• Record airport passengers
• Doha metro contracts

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IARO Express - Issue 87 - 14th August 2014

• Perth Airport rail access makes progress
• Kuwait to tender Metro in 5-year plan
• TEN-T decisions good for airport railways
• Good first-half performance for Thalys
• Consultation on Northern and TransPennine Express (TPE) franchises

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IARO Express - Issue 86 - 7th August 2014

• News from Arlanda
• Temporary in-town check-in in Paris
• Heathrow Airport and Heathrow Express: a good first half for 2014
• Narita Express serves Mount Fuji
• Oakland Connector trains on system test

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IARO Express - Issue 85 - 31st July 2014

• Ostrava airport line to open in November
• New Aeroexpress trains coming in August
• Qingdao – to have 3 rail links?
• MTR Corporation wins £1.4bn contract to run Crossrail services
• SunRail's Orlando Airport plans moving ahead

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IARO Express - Issue 84 - 24th July 2014

• Nanjing airport line opens
• Phuket’s airport tram plans move ahead
• Washington Metro’s Silver Line to open on Saturday
• Trams to Manchester Airport arriving more than a year early
• CDG Express

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IARO Express - Issue 83 - 17th July 2014

• Medan rail link to be improved in stages
• Wien to get first long distance services
• New plan for rail to Glasgow Airport
• Bogotá tram-train study
• New passenger line for Oklahoma to link 2 airports

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IARO Express - Issue 82 - 10th July 2014

• Heathrow Southern Rail Access
• Major enhancements to Cross-Øresund rail networks proposed
• Air rail competition in China
• Burbank’s Regional Intermodal Transportation Center opens.
• Air derail?

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IARO Express - Issue 81 - 3rd July 2014

• Heathrow Express has satisfied passengers
• Additional connection to Old Oak Common station studied
• Japanese to study Mega Manila Subway to Ninoy Aquino airport
• Progress with the Gdánsk airport link
• Rail link to Austin makes progress

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IARO Express - Issue 80 - 26th June 2014

• Barcelona line 9 to serve the airport from 1st half 2016
• First phase of Zürich’s cross-city link inaugurated
• Mobile ticketing on Reading – Heathrow bus link
• Progress in Los Angeles?
• Metro Announces Silver Line Opening Date

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IARO Express - Issue 79 - 19th June 2014

• Piccadilly and Jubilee line services increased as record journeys made on Tube 
• Major new interchange for Nice Airport 
• Fares for Oakland Airport service set 
• Baltimore to be debottlenecked?
• Another plan for a rail link to Clark

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IARO Express - Issue 78 - 12th June 2014

• Heathrow’s Sustainable Transport Plan
• First step in Canberra to airport light rail 
• Luxembourg approves light rail legislation
• SNCB and AnsaldoBreda reach V250 settlement 
• Maglev for Orlando?

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IARO Express - Issue 77 - 5th June 2014

• Crossrail closer to London Heathrow
• Select Bus Service to serve LaGuardia Airport
• Yubileynaya stop introduced on Kazan Aeroexpress 
• Perth Airport rail link 
• KLIA Ekspres to be extended further?

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IARO Express - Issue 76 - 29th May 2014

• Govia wins expanded Thameslink franchise
• Edinburgh tram to start on Saturday
• Airports authority transfers Silver Line to WMATA
• Melbourne – 2 rail links supported
• Rail link to EuroAirport?

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IARO Express - Issue 75 - 22nd May 2014

• More Reading – Gatwick trains?
• Will planned improvements to Malpensa and Fiumicino happen?
• UTA enhances level crossing safety
• Airport Express Hong Kong
• Nagpur to get airport railway by 2020

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IARO Express - Issue 74 - 15th May 2014

• High speed rail for Toronto?
• New system map and countdown information for Boston
• What’s happening at Ontario Airport?
• 2013 - a record year for Arlanda Express and the Arlanda rail link
• Thalys launches Amsterdam – Lille services
• Kuala Lumpur airport rail link to KLIA2 opened on 2 May 2014

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IARO Express - Issue 73 - 8th May 2014

• The Queen to open Heathrow Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal
• Heathrow Express recent strike
• National Express to enter Spanish high-speed market
• Washington DC Silver Line Phase 1 Substantial Completion
• Zürich – trials on new airport connection

 

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IARO Express - Issue 72 - 1st May 2014

• More regional trains at Stansted
• A good first quarter for Heathrow
• Dutch Fyra dispute settled
• California crowding information
• Mass Transit Rail Corporation rethinks queuing

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IARO Express - Issue 71 - 24th April 2014

• Improvements for London Stansted?
• Sydney Airport Master Plan 2033
• Sydney’s second airport
• Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport rolls out the red carpet for its clients
• Rail connection planned for Abidjan airport
• And finally…first train at DFW International Airport

 

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IARO Express - Issue 70 - 17th April 2014

• Dallas Fort Worth Airport/DART update
• Easter Bunny boards Heathrow “Eggs-press”
• Regulators occasionally have their uses!
• Work starts on Riyadh metro project
• Melbourne – the saga continues

 

 

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IARO Express - Issue 69 - 10th April 2014

• KLIA Ekspres welcomes 50 millionth passenger     
• Hahn Air uses Amadeus for intermodal ticketing
• Denver Union Station transit centre to open early May
• Metro shelves direct rail line to LAX
• Easyjet expansion
• Colin Matthews to leave Heathrow

 

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IARO Express - Issue 68 - 3rd April 2014

• DFW to open early 
• Boston - early-morning services
• Lima Airport Metro advances
• Minsk airport to be on the city’s metro

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IARO Express - Issue 67 - 27th March 2014

• DART to open on 18 August
• Heathrow Express – step-free access to the City.
• Blue Line train incident at O’Hare
• Railway to Billund Airport
• Ryanair pulls out of Milano – Roma market
• Florida’s Tri-Rail carries record numbers

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IARO Express - Issue 66 - 20th March 2014

• Tram-trains for Glasgow?
• EU grant for Brussels airport link announced
• FTA announces urban rail funding recommendations for 2015
• Commuter rail for RDU?
• Las Vegas monorail to be extended to the airport?

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IARO Express - Issue 65 - 13th March 2014

• High speed rail plans for Egypt
• Montréal airport bus service cut
• New link for MSP
• A good 2013 for Heathrow
• Bids invited for Rhine-Ruhr Express concessions

 

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IARO Express - Issue 64 - 6th March 2014

• Heathrow Express’s best year ever
• GB airport stations mostly share passenger numbers increase 
• Atlanta airport to be focus of regional rail? 
• New connection for Stuttgart 
• Changi building T4, planning T5

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IARO Express - Issue 63 - 27th February 2014

• Stockholm Arlanda – over 50% by public transport
• Airport Express Oslo - record results
• Changsha to build airport – city maglev
• Thalys in 2013
• DART to DFW may open in September

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IARO Express - Issue 62 - 20th February 2014

• Russian Railways to sell half its stake in Aeroexpress. 
• Schiphol Group 2013 Annual Results 
• Dutch railway information system wins major design prize
• Ferrovial to buy UK regional airports?
• Union Pearson Express electrification budget

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IARO Express - Issue 61 - 13th February 2014

• Heathrow Express bids for Western Access
• Manchester Airport’s 4^th platform
• Another light rail connection for Copenhagen
• Capital plan includes $1.5bn for Newark Liberty Airport PATH extension
• Three prequalify for Lima airport metro 

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IARO Express - Issue 60 - 6th February 2014

• Freight as well as passenger rail for Kochi?
• Copenhagen expansion plans – with new station 
• Zürich cross-city link to open in June
• State Rail Plan guidance includes reference to intermodality
• Silver Line volume test

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IARO Express - Issue 59 - 30th January 2014

• Seamless Air-Rail Travel in the UK…
• …and Seamless Air-Rail Travel in Italy
• Gatwick’s new platform operational
• French government revives CDG Express plans
• UTA: planning new airport-university link…
• …and working to reduce air pollution

 

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IARO Express - Issue 58 - 23rd January 2014

• News from Stockholm Arlanda
• The world’s most productive runways!
• More on LAX connections
• A fourth Moscow airport
• Avalon - light rail rather than heavy rail?

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IARO Express - Issue 57 - 16th January 2014

• “Your New Blue” cuts ten minutes off O’Hare ride.
• News from Sydney 
• Manchester Airport – Glasgow under the wires
• Ljubljana airport link studied with EU funding
• More links for Brussels

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IARO Express - Issue 56 - 9th January 2014

• KL – SIN: progress and politics
• Edinburgh terminal extension
• Heathrow Express return fares held: singles up £1
• EIB loan for Crossrail trains
• Miami airport station modifications

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IARO Express - Issue 55 - 2nd January 2014

• PATH to EWR?
• Minneapolis Blue Line – longer trains
• Sonoma County airport station approved
• Gatwick First
• Zürich public transport to arrive at the airport at 5:3UK Airports Commission recommends rail enhancements

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IARO Express - Issue 54 - 19th December 2013

• 10 Years of City Airport Train Vienna
• Durham Tees Valley Airport rail improvements planned
• Orly tram extension approved
• Seoul Line 9 a success
• High Speed Rail O’Hare – St. Louis?
• UK Airports Commission publishes Interim Report

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IARO Express - Issue 53 - 12th December 2013

• CAT is 10 on 14 December
• Portland (Oregon) Link suits holiday crowds
• National Infrastructure Plan 2013
• Leipzig City Tunnel and Mitteldeutsche S-Bahn to open
• ”An aviation stakeholder’s view on intermodality”
• Manila Clark airport to be linked to North Luzon Railway

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IARO Express - Issue 52 - 5th December 2013

• Sun Rail still aiming for Orlando International Airport
• Gatwick half-year results
• Genova (Genoa) Airport rail link.
• 24 hour tube for London and Heathrow - at weekends.
• Environment assessment of air and high speed rail corridors

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IARO Express - Issue 51 - 28th November 2013

• UK's Birmingham Airport to get light rail and BRT
• Heathrow sustainable travel news
• Another high speed rail proposal for Denver 
• Rail options for LAX aired
• Delhi to get new east-west line

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IARO Express - Issue 50 - 21st November 2013

• New Saudi Arabian high-speed line may connect two airports
• Funding for Guarulhos link
• Charleroi airport station funded
• Longer double deck trains between Zürich and Genève airports
• New service between DFW and Shreveport/Bossier explored

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IARO Express - Issue 49 - 14th November 2013

• IARO Express, Issue 49: Thursday 14 November 2013
• Arlanda Express up for sale
• Aeroexpress figures for the first 9 months of 2013
• Aeroexpress publicity on the multi-storey car park at Vnukovo airport
• Etihad opens KL in-town check-in
• Stansted expansion?
• Work starts on Sri Lanka’s Southern Railway

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IARO Express - Issue 48 - 7th November 2013

• Thalys – good first half year
• Pisa rail link to close
• Muan to get high speed rail  link
• Gautrain to expand?
• Ottawa airport to be bypassed?

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IARO Express - Issue 47 - 31st October 2013

• Atkins wins Riyadh Metro design contract
• DWC opened on Sunday
• Jamaica station 100 years old
• SEPTA’s doomsday budget may close Philadelphia airport line by 2023

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IARO Express - Issue 46 - 24th October 2013

• All Aboard Florida secures two vital agreements.
• Alstom to refurbish MTA LRVs
• Heathrow Express news
• Mass Transit Rail Corporation to run high speed line to Beijing’s new airport?
• Salvador Metro concession awarded

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IARO Express - Issue 45 - 17th October 2013

• Sweden’s first high speed line to improve links to Skavsta and Landvetter
• New station for Palm Beach International?
• Train operator to save Alitalia?
• Birmingham’s record 12 months
• Metro to Pune airport comes closer

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IARO Express - Issue 44 - 10th October 2013

• Bangkok Airport Rail Link (ARL) changes
• Tender issued for London Gatwick to Luton rail franchise
• Eurostar to Schiphol in December 2016
• Peotone PPP progress?
• Global air-rail market share report- 2014 - invitation to participate

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IARO Express - Issue 43 - 3rd October 2013

• New transit option for LaGuardia
• East Rail Line project tours 
• Dedicated website for Silver Line 
• Edinburgh tram launch date 
• Stansted Express introduces Business Plus fares 

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IARO Express - Issue 42 - 26th September 2013

• More air rail cooperation in China
• Flybe offers discounted Southampton – London tickets
• Ordsall Chord plans submitted
• Arizona – 3 new airport rail connections in prospect
• Canberra Airport criticises rail bypass proposal

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IARO Express - Issue 41 - 19th September 2013

• Crenshaw Line – Notice to Proceed issued
• Hiawatha service increase planned – and trains to get wifi
• Oakland Connector a year from completion
• Work starts on Ostrava (Czech Republic) Airport link
• Crossrail bidders shortlisted
• IARO Gatwick workshop

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IARO Express - Issue 40 - 12th September 2013

• Ostend-Bruges to get tram connection?
• MARC to serve BWI on weekends from 7 December
• Tampa – third time lucky?
• Another station for Denver Airport line?
• Plans for Muscat move forward

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IARO Express - Issue 39 - 5th September 2013

• Work to start on Lucknow metro from airport
• Ottawa – airport rail link at last?
• Perth airport link planning funded
• More Bergen contracts let
• KL-Singapore line progress

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IARO Express - Issue 38 - 29th August 2013

• CDG Express is back – funded by a tax on air tickets
• Heathrow Express – new wrap coming
• St. Petersburg - light rail off?
• Medan Kuala Namu - in-town check-in
• Improved O’Hare Transit

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IARO Express - Issue 37 - 22nd August 2013

• Brazilian high speed rail delayed again
• Shenyang metro opening delayed 
• Air-bus integration
• Kuala Lumpur – new ticketing system for KLIA Ekspres
• A multi-modal pan-European transport information and booking system 

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IARO Express - Issue 36 - 15th August 2013

• GAO report on connections between airports and intercity rail
• Rail connections for Columbus and Gary recommended.
• Gateway@KLIA2
• More air-rail integration in China
• RER B under one management

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IARO Express - Issue 35 - 8th August 2013

• Lyon-St. Exupéry expands
• Barcelona plans to serve both terminals
• New Bari airport station opens
• Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad Metro Express: station design consultant needed
• Tender issued for Kochi metro trains

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IARO Express - Issue 34 - 1st August 2013

• Thalys to be restructured
• Riyadh contract let
• First Global Air-Rail Benchmark Report Shows Overall Market Share Increase
• Lyon St-Exupéry expands
• Dulles Silver Line phase 1 – 8 week delay announced.

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IARO Express - Issue 33 - 25th July 2013

• Progress with Toulouse Airport tram
• AIRail extends to Düsseldorf
• Szczecin link opens
• Al Maktoum to get Red Line early?
• New Constantine tram to be extended to the airport

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IARO Express - Issue 32 - 18th July 2013

• Bergen awards contract for LRT third phase
• Medan’s Kuala Namu International Airport to open at the end of this month
• Shenzen developments
• MWAA Issues Notice to Proceed with Silver Line Phase 2
• Ontario Airport: $584k to study passenger rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 31 - 11th July 2013

• Arriva to operate Brussels – The Hague service
• Orlando Airport - Miami services approvals almost complete
• East Midlands Airport bypassed
• New Ulaanbaatar airport
• Republic airport rail access

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IARO Express - Issue 30 - 4th July 2013

• Congratulations, Airport Express Hong Kong
• Rhônexpress diversifies its range of services.
• Metro Board Approves $1.27 Billion Contract for Crenshaw/LAX Project
• Delhi Metro Rail Corp takes over operation of Airport Express Line
• UTA Offers Free Multi-Day Parking

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IARO Express - Issue 29 - 27th June 2013

• UK government consults on Heathrow route for HS2
• London Heathrow Terminal 2 opening date
• Second Burbank Airport station
• Cleveland airport station reopened after upgrade
• Virgin Trains boosts Scotland-Birmingham  

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IARO Express - Issue 28 - 20th June 2013

• Congratulations, Heathrow Express
• Doha airport line contract let to Vinci joint venture
• Eilat confusion
• Iloilo to be connected?
• Prague – work continues on airport connections

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IARO Express - Issue 27 - 13th June 2013

• Fyra – the end  
• Chinese funding for Kyiv
• High speed rail for Charlotte-Douglas and Atlanta-Hartsfield?  
• Rio – tram to airport
• Szczytno-Szymany

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IARO Express - Issue 26 - 6th June 2013

• Alger to be connected
• Kuwait – new metro planned for new airport   
• Jet Airways to move from Brussels to Schiphol
• AENA to buy Luton?
• Notre Dame des Landes (Nantes-Rennes) airport to go ahead – with railway

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IARO Express - Issue 25 - 30th May 2013

• Kazan link opened 22 May
• Real-time signage at Logan
• Warsaw tunnel improvements leads to re-routing of airport trains
• Dubai update
• New operator for Schiphol?

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IARO Express - Issue 24 - 23rd May 2013

• New member
• Shenyang Metro
• KLIA Ekspres news
• Awards for IARO members
• MARC to start weekend service (May 2013)
• Submissions to UK Airports Commission

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IARO Express - Issue 23 - 16th May 2013

• Rio de Janeiro’s Santos Dumont Airport to get a tram
• Paywave on Aeroexpress Moscow
• Low carbon airport initiatives
• Heathrow – good numbers, but fewer of them!
• UK Aviation Strategy

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IARO Express - Issue 22 - 9th May 2013

• Route selected for Picardie - Roissy link
• High speed rail in the USA
• SeaTac extension work starts
• Light rail to Norfolk Naval Air Station?
• Multiple links in Indonesia

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IARO Express - Issue 21 - 2nd May 2013

• New regional link to München
• Arlanda gets a new T2
• Dulles Phase 2 bids opened
• Heathrow Express sells through Aer Lingus
• Grand Paris Express approved: to serve 3 airports

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IARO Express - Issue 20 - 25th April 2013

• New Shanghai inter-airport link?
• Further reductions on BART for airport-based employees
• WiFi for Chicago’s Blue Line
• Heathrow Express markets in New York
• Heathrow celebrates British gardens

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IARO Express - Issue 19 - 18th April 2013

• Salt Lake City opens Airport Line
• Screams on Airport Express Oslo
• Abellio wins Leipzig-Halle area franchise
• Beijing’s new airport – transportation crucial

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IARO Express - Issue 18 - 11th April 2013

• Copenhagen top
• Medan – new airport, new railway
• Charleroi airport link
• Red Line upgrade in Cleveland
• New plans for Netherlands – Brussels Airport

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IARO Express - Issue 17 - 4th April 2013

• Dallas – more funding approved
• Lucknow now?
• Riyadh progress
• Luxembourg line dropped
• Linz airport to be rail connected?

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IARO Express - Issue 16 - 28th March 2013

• Good year for CAT!
• Plans for improvements in Japan
• Gdansk Airport Railway contract let
• Phoenix people-mover to open 8 April
• UK Aviation Policy Framework

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IARO Express - Issue 15 - 21st March 2013

• News from Stockholm
• Shijiazhuang Zhengding – impressive air-rail ambitions!
• BNIA to be well connected
• Heathrow Express rebranding includes new uniforms
• Acela Express to get new fleet

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IARO Express - Issue 14 - 14th March 2013

• More tracks, more platforms for BWI
• Will Tucson – Phoenix line miss Tucson airport?
• Hartmut Mehdorn appointed CEO of Berline Brandenburg Airport
• Urumqi to get airport rail connection
• Leeds/Bradford Airport tram-train

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IARO Express - Issue 13 - 7th March 2013

•  UTA prepares for Airport TRAX Line's April 14 opening
• Qatar – Hamad Airport City
• Washington DC – Dulles connection progresses
• Cardiff Airport to be sold?
• Orlando Maglev

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IARO Express - Issue 12 - 28th February 2013

• iFlytoget
• Heathrow invests more in surface access
• EU to fund study of Cluj rail link
• Sonoma County Airport
• New trains for Minneapolis – St. Paul

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IARO Express - Issue 11 - 21st February 2013

• Union Pearson Express update
• Excellent results for Heathrow Express
• New double deck trains for Aeroexpress Moscow
• Airtrain Brisbane sold
• Ankara rail link to be studied

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IARO Express - Issue 10 - 14th February 2013

• Guarulhos Express moves forward
• EU to fund study of Liege CAREX
• Long Island Islip MacArthur airport access improvements
• Belfast International to get a rail link?
• Shanghai Hongqiao monorail

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IARO Express - Issue 9 - 7th February 2013

• Delhi Metro Airport Express back in service
• FYRA service temporarily suspended
• Improvements at Arlanda
• Washington DC – Silver Line energised
• Hiawatha continues to set records 

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IARO Express - Issue 8 - 31st January 2013

• UK High Speed 2 and Airports
• Calls for Stansted Express upgrade
• EU to fund Malpensa Terminal 2 link study
• Maglev for Orlando
• Trains for Orlando
• Singapore to double size of metro network

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IARO Express - Issue 7 - 24th January 2013

• A fourth airport for Moscow?
• 2012 traffic at European Airports
• Manchester Airport Group acquires London Stansted
• Astana to get an airport railway by 2017
• Innovative apm for Porto Alegre
• Funding for Northrail link cancelled

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IARO Express - Issue 6 - 17th January 2013

• Rail link and international terminal for Melbourne 2
• Bangkok’s Airport Express services to be increased
• Trondheim service to be electrified
• Railway reform in Spain.
• Boston plans better links

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IARO Express - Issue 5 - 10th January 2013

• Macquarie Bank buys Stansted Express Trains
• Metro to Guarulhos to open 2014
• Skavsta to be on new Swedish high speed line
• Heathrow Express fares from January 2013.
• Honolulu system gets full funding grant agreement

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IARO Express - Issue 4 - 3rd January 2013

• Frecciarossa to Malpensa has ended
• Vinci buys ANA
• Abuja – work re-starts
• Debrecen to get rail link
• Air France to offer high speed train links on Strasbourg-Paris route

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IARO Express - Issue 3 - 20th December 2012

• Sydney’s transport infrastructure.
• EU funding for Northern Hub
• Funding for DART extension to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport 
• Hong Kong MTR appoints European operations director

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IARO Express - Issue 2 - 13th December 2012

• Virgin to compete with itself on UK domestic routes
• MARC – record punctuality.
• Newcastle upgrades ticketing.
• Osaka airports prepare for privatisation
• Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport launches bid for rail link

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IARO Express - Issue 1 - 6th December 2012

• Thalys to serve Dusseldorf Airport from 9 December
• Fyra begins full service
• New York East Side Access Progress
• Construction of Sofia Airport metro extension begins
• London Stansted launches rail vision

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IARO Express - Issue 453 - 30th December 0000

• Ontario Airport connections
• Night Tube restarts on 27 November – but not to Heathrow
• Luxembourg airport tram extension work starts
• Bengalaru airport link funding
• More on Hydroflex II

And…Photos from Gatwick’s work in progress

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