Dan Templeton

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail has appointed Arcadis as a programme partner to support the implementation of its Digital Railway programme.

BANGALORE completed the first phase of its metro network on June 18 when India's president Mr Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 12km southern section of the Green Line from Sampige Road to Yelachenahalli.

STADLER handed over the first bi-mode Flirt multiple unit at its plant in Bussnang, Switzerland, on June 15. The train, which is equipped with a 3 kV dc drive for electrified lines and a diesel-electric drive for non-electrified lines, is destined for the Valle d’Aosta region in Italy.

THALES signed two fare collection contracts covering 19 new Cairo metro stations at a ceremony held on June 10 in the presence of Egypt’s transport minister Mr Hesham Arafat.

GERMAN Rail (DB) is using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to digitally design new railway stations, and the first is being piloted in Hösel, Ratingen, in North-Rhine Westphalia.

NEW Zealand’s national railway, KiwiRail, and the Australian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) Level Crossing Working Group are finalising the reports on two projects analysing the effects of new active warning signs for road traffic at passive level crossings.

SWEDISH operator Västtrafik has awarded Alstom a €9m contract for the refurbishment of 18 X12 and X14 two-car EMUs, which operate on the Gothenburg - Borås and Uddevalla - Borås - Varberg.

NEW York Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) has announced the launch of the Subway Library, an initiative between the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library, MTA and Transit Wireless, which will provide subway passengers with free access to e-books, excerpts and short stories.

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded a £9m contract to Atkins to upgrade signalling on a section of the Cornish Main Line.

BADEN-Württemberg public transport authority NVBW and the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) have awarded the Go-Ahead Group, Britain, a contract to operate Network 3A (Murrbahn), which provides commuter services and links between Stuttgart and Nuremberg.