TRANSPORT Scotland is to hold briefing sessions in Glasgow and London next month for companies interested in bidding for the new ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchises, which are due to start on April 1 2015.
THE Greenbrier Companies has rejected American Railcar Industries bid of around $US 543m for the company describing the offer as "inadequate" and one that "grossly undervalues the company and is not the best interest of Greenbrier stockholders."
THE Brazilian National Transport Agency (ANTT) has issued a call for tenders for Brazil's inaugural high-speed rail line from Rio Janeiro to São Paulo and Campinas. Prequalification bids will be accepted up to August 13 2013 for the supply of technology and to operate the 350km/h line, with a winner set to be announced on September 19 2013.
SIX CEOs from some of Europe's leading capital city public transport operators gathered in Rome today and signed a declaration calling for European governments to invest in public transport as a means of kick starting the European economy.
THE German state of Bavaria, through its transport authority Bavarian Railways (BEG), has called for bids for the operation of passenger rail services on the Weissenhorn – Senden – Ulm line under a three-year concession.
POLAND's largest open-access railfreight operator DB Schenker Rail Poland has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 23 3kV dc class 193 Vectron electric locomotives.
INDEPENDENT Transport Company (ITC) is set to complete its takeover of Freight One after the board of Russian Railways (RZD) approved the sale of its remaining 25% plus one shareholding in the company.
PKP Group power subsidiary PKP Energy has awarded ABB a €30m contract to supply 138 rectifier units for traction substations on the Polish network.
INVENSYS has announced it is to sell its rail division to Siemens for $US 2.8bn following a strategic review which concluded that consolidation in the signalling industry would limit the scope for expanding the company's rail activities.
THE Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has agreed to lend the Serbian government €25m to finance the first phase of construction work on the long-delayed Belgrade Central station.