HONOLULU Authority for Rapid Transportation (Hart) has awarded the $US 1.33bn core systems contract for the city's first driverless metro line to Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture, a consortium of Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda.
MTU Detroit Diesel Australia (MTU) has signed an agreement with CSR Ziyang, China, for exclusive sales and after-sales distributor rights in the Australia-Pacific rail market.
VTG Rail, a subsidiary of VTG, Germany, has acquired SC Leasing, United States, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of America, and its 2000 freight wagons, doubling VTG Rail's North American customer base.
IRJ at BCN Rail: SPAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Isaías Táboas Suárez says that the days of the government entirely funding Spain's rail projects are over. Speaking today at the opening session of BCN Rail in Barcelona, Táboas says it is essential that new funding models are found to complete the nation's railway infrastructure projects. "Spain has allocated Euros 8bn in the 21st century to Renfe and Euros 54bn for rail infrastructure to the Ministry of Public Works," Táboas says. "We have made huge investments but these cannot be repeated in the coming years."