THE first five of 21 additional EMD JTW42CWR (class 66) diesel locomotives for British operator GB Railfreight were unloaded at the port Newport in Wales on July 11 after completing their sea voyage across the Atlantic from the United States.
VIENNESE public transport operator Wiener Linien has concluded a 10-month trial using a Siemens ULF light rail vehicle, which has been specially adapted with energy-saving technologies as part of the EcoTram research project.
CO-OPERATIVE Bulk Handling Group (CBH), Western Australia, has awarded a contract to Wi-Tronix, United States, to equip its locomotive fleet with a remote monitoring and hosting system.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has exercised options with Stadler for 19 additional Kiss double-deck EMUs for the Zürich S-Bahn network and six single-deck Flirt EMUs, which will be used on regional services in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland.
THE BOARD of Ile-de-France Transport Authority (STIF) has approved funding for the acquisition of 22 additional class Z 50000 Francilien EMUs from Bombardier for use on Paris suburban services.
RIFT Valley Railways (RVR), the concessionaire which operates the 1900km metre-gauge network in Kenya and Uganda, has announced capital investment will exceed $US 100m this year.
URALVAGONZAVOD (UVZ) unveiled a prototype of its model 71-410 Russia One (R1) low-floor LRV at the Innoprom 2014 international trade fair in Yekaterinburg on July 9.
FURTHER doubts have emerged over the future of the fleet of 105 IC4 and IC2 DMUs ordered in 2000 by Danish State Railways (DSB) from AnsaldoBreda after the completion of an investigation into cracked axleboxes on the trains.
JR EAST has released artist's impressions of its forthcoming E235 EMU, which will enter service from next year on the Yamanote Line, one of the busiest commuter lines in Tokyo, which carries around 3.8 million passengers a day.
EMD has secured four separate orders to supply locomotives to customers in Africa.