SWEDISH regional public transport authority Östgötatrafiken has awarded Alstom a €50m contract to supply eight additional X61 Coradia Nordic 15kV ac emus under a framework agreement signed in 2008.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom a €93m contract to equip 230km of the under construction high-speed line from Halle and Leipzig to Ebensfed via Erfurt with ERTMS Level 2.
CHINA's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on September 5 that it has approved plans for 25 urban rail projects worth a total of more than Yuan 800bn ($US 127bn).
THE MUNICIPALITY of Odense has appointed Cowi, Denmark, as technical consultant, together with Systra, France, and ETC, Germany, as sub-consultants, for the development of the first light rail line in the Danish city.
CSR Corporation announced today that a joint venture of its subsidiary CSR Qingdao Sifang and Kawasaki Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract by Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) to supply 132 type C151B metro cars for the city's rapidly-expanding network.
CANADIAN National says it will add more than 2200 new wagons to its fleet this year, as well as 1300 new containers, as part of a drive to support traffic growth.
THE first of 28 double-deck emus for the Bern S-Bahn was handed over by Stadler to BLS in a ceremony today in the Swiss capital.
THE government of New South Wales issued a draft 20-year transport plan today which outlines around $A 100bn ($US 104.24bn) in improvements to transport infrastructure in the Sydney metropolitan area.
THE Bulgarian capital Sofia celebrated the opening of its second metro line on August 31 with a day of free rides, a music festival, and an exhibition of Roman artefacts unearthed during construction.
PERTH's first light rail line, the Metro Area Express (MAX), has been given the green light with the Western Australian and Federal Governments committing $A 15.8m ($US 16.2m) to a feasibility study that will include engineering and design studies and public consultation.