THE public transport authorities of Bremen and Hamburg, Lower Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG), and the region of Hannover have published a tender to operate five regional and fast train services from December 9 2018 until December 10 2033.
RAIL leaders will be among the speakers at the next International Railway Summit being organised jointly by IRJ and IRITS Events in association with the International Union of Railways (UIC). The event will be held at the UIC headquarters in Paris on February 15-17 2017.
BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has decided to award German Rail’s (DB) regional division, DB Regio, a contract for both lots of a concession to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn network.
THE first class 707 Desiro City suburban EMU being built by Siemens for South West Trains (SWT) has arrived in London. Testing of the first two five-car trains will begin in early 2017 and are due to enter service in April between London Waterloo and Windsor.
SYSTRA has secured a seven-year project management contract for the implementation of a new train management system for Corsica Railways (CFC).
LIVERPOOL City Region Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on December 16 for Merseytravel to place a £460m order with Stadler for a new fleet of 52 EMUs for the Merseyrail suburban network.
THE US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced on December 16 that it has agreed a $US 499.4m federal to help fund Fort Worth Transportation Authority’s (FWTA) $US 1bn TEX Rail project.
TRANSPORT for London (TFL) announced on December 14 the shortlist of builders to build the 4.5km London Overground extension from Barking to Barking Riverside.
THE president of Senegal Mr Macky Sall attended a ceremony on December 14 to mark the official start of works on the Dakar Express Regional Rail (TER) project.
MTR Corporation took over the operations and maintenance for the Stockholm Pendeltåg commuter rail service on December 11 through its subsidiary MTR Pendeltågen.