THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure for the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the state's public transport authority NVBW have published a tender in the Official Journal of the European Union for regional train operations on the Bad Krozingen - Münstertal branch line in the Black Forest.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has received the second of 600 Alstom X'Trapolis Mega six-car commuter EMUs for testing. The first arrived in December 2015.
ITALIAN State Railways (FS) is to invest €17bn of additional funding to 2020 following an agreement between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and Italian Rail Network (RFI), with safety, technology and capacity identified as priorities.
KORAIL will open an extension to the Suin (Suwon-Incheon) Line commuter rail on February 27 from the current terminus of Songdo to Incheon where it will connect with Line 1 of the Seoul metro.
NETHERLANDS RAILWAYS (NS) is to operate peak-hour bus services from today in an effort to relieve overcrowding on its busiest rail services.
GOVIA Thameslink Railway, Britain, has completed its order of 25 class 700 EMUs from Siemens in a £200m deal after securing funding from British leasing company Rock Rail.
THE first of 75 new six-car EMUs for South East Queensland commuter services arrived in Brisbane, Australia, on February 16.
INDRA, Spain, is to supply ticketing equipment and information technology to Argentinian State Railways (SOFSA) in a €35m deal.
BOMBARDIER Transportation is to supply French National Railways (SNCF) with four additional eight-car Regio 2N double-deck EMUs in a deal worth €34m.
PUGLIA regional operator Ferrotramviaria marked the completion of another phase in the modernisation of its train fleet on February 11, when three new four-car ETR 452 EMUs were formally presented to regional councillor Mr Giovanni Giannini by the railway's president Mrs Gloria Pasquini and by the company's general director Mr Massimo Nitti in Bari.