A consortium of Alstom, Isolux Corsan and Algerian construction company Cosider has been selected as preferred bidder for a contract to build the second phase of the light rail network in Algeria's third-largest city Constantine.
A CEREMONY was held in Setif, Algeria, on May 8 to mark the official start of construction on the city's light rail network.
AFTER many years of indecision, the mayor of Virginia Beach Mr William Sessoms and Virginia state transportation secretary Mr Aubrey Layne have agreed to develop plans for a light rail link between Virginia Beach and the neighbouring city of Norfolk.
ŠKODA Transportation has secured a follow-on order from the Turkish city of Konya for 12 catenary-free type 28T Classic LRVs. The new vehicles follow an order for 60 conventional vehicles which are already being rolled out in the city from a €104.7m contract awarded in March 2013.
VOSSLOH Rail Services (VRS) and Düsseldorf's Rheinbahn marked the 17th International Noise Awareness day on April 30 by showcasing Vossloh's prototype High Speed Grinding (HSG) City track maintenance machine during an event at Rheinbahn's Lierenfelder Straße depot.
VOSSLOH Group says the high cost of certifying rail vehicles is largely to blame for a 30.8% drop in Ebit to €6.5m for the first quarter of the 2014 financial year.
CHINA Railway Engineering Corporation has started work to electrify the 34.3km two-line light rail network under construction in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) operated its first test run on the 8km light rail Orange Line extension to Dallas Forth Worth International Airport on April 16.
ALGERIA's transport minister Mr Amar Ghoul inaugurated the 4.2km eastern extension of Algiers light rail Line 1 from Bordj El Kiffan to Kahouat Echergui on April 16.
MUNICIPAL authorities in San Diego, California, and the neighbouring city of Tijuana in the Mexican state of Baja California have revived plans for a light rail line spanning the US-Mexican border.