STUTTGART Tramways (SSB) has ordered an additional 20 Tango S-DT8.12 high-floor LRVs from Stadler Pankow, exercising an option from an initial contract for 20 vehicles, which was signed in January 2010.
THE sustained growth in public transport usage in Brussels in recent years has mirrored a rapid increase in the city's population, which swelled from 960,000 in 2000 to 1.14 million in 2012 and is expected to reach 1.31 million this year.
THE official opening date for the second tram line in Hungary's second-largest city Debrecen has been set for March 1 following the start of test operation last month.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has signed an option worth £18m with a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe for the supply of 10 additional Flexity Swift light rail vehicles (LRVs).
GOLDLINQ, the consortium building the first light rail line in Gold Coast, Australia, confirmed on December 20 that it had laid the final section of track on the 13km link between Gold Coast University Hospital and Broadbeach.
THE first of 11 Citadis 402 low-floor LRVs for Dubai's Al Sufouh Tramway arrived in the United Arab Emirates through the port of Jebel Ali last week, and has been delivered to the line's depot in readiness for the start of testing.
THREE consortia have submitted bids to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, for the $C 536m ($US 505m) PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
AN important gap in the Munich tram network was finally filled on December 15 with the opening of the 1km western extension of Line 19 to the mainline station in Pasing.
FRENCH transport minister Mr Frédéric Cuvillier and Alstom Transport France CEO Mr Jerome Wallut were among the dignitaries attending the official inauguration of the €150m third phase of the light rail network in the northeastern city of Valenciennes on December 13.
MÜLHEIM Transport Authority (MVG) has placed a €27m order with Bombardier for 10 Flexity Classic LRVs for delivery starting in August 2015.