LINE testing of Edinburgh's long-delayed and over budget light rail line will be extended to the 2.1km section from Gogarburn station to Edinburgh Park on October 8, Edinburgh City Council has confirmed, adding that passenger services on the 13.5km line are due to begin in May 2014.
A report commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) shows that passenger journeys increased by 2% in 2011-12 while freight traffic grew even more strongly recording an rise 8.2% in tonnage.
OKLAHOMA City and San Antonio, Texas, moved a step closer to starting construction on their first tram lines on September 24 after projects in both cities were approved in crucial ballots.
Having won its first contract for LRVs in North America earlier this year, Alstom has high hopes of winning more business. Guillaume Mehlman, president of Alstom Transport North America, explained his strategy and some of the nuances of this market to David Briginshaw.
THE extension of Paris tram-train Line T4 to Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil has moved a step closer after the €214m project was granted public utility status by Seine-Saint-Denis council.
IN a ceremony held today in Gold Coast, Australia, Bombardier presented its first Flexity 2 LRV for the city's new light rail line, a 13km, 16-station link between Gold Coast University Hospital and Broadbeach.
SAN DIEGO Association of Governments (Sandag) has launched the final phase of a major project to modernise the Blue Line, the oldest part of the city's light rail network, which opened in 1981.
DUBAI Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) signed a Dirhams 105m ($US 28.6m) contract with Serco, Britain, on September 14 for the operation of the Al Sufouh Tramway.
THE first of 22 Citadis low-floor LRVs being supplied by Alstom as part of the £570m second phase expansion of Nottingham's light rail network was unveiled at Nottingham Express Transit's Wilkinson Street depot on September 13.
CALGARY Transit announced on September 11 that it has concluded a $C 192m ($US 186m) contract with Siemens Canada for 60 S200 light rail vehicles for the city's CTrain network.