SERVICES commenced on a new 6.1km, six-station metro line in Gurgaon, India, on November 14, which links Gurgaon Cyber City, which is located 30km south of central Delhi, with Delhi metro Line 2 at Sikandepur.
THE first of 26 trains being supplied by CAF, Spain, for Line 5 of the São Paulo metro has been delivered.
THE governor of Mecca, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, has approved the construction of two new metro lines in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca.
THE winners of the first European Rail Awards were announced at a ceremony in London on November 12 attended by around 600 delegates.
LOCAL authorities in Stockholm have reached an agreement on the expansion of city's metro network to support the construction of 78,000 new homes, which will help to meet rapidly-rising demand for housing in the Swedish capital.
THE 5km southern extension of Moscow metro Line 7 from Ryazanskiy Prospekt to Zhulebino was inaugurated on November 9 by the chairman of the Moscow Department of Construction Mr Andrey Bochkarev and Moscow Metro president Mr Ivan Besedin.
THE government of the Brazilian state of São Paulo has announced that it received just one bid in the new tender to build, operate and maintain São Paulo metro Line 6.
SEOUL Metropolitan Government and the SML9 consortium have awarded a consortium of Transdev and RATP Dev a 10-year contract to continue operating and maintaining Seoul metro Line 9.
BRAZILIAN president Mrs Dilma Rousseff and governor of the state of São Paulo, Mr Geraldo Alckmin, announced on October 25 that a further Reais 5.4bn ($US 2.47bn) will be made available for commuter rail and metro investment in São Paulo.
MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has issued requests for proposals to replace the 44-year old trains on its Red Line and the 32-year old cars on its Orange Line at a cost of around $US 1.3bn.