HANNOVER Transport Authority (Üstra) exercised an option for another 50 type TW 3000 light rail vehicles on November 15 to coincide with the completion of the first batch of 50 units by a consortium of Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom.
PARIS celebrated the latest addition to its rapidly-expanding light rail network on November 16, when Line T7 was officially inaugurated in the presence of dignitaries including the president of Ile de France regional council Mr Jean-Paul Huchon, Paris Transport Authority (RATP) president Mr Pierre Mongin, and the chairman of Ile-de-France Transport Authority (STIF) Mr Christian Favier.
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 autonomous region of Madrid is to mothball a suburban line opened just eleven years ago, which connects the capital with the Warner Bros amusement park and the town of San Martin de la Vega, which has a population of 19,000.
ALSTOM unveiled today at its plant in La Rochelle, France, the first Citadis Compact LRV for launch customer Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile region.
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 German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württenberg have launched a joint tender through Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) for two concessions to operate diesel regional services in the Allgäu area.
MTR Corporation, Hong Kong, has awarded a SFr 85m ($US 13.4m) contract to Stadler, Switzerland, for six 200km/h trains for a new open-access express service to be launched in Sweden.
THE winners of the first European Rail Awards were announced at a ceremony in London on November 12 attended by around 600 delegates.