KOREA Rail Network Authority and Seoul University are to conduct a feasibility study for a new rail link between the Laotian capital Vientiane and the southern Vietnamese port of Vung Tau.
HONG KONG's MTR Corporation confirmed on July 22 that it has placed its largest-ever rolling stock order after signing a contract worth around $HK 6bn ($US 770m) with CRRC subsidiary CSR Qingdao Sifang for 93 eight-car trains.
FOLLOWING a lengthy legal dispute, plans to extend Bordeaux's tram network to the northwest received a significant boost on July 21, when the city's administrative appeal court ruled that the €270m project can go ahead.
CATALONIA Government Railways (FGC) is to refurbish 42 class 213 EMUs used on the Llobregat - Anoia line following the presentation of the first upgraded set to Catalonia's minister for regional policy Mr Santi Vila.
A one-week programme of dynamic testing began on July 21 on the first light rail line in Taiwan's second city Kaohsiung.
SPAIN's national operator Renfe will launch a tender in September for the supply of 40 high-speed trains under a €1.1bn framework contract to be awarded during 2016, according to its president Mr Pablo Vázquez.
DORTMUND City Authority, which operates a 75km tram and light rail network under the name DSW21, has invited bids for contracts to modernise existing trams and acquire new LRVs.
TROUBLES continue at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) after last week's sacking of its chief executive, suspension of a senior engineer, and a commuter train collision on July 17 that left 200 people injured.
IRISH Rail (IE) passenger traffic rose by 3.5% to 18.9 million, or an extra 650,000 passenger journeys, during the first six months of 2015 compared with the same period last year.
EUROSTAR has finally completed the refurbishment of the first train from its existing fleet of class 373 trains (dubbed e300 by Eurostar) and the train will re-enter service shortly.