THE president of the board of commissioners of Netherlands Railways (NS), Mr Carel van der Driest, has resigned with immediate effect in the wake of the Limburg regional concessioning scandal.
A taskforce set up to develop a strategy for the future of France's loss-making conventional long-distance trains published its first report at the end of May. Keith Barrow explores the options being put forward to revive the "weak link between TGV and TER."
THE Norrtåg joint venture between the transport authorities in Sweden's four most-northerly counties has selected Tågkompaniet, Sweden, for a nine-year contract to operate regional services in the area.
THE Municipality of Budapest voted on June 23 in favour of building a connection between metro Line 2 and the HÉV suburban rail line to Gödöllő to allow through running between both lines.
GREATER Stockholm Transport (SL) has awarded a six-year contract to Eltel, Sweden, to maintain infrastructure on two of its tram lines.
TRANSPORT ministers from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a declaration on the implementation of the Rail Baltica project during the TEN-T Days conference held in the Latvian capital Riga on June 22.
THE New South Wales (NSW) state government has allocated funding for rail projects in its 2015-16 budget as part of its plan to increase infrastructure spending, with $A 38bn ($US 29.3bn) allocated over the next four years to roads and transport.
BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG), which is responsible for planning and financing regional and S-Bahn rail services in Bavaria, invites bids by October for a concession to operate the Nuremberg diesel rail network from June 2019 to June 2031. BEG will announce the winner in December.
THE Finnish city of Tampere has awarded the Tralli consortium of Pöyry, VR Track and Yit a contract to implement the city's planned 23.5km light rail line.
VIENNA U-Bahn and tram operator Wiener Linien invited bids for two major tenders on June 18, one for new trains and the other for extensions to the U-Bahn network.