THE final section of the Australian state of Victoria's $A 3.65bn ($US 2.8bn) Regional Rail Link was officially completed on June 14 paving the way for the introduction of new high-frequency timetable on June 21.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TFGM) celebrated a milestone in the delivery of its fleet of M5000 LRVs on June 15 when the 100th vehicle was unloaded at Metrolink's Queens's Road depot.
THE fourth phase of Algiers' light rail network was inaugurated on June 14, when Algeria's transport minister Mr Boudjema Talai launched public services on the eastern extension of Line 1 from Kahouat Echergui to Dergana.
INFORMATION has been released through the Official Journal of the European Union concerning a tender for the operation of nine Hannover S-Bahn services.
THAILAND's cabinet has approved a proposal from State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to borrow Yen 38.2bn ($US 308.8m) from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to finance the second phase of the metre-gauge Red Line from Bang Sue to Rangsit.
SWEDEN's national passenger operator SJ says that patronage of its overnight sleeper service between Stockholm and Malmö has increased by 65% so far this year compared with 2014 and the train will continue to run until the end of 2016.
RATP Group subsidiary RATP Dev has signed an agreement with Zain Capital, which is part of the Lakhraim Business Group, to establish a joint venture that will target some of the United Arab Emirates' largest transport and urban planning projects.
THE Kenyan government has decided to allocate an additional $US 1.4bn from its 2015-16 budget for the project, currently underway, to build a 609km standard-gauge line from the port of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi.
TUNNEL boring machine (TBM) Al Mayeda, which started tunnelling at Al Corniche station on the Red Line of the Doha metro in November 2014, bored through into Msheireb station on June 11.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation has awarded an Rs 6.45bn ($US 100m) contract to BEML, India, for 75 broad-gauge metro cars.