RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) issued an invitation to tender on March 16 for a contract to carry out engineering design, project planning, and alignment studies for the 770km Moscow – Kazan high-speed line.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has unveiled plans to significantly enhance its long-distance services in Germany in a bid to attract 50 million more passengers annually by 2030.
FOLLOWING a joint procurement, Düsseldorf light rail operator Rheinbahn and Cologne Public Transport (KVB) have signed contracts with Bombardier for a total of 62 high-floor Flexity LRVs.
A special committee of the French Senate adopted a legislative amendment on March 17 which will pave the way for the introduction of competitive tendering for regional rail services by the end of the decade.
THE Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government announced on March 17 that it has shortlisted two consortia to submit bids for the contract to design, build, and operate Canberra's Capital Metro light rail line.
A mock-up of the Hitachi metro train for the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City was unveiled on March 16 by the city's Management Authority for Urban Railways (Maur).
GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has announced plans to invest €95m in renewal of signalling systems in the 6km Frankfurt City Tunnel to increase capacity and improve reliability in the core of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn network.
THE Bavarian Railway Authority (BEG) signed a 12-year contract with German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio Allgäu-Schwaben in Kempten on March 17 for the operation of the Allgäu Diesel Network, which covers around 7.8 million train-km per year.
GERMANY's Bochum-Gelsenkirchen Tramways (Bogestra) will launch a tender before the end of this month for 42 new metre-gauge LRVs after the company's supervisory board approved a €200m plan to replace the troubled fleet of NFD6D trams and modernise the vehicles used on Stadtbahn Line U35.
DUBAI Roads and Transport Authority has signed a five-year service level agreement with Thales to provide maintenance support services for the city's 75km driverless metro network.