FINMECCANICA says it received an offer from Hitachi on November 17 for the acquisition of its loss-making rolling stock unit AnsaldoBreda and the company's 40% stake in Ansaldo STS.
GOVIA Thameslink Railway (GTR) has awarded Bombardier a £145.2m contract to supply 27 four-car class 387/2 Electrostar EMUs for London Victoria – Gatwick Airport Gatwick Express services.
LATVIA Railways (LDZ) has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce for 28 MTU engines to power 14 class 2M62U locomotives which are to be rebuilt by CZ Loco, Czech Republic.
EUROSTAR announced today at the unveiling of the first of 10 e320 high-speed trains on order from Siemens that it plans to purchase an additional seven trains - the two parties are now negotiating terms for a contract.
BRITAIN's secretary of state for transport, Mr Patrick McLoughlin, has approved a £1bn 5km extension to the Northern Line of London Underground (LU).
THE Czech Republic's minister of transport Ing Antonín Prachař has resigned following intense criticism of his handling of a highway project and controversial management changes at national road and railway organisations.
THE first of three pre-series Super Express Trains (SETs) being supplied to Britain under the Department for Transport's Intercity Express Programme (IEP) was revealed to the press at Hitachi's plant in Kasado, Japan, on November 13.
THE North West Rail (NWB) subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr, Germany, has won a 10-year concession from the transport authorities of Lower Saxony, Bremen, and Westphalia Lippe to operate the Weser-Ems rail network.
CONSTRUCTION has started of a second Metrolink light rail line in central Manchester to enable more LRVs to run through the city centre.
SIEMENS has rolled out the first Desiro ML train for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) which has branded the EMU fleet Cityjet.