POLISH bus and tram builder Solaris is to supply 15 four-section Tramino LRVs to Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG (BSVAG); its second order from a German light rail operator.

IRJ at 1520 rail business forum: MR VLADIMIR Yakunin, president of Russian Railways (RZD), has emphasised the continuing need to build and foster relations with Russia's neighbours in Europe and Asia to pave the way for improved freight transport through Russia.

IRJ at the 1520 rail business forum: RUSSIAN leasing company Brunswick Rail has signed a partnership agreement in Sochi with Novokuznetsk Car-Building Enterprise (NCBE) to design and manufacture gondola freight wagons.

IRJ at Strategic Partnership 1520: RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) plans to build a dedicated high-speed line from Moscow to St Petersburg in time for the 2018 soccer World Cup have been postponed.

IRJ at Strategic Partnership 1520: RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) expects to issue a feasibility study for the proposed 1520mm-gauge line to Vienna by the end of this year.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has begun testing the first of 38 Siemens Desiro Rus emus ordered by Russian Railways for expanded rail services in the Sochi region during the Winter Olympic and Paralympic games in 2014.

PLANS for the construction of a new railway between Heerenveen and Groningen in the north of the Netherlands have been abandoned after mounting costs prompted the provinces of Friesland and Groningen to reject the project. Originally budgeted at around Euros 600m, costs have risen to around Euros 700m, while the initial calculations also failed to budget for maintenance and infrastructure management at Euro 6m per year.

THE Georgian government announced yesterday it is to postpone the listing of Georgian Railway (GR) shares on the London Stock Exchange due to market volatility.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) logistics subsidiary SNCF Geodis is planning a new piggyback service for semi-trailers between Germany and Switzerland.

HAMBURGER Hochbahn (HHA) has selected Funkwerk to supply an electronic interlocking system based on the Alister platform at its Saarlandstrasse metro train depot.