MPK Lodz has selected Pesa Bydgoszcz as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 22 low-floor LRVs for the city's 120km metre-gauge tram network.
THE first prototype of Talgo's new-generation Avril high-speed train has begun dynamic testing on the Spanish high-speed network.
POLAND's largest railfreight operator PKP Cargo has announced that it is in acquisition talks with the owners of three open-access freight operators in Poland and the Czech Republic.
ONEROUS border controls imposed by the British government will force passengers using Eurostar's new Marseille - London service to go through immigration and security controls lasting nearly two hours at Lille Europe when the service starts next year.
BASLE Transport Authority celebrated a milestone in its largest-ever procurement of new vehicles on September 4 with the delivery of the first of 60 Flexity low-floor LRVs from Bombardier's Bautzen plant in eastern Germany.
THE first of the V250 Fyra high-speed trains rejected by Netherlands Railways (NS) began its journey from Watergraafsmeer yard in Amsterdam back to the AnsaldoBreda plant in Pistoia, Italy, on September 7.
THE first two out of a fleet of 15 catenary-free LRVs being supplied by CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock and Bombardier have started limited operation on a new line in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
EQT Infrastructure II, a €1.9bn equity fund, is to take a majority stake in Hector Rail, a private Swedish railfreight company which operates trains in Scandinavia and Germany.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded nine suppliers a total of 20 five-year framework enhancement and renewal contracts worth a combined £1.6bn for its London North Western and East Midlands routes.
THE WORLD's largest rolling stock manufacturers CNR and CSR have suspended trading of their shares following reports in the Chinese media that the Chinese government is looking to merge the two companies.