POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom a €9.2m contract to design and install GSM-R equipment on the 148km Legnica – Wroclaw – Opole section of Line E30.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has reached an agreement to buy a 25% stake in Spanish open-access freight operator Comsa Rail Transport (CRT) for an undisclosed sum.
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) is to step up the operation of 160km/h long-distance services by extending the use of new train fleets with the start of the summer timetable on May 26.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Seattle on April 29 to mark the start of construction on Sound Transit's South 200th Link light rail extension.
VOITH has placed a follow up order with MAN for 68 D2876 under-floor engines for use in conjunction with its DiwaPacks powerpack on passenger trains being built by Brazilian manufacturer Bom Sinal.
A CONSORTIUM led by Brazilian companies CCR Group and Invepar has been selected as the preferred bidder for a PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the 28km light rail network in Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro.
SIEMENS has despatched the first completed type C2 train for the Munich U-Bahn to its Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre, where it will undergo trials prior to entering service at the end of the year.
AFTER several years of poor or mixed results, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) achieved a strong turnaround in 2012 with a return to profitability.
SWITZERLAND's metre-gauge Frauenfeld-Wil Railway (FWB) has begun testing the first of a fleet of five new ABe 4/8 emus, which were ordered from Stadler in 2011 at a cost of SFr 31m ($US 33m).
A CONSORTIUM of RATP Dev and Transdev has secured a three-year contract to operate the 60km light rail network in the Chinese city of Shenyang, which is due to open on July 1.