MTR Corporation has awarded two contracts to supply new trains and refurbish existing vehicles for the East – West Corridor of Hong Kong's Shatin – Central Link (SCL), which is due to open in 2018.
ALSTOM officially handed over three ETR 234 Coradia Meridian four-car emus to Turin Transport Group (GTT) in a ceremony at Turin Porta Susa station on January 21.
APPENZELL Railways (AB), Switzerland, has awarded Stadler a contract worth around SFr 60m ($US 66m) to supply seven Tango low-floor LRVs.
GRINDROD, South Africa, announced on January 20 that its Grindrod Freight Services (GFS) subsidiary has formed a joint venture with the Pemgrani Remgro Infrastructure Fund (PRIF) to provide rolling stock leasing services to railways in Africa.
WARSAW Tramways signed a Zlotys 167.9m ($US 54.8m) contract with Pesa, Poland on January 15 for 30 type 134N Jazz low-floor LRVs, which will be used on lower-density routes in the city.
HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded Siemens a €30.7m contract to supply five Desiro ML emus for regional services between Hungary and Austria.
ALSTOM has announced plans to invest €15m in new assembly line at its Taubaté hydro manufacturing plant in the Brazilian state of São Paulo to produce light rail vehicles for the South American market.
SWEDEN's national passenger operator, SJ, has placed a $US 200m contract with ABB to install electrical equipment on its fleet of 36 X2000 trains as part of a $US 510m project to refurbish the 200km/h tilting sets.
GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio NRW unveiled the first of 56 class 620 Alstom Coradia Lint dmus for the Cologne Diesel Network regional concession on January 15 with an inaugural run from Cologne Main Station to Cologne Deutz.
ROMANIAN rolling stock manufacturer Softronic has unveiled the prototype of its new Hyperion emu, which is expected to begin mainline testing next month.