NETWORK Rail reopened Nottingham station on August 26 following the completion of a £100m project to remodel and resignal the station and its approaches.
ALGIERS Metro Enterprise (EMA) has awarded a contract worth about €20m to Siemens to install communications-based train control (CBTC) on a 4km underground extension to Line 1 of the Algiers metro.
SPANISH development minister Mrs Ana Pastor has announced a range of measures aimed at improving safety across the whole rail network after the accident at Santiago de Compostela on July 26, which left 79 dead and dozens injured.
ARRIYADH Development Authority (ADA) announced the winning bidders on July 28 for three design and build contracts worth almost $US 22.5bn for the construction of a 176.7km six-line automated metro network in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
SPANISH transport minister Mr Rafael Catala has confirmed in a radio broadcast that excessive speed is believed to be a factor in the derailment of a Madrid – Ferrol service 4km south of Santiago de Compostela on July 24, which killed 78 people.
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded a number of contracts for the extension standard gauge tracks south along the Mediterranean coast from Barcelona to Tarragona and Valencia.
NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket says it has successfully trialled aluminium lineside cabling on the Oslo – Ski – Halden Østfold line in an initiative which aims to tackle the problem of cable theft.
GERMAN Rail (DB) and Siemens launched a pilot project today for what they describe as the "signalbox of the future" using open-interface signalling architecture.
TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has awarded a contract to Huawei, China, to install GSM-R telecommunications on the 51km suburban line linking Izmir Alsancak with Tepekoy.
SIEMENS has announced that it will withdraw from bidding for the tender to supply 60 10-car emus for the Crossrail project in London. This leaves Bombardier, CAF and Hitachi in the running to win the £1bn contract, which should be awarded next year.
