FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) has submitted a six-year €15bn plan to modernise the railway network to the deputy minister of transport, Mr Frédéric Cuvillier.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around Rs 3.9bn ($US 62m) to supply communications-based train control (CBTC) for Line 7, the city's first driverless metro line.
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.
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.
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.
THE first light rail line was officially opened on July 4 in Constantine, Algeria's third largest city with a population of around 900,000. Commercial services were due to begin on July 5.
A report by the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry into the competitiveness of the European railway supply industry says that more coordinated, long-term R&D is needed so that the European Union (EU) can maintain its competitiveness in the global railway supply industry.
NOKIA and Siemens have confirmed that Nokia will acquire Siemens' 50% share of their joint venture company, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), for €1.7bn.
FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) has started construction of a new train control centre in Pagny-sur-Moselle covering the rail network in Lorraine.