BMZ Bryansk, a subsidiary of Transmashholding (TMH), Russia, has awarded a contract to Wärtsilä TMH Diesel Engine Company (WTEC) for 12 Wärtsilä 20L generating sets for installation in series TEM 18B diesel shunters.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and Spanish passenger operator Renfe have reached an agreement to start direct TGV services between Paris and Barcelona next month.
TRANSPORT for London is inviting its own staff as well as suppliers and individuals from the industry and academia to contribute ideas and innovative thinking about how it might improve its service and operations in a new online interactive portal.
THE Supervisory Board of German Rail (DB) has approved plans to increase the maximum length of the next-generation ICx long-distance train from 10 to 12 cars in order to raise seating capacity from 724 to 830.
THE government of Monterey County, California, is considering a proposal to extend the state's successful Capitol Corridor inter-city passenger service south from San Jose to serve the town of Salinas.
AFTER 10 years of construction, the first metro line in the Italian city of Brescia was inaugurated on March 2 by the president of the region of Lombardy Mr Roberto Maroni.
CHINA's Export – Import Bank has signed a $US 278.2m loan agreement with the Sri Lankan government to finance the 115km extension of Sri Lanka Railways' Colombo – Galle – Matara line along the island's south coast to Kataragama.
PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded a contract worth around €11m to Soitec and a consortium of Philips and French partner Step to install LED lighting at stations across the city's metro and RER networks.
SERBIAN Railways (ŽS) signed a contract with Stadler on March 4 for a fleet of 21 four-car Flirt emus, which will be used on suburban services in the Belgrade area.
ŠKODA Transportation has been awarded a contract worth around €104.7m to supply 60 low-floor LRVs to the Turkish city of Konya, beating off bids from Astra Arad, Bombardier, CAF, CNR Tangshan, and Pesa.