BULGARIAN track authority National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) has awarded a consortium of Thales Austria and Kapsch CarrierCom a €35m turnkey contract to install ERTMS on the 133km Sofia – Plovdiv line, which forms part of Trans-European Corridor IV from Dresden and Nuremberg to Istanbul.
LEASING company Alpha Trains has signed a contract worth nearly €250m with Stadler Pankow to supply a fleet of 28 emus for German regional operator WestfalenBahn.
BOMBARDIER began dynamic testing of the Traxx F140 AC LM electro-diesel locomotive at its Henningsdorf facility near Berlin during January.
A CEREMONY was held in Milan on February 5 to mark the inauguration of the initial phase of the city's first driverless metro line.
THE Association of American Railroads (AAR) says the major freight railways in the United States plan to spend an estimated $US 24.5bn in 2013 on motive power, rolling stock and infrastructure improvements.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has announced plans for a £320m project to lengthen trains on the London Overground network from four to five cars with the aim of accommodating rapidly-increasing ridership.
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR), as lead contractor for two other transport authorities, has awarded two 15-year regional concessions in North Rhine Westphalia to a consortium of National Express Rail and IntEgro Transport.
FOLLOWING speculation last year, Pilbara iron-ore miner Fortescue Metal Group (FMG) has confirmed that it is to sell a minority interest in its rail and port assets.
CHICAGO Transit Authority (CTA) has invited bids for a contract to supply the city's next-generation metro trains, which will supplement the 5000 series sets currently being delivered by Bombardier and reduce the average age of the fleet to less than 10 years by 2022.
GERMAN intermodal operator Kombiverkehr is launching a total of 32 new services in the first quarter of this year to meet a significant increase in demand.