SHAREHOLDERS of Australia's largest railfreight operator QR National have voted by an overwhelming majority of 99.24% to change the name of the company to Aurizon Holdings Limited at the company's annual general meeting on November 21.
ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRL) has appointed a new CEO and launched a three-year programme of reforms and rehabilitation with the aim of reversing the decline of one of southern Africa's largest railways.
HUNGARIAN State Railways passenger unit MÁV Start and Györ Sopron Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) issued a joint invitation to tender on November 20 for a contract to supply 48 25kV ac emus.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has appointed Siemens to equip 230 rail vehicles operated by SBB Passenger, SBB Cargo, RegionAlps, Ferrovienord and SBB Infrastructure with onboard ETCS equipment.
THE long-awaited launch on December 9 of Fyra high-speed services between Amsterdam and Brussels using AnsaldoBreda V250 trains may be delayed.
A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony was held in Sofia on November 21 to mark the start of construction on the eastern extension of metro Line 1 from Tsarigradsko Shose to Sofia Airport Terminal 2.
PASSENGER Rail Authority of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded engineering company Gibb a Rand 63m ($US 7m) four-year contract to provide technical support and supervision services for the Durban area resignalling project.
ROTTERDAM Electric Tram (RET) has sold 44 redundant type T metro sets built by Düwag in 1980-84 to the Turkish city of Bursa, where they will be used on the growing Bursaray light metro network.
BRITISH leasing company Eversholt Rail Group has completed a prototype installation of a Brecknell-Willis Duplex pantograph on one of its 225km/h class 91 locomotives in a project which aims to improve the reliability of the fleet of 31 locomotives used by long-distance passenger operator East Coast.
BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) is to cut 193 services when the 2013 timetable year starts on December 9, a move being implemented as part of the operator's financial recovery plan.