KENYA's president, Mr Mwai Kibaki, officially opened a $US 4.7m 2.3km extension of the Nairobi – Embakasi line to Syokimau on November 14, which is said to be the first new station built in Kenya for 80 years.
THE Western Australian government has placed an order for an additional five three-car B-series emus from a consortium of Bombardier and Downer EDI, to strengthen the Perth suburban fleet.
CZECH open-access operator Leo Express began trial operation with passengers on November 13 in the final stage of the certification process for its fleet of five Stadler Flirt emus.
EUROPE's economic crisis continues to have a detrimental impact on rail traffic according to figures gathered by the Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Managers (CER), which reveal year-on-year declines in both passenger numbers and freight volumes during the second quarter of 2012.
TRENSURB, the metro operator in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, has selected FrotaPoa, a consortium of CAF and Alstom, as its preferred bidder for a contract to supply 15 four-car emus.
CROSSRAIL, which is building a £14.8bn, 118km east-west rail link across London, has awarded a contract worth around £50m to a joint venture of Siemens and Invensys Rail to install a communications-based train control (CBTC) system on the busy central section of the line.
AFTER achieving efficiency savings across it operations and revamping its internal loan policy, Russian Railways (RZD) has added Roubles 64bn ($US 2.04bn) to its 2012 investment programme which now totals Roubles 492.2bn.
THE Scottish government is to develop plans for a new 225km/h railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow which could reduce journey times between Scotland's two largest cities to less than 30 minutes within 12 years.
TEL AVIV Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA) issued an invitation to bid on November 8 for a contract to design, supply, commission, and maintain a fleet of 90 LRVs for the city's light rail network, with options for 30 additional vehicles.
FOLLOWING delays caused by a legal dispute, Miami-Dade County Commission has agreed to award a $US 313m contract for 136 metro vehicles to AnsaldoBreda.