IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: GERMAN Rail (DB) and MTU are displaying a hybrid variant of the Siemens Class 642 dmu at the InnoTrans outside track area which is described by DB as its first converted hybrid rail vehicle for public operations.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) today announced it has entered exclusive negotiations with PSA Peugeot/Citroen to acquire 75% of the shares in the carmaker's logistics subsidiary Gefco.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: GERMAN Rail (DB) has concluded two framework agreements with Pesa, Poland, for the supply of up to 470 Link regional dmus.
INDIAN Railways has announced it will invite bids in March 2013 for PPP contracts to establish electric and diesel locomotive production facilities at Madhepura and Marhoura in the state of Bihar.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: SIEMENS Inspiro metro train has made its public debut at InnoTrans, where vehicles from the first train for Warsaw Metro are on display.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Bombardier has reached agreement with EMD to assemble diesel-electric locomotives at its facility in Savli, India for export to southeast Asia.
THE Slovenian Transport Ministry has signed a €40m contract with Thales to install ETCS Level 1 on the 350km Slovenian section of Corridor D from the Hungarian border near Hodoš to Lubljana, Koper, and the Italian border.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: HITACHI today announced it has selected MTU as its preferred supplier for the contract to supply and maintain 250 700kW diesel powerpacks for Britain's Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: MAN has unveiled two new-generation diesel engines for locomotives and dmus at InnoTrans.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Kazakstan Railways (KTZ) signed a contract today at InnoTrans with GE Transportation to produce a passenger version of GE's Evolution series locomotive at the Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty(LKZ) assembly plant in Astana. LKZ is a subsidiary of KTZ.