THE president-director of mining company PT Tambang Batu Bara Bukit Asam (PTBA) says he has been informed by the Indonesian government that the legal problems which have delayed construction of the 300km railway since 2005 will be settled this year.
PRESIDENT Cristina Fernández of Argentina has appointed Mr Alejandro Ramos as federal transport secretary to replace Mr Juan Pablo Schiavi who resigned following unpopular remarks about a fatal train accident on February 22 in which 50 people died and more than 700 were injured.
The service between the Buenos Aires suburb of Pilar and Paso de Los Toros in Uruguay has been cut back, less than six months after it was launched.
The Sube contactless smart card was due to be introduced last month on all commuter rail, metro and bus routes in the metropolitan area.
THE first of 28 Kiss double-deck emus for Swiss operator BLS was unveiled today in Erlen by Mr Peter Spuhler owner of Stadler and Mr Bernard Guillelmon, CEO of BLS. The first train is due to enter service on the Bern S-Bahn in December and delivery of the SFr 494m ($US 552m) contract will be completed in late 2014.