CAIRO added a third line to its metro network on February 21, with the opening of the initial 4.3km five-station section of Line 3 between Abbasiya and an interchange with Line 2 at Attaba.
Hyundai Rotem has awarded Thales a contract to supply communications-based train control (CBTC) on the 12km extension of the Sin Bundang metro line from Jeongia to Gwanggyo.
CSR has been awarded a contract to supply 23 five-car trains for Metro Line 2.
Bombardier Transportation Australia has awarded Balfour Beatty Rail a $A 14m ($US 14.6m) contract to provide the overhead catenary system for the first 13km phase of the Gold Coast LRT.
TRAFFIC on the Betuweroute, the dedicated freight line from Rotterdam to the German border near Emmerich, increased by 30% in 2011 to 23,000 trains.
The first 4.1MW diesel freight locomotive jointly designed by Indian Railways' Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, EMD, and India's Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) will be completed soon.
KiwiRail is increasing capacity on the North Island between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga, the country's second busiest container port.
Plans to invest $US 2.33bn in 167 new metro trains are likely to be abandoned because the abolition of the city's car ownership tax has caused a funding shortfall.
Track doubling of the 90km section between Lodhran and Khanewal has been completed at a cost of Rs 3.3bn ($US 36.3m).
THE Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed a Yen 18bn ($US 223m) loan agreement with the Uzbek government to fund the electrification of the 325km line from Karshi to Baysun and Termez in the south of the country.