FOLLOWING a public tender, Hungary's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded a Forints 11.4bn ($US 51.3m) contract to electrify the 87km Mosonszolnok – Porpác line in western Hungary, which will enable the operation of electric services between Hegyeshalom and Szombathely.

DURING a Parliamentary meeting on railways, Dutch secretary of state for infrastructure, Mrs. Wilma Mansveld announced that the government is willing to provide funds for the electrification of the Maas Line from Nijmegen to Roermond via Venlo.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has shortlisted five of the eight pre-qualified suppliers for Denmark's national electrification programme, with the winning bidder set to be announced in late spring 2015.

GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has taken delivery of the first of four class 711/2 catenary inspection vehicles from Robel.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has become the sixth European railway infrastructure manager to join the European partnership for railway energy settlement (Eress), a non-profit group which has been set up to implement accurate metering and billing of traction energy consumption.

LATVIAN Railways (LDZ) has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to carry out conceptual design and development work for its national electrification programme.

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded six regional framework contracts to four suppliers as part of a £2bn electrification programme covering more than 3200 route-km over the next seven years.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has completed a SFr 37m ($US 40.8m) project to roll out two new traction energy management systems across its 3087km electrified network.

SOUTHEASTERN Pennsylvania Transit Authority (Septa) has awarded ABB a contract to supply a second Enviline energy storage and recovery system for Philadelphia's Market – Frankford line.

SWEDISH transport authority Trafikverket has selected Nexans as its primary supplier of railway infrastructure cables in a €16m, two-year framework contract which could be extended for another two years from 2016.