ISRAEL Railways (IR) has issued an invitation to prequalify for a design-build contract for the trackside element of the first stage of its national ERTMS rollout.
ISRAEL Railways (IR) announced on December 6 that it has selected Sociedad Española de Montajes Industriales (Semi), Spain, as preferred bidder for a design-build-maintain contract for the country's electrification programme.
THE tendering committee of Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA) selected CRRC Corporation subsidiary Changchun Railway Vehicles as preferred bidder on November 26 for a contract to supply and maintain 90 LRVs for city's light rail Red Line, with an option for 30 additional vehicles.
BOMBARDIER confirmed on October 20 that it has signed a Shekels 1bn ($US 262m) contract with Israel Railways (IR) to supply 62 four-axle Traxx ac electric locomotives with an option for 32 additional units.
A milestone was reached in the construction of Israel's 70km Ashkelon-Beer-Sheva line at the beginning of August when the signalling system was activated making the line operational.
ISRAEL Railways (IR) has taken delivery of the first two units from an order for six NGT26CW diesel-electric locomotives, ordered from National Railway Equipment (NRE), United States, and assembled by TZV Gredelj, Croatia.
THE tendering committee of Israel Railways (IR) has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 62 electric locomotives as part of a project to electrify 420km of the national network.
MAJOR construction works were launched on Tel Aviv's first light rail line on August 3 with the start of excavation at the junction of Allenby Street and Yehuda Halevi Street.
ISRAEL's transport minister Mr Israel Katz has approved the appointment of Mr Kathriel Moriya as the first general manager of Israel Railways' new subsidiary Rail Cargo.
CONSTRUCTION of Israel's Acre - Carmiel line has reached a key milestone with the start of tracklaying on the 23km route.
