THE mayor of Moscow Mr Sergei Sobyanin has revealed plans to build 250km of metro lines during the next few years in the Russian capital, and for the first time, most of them will be constructed above ground.
SIX CEOs from some of Europe's leading capital city public transport operators gathered in Rome today and signed a declaration calling for European governments to invest in public transport as a means of kick starting the European economy.
RUSSIA's anti-trust watchdog has ordered the city of Moscow to stop taking bids for a $US 300m contract to supply 120 LRVs and to re-tender.
BOMBARDIER has today signed cooperation agreements with Russian rolling stock supplier Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) to jointly develop and market metro and light rail vehicles for customers in Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe.
DOMODEDOVO Trans Development (DTD) has revealed ambitious plans for a 214km light rail network that will link Moscow's expanding southern outer suburbs, and connect Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports.