PKP Intercity, Poland’s national long-distance passenger operator, has launched a tender for the supply and maintenance of 20 160km/h electric locomotives with an option for an additional 10 units.
SIEMENS presented the first prototype Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) EMU at its Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre on July 12, where testing will now begin.
THE Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen, in association with Germany’s Lower Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG), have awarded 15-year concessions worth €1.6bn to operate regional passenger services to Arriva Nederland, the incumbent operator.
THE last of 706 Vivalto double-deck coaches being built for Trenitalia under a framework contract awarded in 2010 to the former AnsaldoBreda left the Hitachi Rail Italy factory in Reggio Calabria on July 11.
FRANKFURT Transport (VGF) has issued a call for tender by July 20 for the first round of a two-stage tender for a fleet of 38 LRVs with an option for an additional 15 vehicles.
EUROPEAN rolling stock leasing company Alpha Trains has taken delivery of six Euro 4000 diesel-electric locomotives from Stadler’s Valencia plant for operation on cross-border freight services between Spain and Portugal.
WROCLAW Municipal Transport (MPK) has issued a call for tender for 40 bidirectional LRVs with a closing date for bids of July 3.
WARSAW Metro has issued a call for tender for the supply of 37 six-car trains for operation on lines 1 and 2. Closing date for bids is September 27.
STADLER presented the first of 29 Giruno 250km/h electric trains to Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) at a ceremony in Bussnang on May 18 attended by the president of the Swiss Confederation, Ms Doris Leuthard, and the CEO of SBB Mr Andreas Meyer.
ITALY’s national operator Trenitalia has launched a tender for a €1.6bn framework contract to supply up to 135 diesel-electric passenger trains and to maintain them for 15 years.