THE first refurbished Netherlands Railways (NS) VIRM double-deck EMU was unveiled at Nedtrain’s Haarlem workshops on August 30.
NUREMBERG Transport has awarded a consortium of Iftec, Germany, and Vossloh Kiepe a €5.1m contract to modernise its fleet of 14 GT6N and 26 GT8N trams, which were originally supplied by a consortium of Adtranz and Siemens in 1995-2000.
TRANSLINK Northern Ireland Railways unveiled the first of three eight-car refurbished Enterprise trains, which operate between Belfast and Dublin, at Belfast Central station on November 16.
The need to provide additional capacity while improving reliability and reducing costs has energised the market for rolling stock refurbishment and retractioning in Britain. Keith Barrow considers whether innovative rebuilds of older trains can deliver passenger satisfaction and operational efficiency.
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail has revealed details of the £60m upgrade being carried out by Wabtec on 30 four-car class 321 EMUs currently leased by Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA) for services from London Liverpool Street to Essex and Suffolk.
EUROSTAR has finally completed the refurbishment of the first train from its existing fleet of class 373 trains (dubbed e300 by Eurostar) and the train will re-enter service shortly.
SWISS passenger operator BLS has initiated a three-year, SFr 30.7m ($US 32.6m) programme to upgrade 36 three and four car Nina EMUs, which will extend the service life of the trains for a further 15-20 years.
BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) marked the launch of a €147m project to refurbish its fleet of 44 AM75 EMUs on May 21, when CEO Mr Jo Cornu unveiled the first modernised train at the company's workshops in Mechelen.
The Buenos Aires metro network has been through its fair share of highs and lows in the 100 years since it opened. Enda Murphy looks at how Subte is reaching out to new areas of the city and responding to the challenges of ridership decline and inadequate revenue.