THE board of Wallonia Regional Transport (SWRT) has shortlisted three bidders for a concession to build and operate the first light rail line in Liège.
THE six best and final bids were submitted to Israel Railways on September 28 for a contract to supply a fleet of 60 double-deck EMUs totalling 330 cars.
ESKISEHIR Light Rail Transportation Company (EsTram) has awarded Škoda Transportation a contract worth around €26m to supply 14 28T ForCity Classic low-floor LRVs, which will be equipped with batteries for catenary-free operation.
ST Petersburg Metro has launched a tender for a contract to supply 27 six-car metro trains for a maximum price of Roubles 13.6bn ($US 208m), with an August 25 deadline for bids.
CHEMNITZ Transport (CVAG) signed a contract with Škoda Transportation on June 14 for 14 standard-gauge ForCity low-floor LRVs, which will replace the German city's ageing fleet of Tatra trams.
ŠKODA Transportation, Czech Republic, is to set up a subsidiary company in the United States with a view to selling light rail vehicles and trains in North America.
ŠKODA Transportation handed over the last of 14 class 660/661 InterPanter EMUs for Czech Railways (ČD) at its Ostrava plant on May 5.
THE first of six Škoda Transportation type 109E electric locomotives ordered by German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio in June 2013 for high-speed regional services in Bavaria has begun dynamic testing at the VUZ Velim test track in the Czech Republic.
RIGA Transport (RS) has awarded Škoda Transportation a €62.6m contract to supply 20 15 T ForCity low-floor LRVs for the Latvian capital's 124km tram network.
CRRC Nanjing Puzhen has awarded Škoda Electric and its Chinese joint venture company Škoda Kingway Electric a contract to supply electrical equipment for a fleet of 18 low-floor LRVs being built for Suzhou Line 2.