THE municipal government of Sorocaba, Brazil, issued a public call for proposals on August 7 seeking companies interested in conducting preliminary reports for the implementation, operation and maintenance of a light rail line in the city.
FOLLOWING the launch of Britain’s first battery-powered trams in the West Midlands in April, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is tendering for 18 new LRVs, with the option to purchase a further 32 in future part of extensions to the tram network at the heart of a £3.4bn investment in the region’s transport network over the next decade.
SIEMENS and Berlin U-Bahn operator BVG have announced they have agreed to resolve a legal dispute over the procurement of new U-Bahn EMUs.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation, on behalf of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, has issued a call for tender for the supply of 378 standard-gauge metro cars for the Mumbai Metro Rail Investment Project.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) CEO Mr Roger van Boxtel says NS will once again bid for Dutch regional concessions following improvements in performance and a successful period of “cleaning up” following the Fyra fiasco and Limburg tender irregularities.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has issued a tender for the provision of new locomotive-operated push-pull single-deck inter-city trains. The trains will be bought by DB using its own resources; no EU funding is involved.
THE City of Istanbul has issued a tender for 50 new four-car metro trains for Istanbul Metro.