THE last of 83 Hyundai Rotem FP class Matangi EMUs entered service on Wellington’s Metlink commuter rail network at the end of September, marking the completion of a $NZ 430m ($US 313m) project to modernise the rolling stock fleet in New Zealand’s second-largest city.

GREATER Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has confirmed the appointment of Transdev Wellington as the new operator of the Metlink suburban network in New Zealand's second-largest city.

GREATER Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) announced on December 17 that it has selected Transdev Australasia in a partnership with Hyundai Rotem as preferred bidder for a contract to operate the Metlink suburban network in New Zealand's second-largest city.

GREATER Wellington Regional Council has finalised the short-list for its new suburban railway contract, which covers operations on the three primary north-south corridors into the city centre, and is based on a new performance-based partnering contract model.

GREATER Wellington Regional Council has sold 34 redundant class EM emus built by Ganz-Mavag, Hungary, in 1982, to an unnamed buyer in South Africa, which will refurbish the trains for re-use in Africa.

GREATER Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is to order an additional 35 FP class Matangi two-car emus from Hyundai-Rotem for Metlink suburban services, instead of refurbishing the fleet of 44 EM class emus built by Ganz Mavag, Hungary, in 1982.