VIENNESE public transport operator Wiener Linien has awarded Siemens a contract worth more than €40m to resignal the 17km U-Bahn Line 4 from Hütteldorf to Heiligenstadt.

VIENNESE public transport operator Wiener Linien has confirmed it will launch a new tender for between 120 and 150 low-floor LRVs, instead of exercising an option for additional Ultra Low-Floor (ULF) vehicles from Siemens.

WIENER Linien, which operates urban rail services in the Austrian capital, inaugurated a 4.2km extension to Line U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn on October 5.

Social media has taken the world by storm in the past few years, but how can operators use the various platforms to their advantage? Kevin Smith reports from a UITP social media workshop held in Mechelen, Belgium, on the latest approaches.