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PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF has designed what it claims to be the world's first recycled plastic railway bridges, which have been supplied to the US Army for the Fort Eustis Military Railway in Virginia.

KIWIRAIL will receive a $NZ 750 million ($US 507 million) cash injection from the New Zealand government over the next three years as part of a 10-year strategy to turn the national railway operator into a viable business. A further $NZ 3.85 billion has been earmarked but KiwiRail will be expected to fund this internally from future profits.

THE first trains for a high-density metro line in the holy city of Mecca have been shipped to the Saudi port of Jeddah by manufacturer CNR Changchun, China. The first two 12-car trains were delivered just 12 months after the contract was awarded by the Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs. The remaining 15 trains will be delivered by November.

NEW ZEALAND'S state-owned railway KiwiRail has today invited expressions of interest for the procurement of a new fleet of 38 emus for the Auckland suburban network.

Bombardier has secured a Zlotys 54 million ($US 16.4 million) contract with Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK to install ERTMS Level 2 on a section of the E30 mainline between Legnica and Bielawa Dolna.

THE CUBAN government has announced plans to repair its entire national railway network as well as acquire new equipment. Vice-president Mr Antonio Enrique Lusson, an 80-year-old veteran of the 1959 Cuban revolution, outlined the government's strategy during a re-inauguration ceremony of a railway bridge in the province of Guantanamo.

NORTHERN Rail, Britain, will extend its franchise by a further two years after beating performance targets set for its 2550 train services in the north of England, the Department of Transport has confirmed. Under the new contract, Northern will continue to operate its services until September 15 2013.

BOMBARDIER has come out on top in the bidding to secure Swiss Federal Railways' (SBB) largest ever rolling stock order.

STOCKHOLM's public transport authority, SL, has placed a Euros 102 million order with Alstom for 12 Coradia Nordic emus for the Stockholm - Uppsala line.

AMEY and Bechtel have sold their shared stake in Tube Lines to Transport for London (TfL), ending the final public private partnership (PPP) rail project in the British capital. The £310 million sale is expected to be completed by the end of June, subject to consent of lenders and certain operational matters.