Dan Templeton

GE Transportation has unveiled the final design for the 700 3.36MW and 300 4.47MW locomotives it is delivering to Indian Railways (IR).

BRITAIN’s Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has confirmed that Chiltern Railways will participate in a three-month testing programme of an alternative hybrid traction system as part of the powertrain competition, which is funded by RSSB and led by Artemis Intelligent Power (AIP).

BRIGHTLINE, Florida’s new private passenger operator has confirmed that it will begin introductory express services in late July between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

UNIPART Rail, Britain, and Arabian Railway Company (ARC) announced on March 12 that they will form a joint venture to deliver projects, supply chain services and consultancy in Saudi Arabia.

KOREAN national operator Korail tested a 580m, 40-wagon freight train on March 8 between Obong station in Gyeonggi Province and Busanshinhang station in Busan.

A cornerstone was laid in Dortmund-Eving, Germany, on March 7 to mark the start of construction on Siemens’ €80m service and maintenance depot for Rhine-Ruhr-Express (RRX).

MUMBAI Metro Rail (MMR), India, plans to purchase driverless trains to operate on Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.

ZÜRICH Public Transport (VBZ) signed a contract with Bombardier for the delivery of 70 seven-section Flexity low floor LRVs on March 2, with an option for another 70 vehicles.

FRENCH rail solutions company CIM has acquired rail depot equipment specialist Mechan, Britain, for an undisclosed fee.

BOMBARDIER announced on March 2 that it has signed a five-year framework agreement to supply its EBI Cab 2000 automatic train protection solution to Polish rolling stock supplier Pesa for new vehicles for the Polish market.