ALSTOM announced on February 6 that it has been awarded a €17m contract by Shanghai Shentong to supply traction systems, static inverters (SIV) and train control monitoring systems (TCMS) for four new metro cars, which will operate on Shanghai metro line 2.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on February 8 that it will allocate Roubles 1.9bn ($US 32.1m) towards an ongoing project to reconstruct the Trubnaya - Verkhniy Baskunchak - Aksaraiskaya line in southern Russia.
TANZANIA’s government has awarded a contract for the construction of 205km of Tanzania’s proposed standard gauge railway to Yapi Merkez Insaat Ve Sanayi (YMIVS), Turkey, and Mota-Engil, Portugal.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) announced on February 7 that although the London Overground line between Gospel Oak and Barking will reopen to passengers on February 27, the installation of all of the overhead wires has not been completed on time and more work is required.
CAF announced on February 6 that it has been awarded a contract by Paris Transport Authority (RATP) for the design and manufacturing of dual-mode electric locomotives.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) began operating the first of 34 Alstom Coradia Liner V160 trains on February 6.
THE Société du Grand Paris has awarded a €968m civil engineering contract on Line 15 South to a consortium consisting of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Soletanche Bachy France, Soletanche Bachy Tunnels, Bessac and Sade.
DIRECT Rail Services (DRS) announced on February 3 that it has received the first of 10 class 88 locomotives from Stadler Rail at its Kingmoor Depot in Carlisle, Britain.
ITALIAN contractor Salini Impregilo announced on February 3 that it has completed tunnel excavation work on Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro project.
ROMANIAN infrastructure manager CFR Infrastructure announced on February 3 that the European Commission (EC) has agreed to continue funding the rehabilitation of the Coşlariu - Simeria and Sighisoara - Coşlariu sections of the Braşov - Simeria line, which is part of the Pan-European Corridor.
