Dan Templeton

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it has been selected by Paris Transport Authority (RATP) to refurbish 31 MI84 trains used on RER B in a contract worth €75m.

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it will supply 10 additional Citadis trams to the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) for €28m as part of a framework agreement signed in November 2014.

VOSSLOH announced on January 31 that it has completed the sale of its Electrical Systems business unit to Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge.

THE Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) board of directors has awarded a $US 1.37bn contract to the joint venture of Tutor Perini and O&G to construct the 4.2km second section of its Purple Line extension project.

ALSTOM announced on January 31 that it has signed a €91m contract with Lyon Transport Authority, Sytral, for the automation of metro lines B and D of the Lyon metro.

ARIZONA’s Valley Metro announced on January 19 that it has selected Stacy and Witbeck to build the first tram line in the city of Tempe, Arizona.

THE Nigerian federal government has approved construction of the Kano - Kaduna standard-gauge line.

THE first Brightline train began testing on January 19 on a 14.5km test track from Park Place in West Palm Beach to Central Boulevard in Lantana.

BOMBARDIER announced on June 20 that it will provide six Traxx MS multi-system electric locomotives to Captrain Germany for cross-border freight transport in Europe, mainly in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.