FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has selected a consortium of Alstom-Bombardier to renew trains on lines D and E of the Paris RER network.
SIEMENS announced on January 4 that it will provide traction power supply equipment for the first 9km section of metro Line 1 in Lima.
CHINA Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has successfully delivered the first six Df8B freight locomotives which will operate on the new standard-gauge railway in between Mombasa, and Nairobi, Kenya.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on January 10 that Sapsan high-speed trains carried 4.8 million passengers in 2016, 37.4% more than in 2015.
CZECH REPUBLIC’s Railway Infrastructure Administration (SẐDC) announced on January 9 that it will invest Koruna 600m ($US 23.5m) in repairing stations in 2017.
ALSTOM announced on January 9 that it has been awarded a contract by Mexican railway operator Ferromex to provide maintenance for 219 locomotives for five years.
AFRICAN energy and infrastructure company Qalaa Holdings confirmed on January 5 that it has begun preliminary discussions to sell its 73.76% stake in Rift Valley Railways (RVR), which has a concession to operate the metre-gauge railway in Kenya and Uganda.
SPANISH infrastructure group FCC Construction announced on January 6 that it has completed the boring of the Bolaños tunnels on the Madrid - Galicia high-speed line.
SWITZERLAND’s Matterhorn Gotthard Railway (MGB) signed a contract with Stadler on January 6 for the delivery of seven metre-gauge locomotives comprising two electric shunting locomotives, a diesel-electric shunting locomotive and four diesel-electric locomotives for use in infrastructure works.
BOMBARDIER announced on December 29 that the first of 14 driverless Innovia Metro 300 trains ordered by Prasarana to expand the fleets on the Kelana Jaya Line on the Kuala Lumpur light metro network had entered service.
