INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a contract to build, finance, operate and maintain the Hurontario LRT project in Mississaugua, Canada.
VTG announced on October 13 that Morgan Stanley Infrastructure has acquired 29% of VTG’s share capital, becoming the company’s largest shareholder.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced on October 13 that it will expand its Metrolink network after plans for a new £350m tram line through Trafford Park were given the given the green light.
ASTRA Rail Management and The Greenbrier Companies, United States, announced plans on October 13 to form a new company, Greenbrier-Astra Rail, creating a Europe-based freight wagon manufacturing, engineering, and repair business.
THE University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research (IRR) is working with Siemens to develop a sensor system which could turn any rail vehicle into a track monitor to inspect the condition of rails and the track bed.
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on October 3 that it is lending €50m to the Republic of Moldova to finance the modernisation of its railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
A TOTAL of 6.1 million passengers were carried during the first month of operation on the Moscow central ring railway.
JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) signed an agreement with the government of Thailand on September 30 for the loan of up to Yen 166.9bn ($US 1.6bn) for the construction of the metre-gauge Red Line in Bangkok.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and German Railways (DB) presented their respective overnight train concepts for Germany on October 7, which will come into effect at the timetable change on December 11.
THE 4.5km extension of São Paulo’s suburban Line 9, which will connect the district of Grajaú to the Varginha tunnel, has been further delayed until 2018 after Sao Paulo commuter rail operator CPTM ceased contracts with the two consortiums responsible for building the extension.
