IRJ Staff

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) is to order 507 new diesel and electric locomotives in 2016 at a cost of Roubles 69.2bn ($US 897m).

INDONESIAN Transport Minister Mr Ignasius Jonan says the country will purchase up to 400 locomotives from General Electric or Electro-Motive Diesel as part of its rail expansion plans.

BOMBARDIER Transportation is to supply French National Railways (SNCF) with four additional eight-car Regio 2N double-deck EMUs in a deal worth €34m.

THE conglomerate building Manila's overhead Metro Rail Transit Line 7 has secured funding for its construction. Conglomerate San Miguel says its subsidiary Universal LRT, which holds the concession for the 23km route, has now "fully complied" with the financial closure requirements of the concession agreement.

ALSTOM and Russia’s largest rolling stock manufacturer, Transmashholding (TMH) have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at developing new products in the Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States markets.