Keith Fender

Railroad Development Corporation, United States, is continuing to increase its footprint in the European market. RDC chairman, Henry Posner III, outlines the company's recent experiences to Keith Fender.

SWISS Southeast Railway (SOB) has awarded a SFr 170m ($US 175m) contract to Stadler to supply Flirt EMUs for operation on its scenic Voralpen Express route from St Gallen to Lucerne from December 2019.

GERMANY's Altona-Kaltenkirchen-Neumünster Railway (AKN) has received a 10-year direct award contract from the city of Hamburg and state of Schleswig-Holstein for operation of passenger services on its 117km core network.

EUROSTAR confirmed at the launch of its Community and Environment Programme in London on April 25 that it intends to launch London - Amsterdam services at the end of next year, and is also looking to take advantage of the opening of new high-speed lines in France to expand its network.

GERMAN private operator BahnTouristikExpress (BTE) will introduce car-carrying overnight services from Hamburg to Lörrach in December 2016.

THE first of eight Vossloh electro-diesel Citylink tram-trains ordered by Mid-Saxony transport authority VMS entered service in the Chemnitz area on April 4. Initially the vehicles are only operating on DB Network infrastructure as BoStrab certification for use on the CVAG-owned Chemnitz city tram network has not yet been completed.

AKIEM, the locomotive leasing subsidiary created by French National Railways (SNCF) in 2008 has been partly sold to Deutsche Bank-owned investment business Deutsche Asset Management for an undisclosed sum.

POLISH regional operator Łódź Agglomeration Railway (LKA) launched direct open-access weekend services between Poland's second largest city Łódź and the capital Warsaw on March 13.

HEATHROW Express, the operator of direct services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport, has withdrawn its entire fleet of 14 four and five car class 332 EMUs after a structural defect was found on the underside of several cars during routine inspections earlier this week.

THE French government has announced plans to invest in rolling stock for daytime TET services operated under the Corail Intercités brand, with expenditure of up to €1.5bn planned between 2017 and 2025.