Quintus Vosman

AMSTERDAM public transport operator GVB has issued an international tender for a contract to supply 63 low-floor LRVs, which will replace the oldest vehicles in service on the city's 161km tram network.

MORE than nine months after it was selected as preferred bidder, Keolis subsidiary Eurobahn has finally signed a concession agreement with Westphalia-Lippe Local Transport (NWL) to operate the Teutoburger Wald regional network in northwest Germany for 15 years from December 2017.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has reached an agreement with Strukton Rail to acquire its subsidiary NS Spooraansluitingen (NSS), which owns and operates lines between the Dutch national railway network and private sidings.

THE Dutch secretary of state for infrastructure Mrs Wilma Mansveld, who is responsible for railway affairs, informed parliament on June 25 of irregularities by the national infrastructure manager Prorail in the awarding of track maintenance contracts.

AN agreement has been reached between the German state of Saxony and German Rail (DB) regarding a plan to electrify the 103km Dresden – Bautzen - Görlitz - Polish border line, with €3m allocated for initial planning.

THE first InterPanter five-car EMU built by Škoda Transportation was presented to Czech Railways (ČD) at the Velim test circuit on June 25.

THE president of the board of commissioners of Netherlands Railways (NS), Mr Carel van der Driest, has resigned with immediate effect in the wake of the Limburg regional concessioning scandal.

INFORMATION has been released through the Official Journal of the European Union concerning a tender for the operation of nine Hannover S-Bahn services.

MID-SAXONY Transport Authority (VMS) announced on June 9 that it has selected Transdev as preferred bidder for the Mid-Saxony Electric Network regional concession.