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LOWER Saxony's regional public transport authority LNVG has announced a tender for express and regional services covering the north, central and southern regions of the German state in the Official Journal of the European Union.

ABELLIO's German subsidiary Abellio Rail NRW has published a tender request in the Official Journal of the European Union for new EMUs for regional services.

THE status of National Express as preferred bidder for two contracts to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn network appears to be in doubt after Southern Bavaria's procuremnt office (VBS) ruled on April 27 that the Bavarian Railway Authority (BEG) must exclude the company from the tendering process.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has intervened in the management of its subsidiaries Qbuzz and Abellio after uncovering what it describes as "serious irregularities" during an internal compliance investigation into tendering for a major regional rail and bus concession in the Dutch province of Limburg.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has finalised a €280m contract with Stadler for the supply of 58 160km/h Flirt EMUs.

THE prime minister of the Czech Republic Mr Bohuslav Sobotka and the mayor of Prague Mrs Adriana Krnáčová officially opened the latest addition to Prague's metro network on April 6, when they took an inaugural trip on the 6.1km western extension of Line A from Dejvická to Nemocnice Motol.

DUTCH Minister of Finance, Mr Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has informed the Dutch Parliament that Netherlands Railways (NS) will stop ordering trains through its Irish leasing subsidiary NS Financial Services Company which will be wound down.

THE regional public transport authority of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, has awarded a 15-year regional passenger services operations contract worth Koruna 2.25bn ($US 87m) to GW Train Regio (GWTR).

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has awarded Dutch telecommunications provider KPN a contract to supply, install and maintain 1400 GSM-R cab radios for its fleet of locomotives, multiple units and driving trailers.