LONDON Underground (LU) has awarded a £112.1m contract to Bombardier to refit its fleet of 85 eight-car Central line trains with new ac traction motors and control equipment.

EIGHT Auckland Transport (AT) DMUs together with spare parts are being shipped from New Zealand to Mozambique to operate commuter rail services in Maputo.

LATVIAN Railways (LZD) has agreed a 12-year €22.8m loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) for modernisation of its fleet of 14 2M62UM diesel locomotives.

SWEDISH regional public transport operator Skånetrafiken has awarded Alstom a €135m eight-year contract to maintain its fleet of Alstom Coradia Nordic X61 EMUs.

RAILPOOL has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply 20 Traxx MS locomotives in a deal which will increase the leasing company’s Traxx fleet to 189 units.

KNOXVILLE Locomotive Works (KLW) announced on August 22 that its SE Series of four and six-axle diesel locomotives has gained Tier 4 emissions certification from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

RUSSIA’s Federal Budgetary Organisation (FBO), which is responsible for railway certification, has approved the production of a new design of container flat wagon by TikhvinSpetsMash, a subsidiary of United Wagon Company, Russia.

THE first batch of four trains for the Doha metro network were unloaded at Hamad Port in Qatar on August 20 after completing their 21-day sea voyage from Kobe, Japan.

HUNGARIAN national passenger operator MÁV-Start placed its first order for Stadler Kiss double-deck EMUs on August 18, when CEO Mr András Csépke and Stadler Bussnang country director for Hungary Mr Zoltán Dunai signed a Forints 60.5bn ($US 234m) contract for 11 trains.

WARSAW Tramways announced on August 11 that it has abandoned a tender for a contract to supply up to 213 LRVs because the offer submitted by the highest-scoring bidder exceeds the available budget.