HANNOVER transport authority Üstra has exercised an option for 46 additional TW 3000 LRVs from a consortium of Kiepe Electric and Alstom.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has launched a tender for a contract to supply 30 four-car trains for two new metro lines in the city.
THE board of Spanish national train operator Renfe voted on May 31 to approve the acquisition of 15 additional Talgo Avril high-speed trains.
THE first eight broad-gauge Siemens Vectron locomotives for Finnish operator VR Group have been authorised for operation in Finland by the Finnish Transport Safety Agency, Trafi.
SOUTH Korea’s national train operator Korail unveiled a full-size mock-up of a driving vehicle from its forthcoming EMU-250 high-speed train at Yongsan station in Seoul on May 24.
THE Board of Indian Railways (IR) has invited bids for a fleet of freight wagons of eight different types.
SPAIN’s Exni Railway officially opened a factory in Selangor, Malaysia, on May 26 to manufacture rolling stock maintenance equipment, track construction machinery spare parts, and freight wagons.
OSTRAVA Public Transport (DPO) has revealed artist’s impressions of the final design for its new fleet of Stadler Tango LRVs.
ARGENTINA’s minister of transport Mr Guillermo Dietrich visited the port of Buenos Aires on May 24 to witness the delivery of a batch of 156 Chinese-built wagons for Argentinean Trains Cargo.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) is set to order 25 additional Talent 3 EMUs from Bombardier after concluding a new public service obligation contract with the Austrian Transport Ministry and the province of Tyrol for the operation of regional services in the west of the country.
