THE six best and final bids were submitted to Israel Railways on September 28 for a contract to supply a fleet of 60 double-deck EMUs totalling 330 cars.
ANGEL Trains announced on September 30 that it has concluded a contract with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to finance a £900m order for Bombardier EMUs, which are being procured as part of Abellio’s successful bid for Britain’s East Anglia franchise.
CANADA’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has agreed to provide Angola with a $US 429.5m loan to finance the purchase of 100 locomotives from General Electric (GE), according to an authorisation granted by presidential order.
BRITISH design agency PriestmanGoode has unveiled two train seating concepts which seek to maximise capacity and comfort for passengers on services which frequently suffer from overcrowding.
MITSUBISHI Electric announced on September 28 that it has been awarded a contract by CRRC Qingdao Sifang to supply electrical equipment for 93 eight-car trains being built by the Chinese supplier for MTR Corporation, Hong Kong.
KNORR-BREMSE announced on September 28 that it plans to buy out its partner in its ICER Rail joint venture to expand its presence in the train braking friction materials market.
GE Transportation CEO Mrs Jamie Miller joined Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure Mr Volodymyr Omelyan and Ukrainian Railways (UZ) board member for operations Mr Ireneusz Wasilewski at Kiev Passazhyrsky station on September 28 for a demonstration of a GE T33A diesel locomotive.
STADLER Pankow has awarded Faiveley Transport a contract to supply heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems for the next-generation Berlin S-Bahn trains ordered by DB Regio subsidiary S-Bahn Berlin in December 2015.
HITACHI Rail Europe confirmed on September 28 that it has submitted a joint bid with Bombardier for the contract to supply up to 3300 metro cars in London Underground’s New Tube for London Programme.
PRESIDENT François Hollande of France has intervened in a bid to prevent Alstom from closing its Belfort locomotive and TGV power car manufacturing plant.
