THE board of Californian commuter rail operator Caltrain has approved contracts with a total value of $US 1.25bn for the electrification of the San Francisco - San Jose line, together with a new fleet of electric trains for the 82km route.
Over 700 employees attended a ceremony to mark the rollout of the 1000th locomotive from GE Manufacturing Solutions' plant in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 7, three-and-a-half years after the start of production at the facility.
SINGAPORE metro operator SMRT is shipping 26 of its 35 new C151A trains back to Chinese manufacturer CRRC Sifang for rectification after structural defects were discovered on the six-car sets.
THE first of 10 Kiss 2 double-deck inter-city EMUs ordered by Austrian open-access operator Westbahn in May 2015 was presented to the company's CEO Mr Erich Forster at Stadler's plant in Altenrhein, Switzerland, on July 6.
BERLIN Transport (BVG) has exercised an option worth around €140m with Stadler Pankow for 27 additional type IK small-profileU-Bahn trains, taking the total number of trains on order to 38.
Momentum appears to be building for the establishment of a tri-national S-Bahn centred on Basle, Switzerland. However, as Anitra Green reports, the project still needs to overcome several hurdles.
AUSTRALIAN locomotive manufacturer and maintenance provider UGL has announced it will supply three 1067mm-gauge PH37 PowerHaul locomotives to Pacific National (PN), the first order for the type from an Australian customer.
SCOTLAND's transport minister Mr Humza Yousaf was shown mock-ups of new sleeping cars at a warehouse near Edinburgh on June 30 by Mr Peter Strachan, managing director of Caledonian Sleeper.
EUROPEAN locomotive leasing company Akiem has secured a €125m loan from HSH Nordbank, Germany, which is participating as a mandated lead arranger in providing refinancing for Akiem.
BRITAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Patrick McLoughlin launched Great Western Railway's (GWR) new fleet of Hitachi class 800 inter-city trains on June 30 with an inaugural trip on a bi-mode set from Reading to London Paddington.
