ALBTAL Transport Company (AVG) has exercised an option with a consortium of Vossloh Kiepe and Stadler Rail Valencia for a further for 25 CityLink NET 2012 tram-trains, which will take its total of these vehicles to 75.

THE first of 30 low-floor LRVs being supplied by Bozankaya, Turkey, for the light rail network in Kayseri was handed over to the mayor of the Turkish city Mr Mustafa Çelik on March 23.

BRITAIN's Rolling Stock Strategy Steering Group, which combines rolling stock leasing companies and the Rail Delivery Group, says the national train fleet could double in size by 2045 to meet increasing passenger demand.

A new Danish rail speed record was set on the night of March 21/22 when a Hector Rail locomotive operating on behalf of infrastructure manager Banedanmark reached 235.8km/h during testing.

ALSTOM handed over the first 16 of 29 Coradia Continental EMUs for the Mid-Saxony Electric Network (EMS) regional concession to representatives of Mid-Saxony Transport Authority (VMS) and Transdev at the company's Salzgitter plant on March 23.

BRITISH open-access passenger operator First Hull Trains has been granted a 10-year extension to its track access agreement from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) which will enable it to continue running its Hull – London King's Cross service until 2029.

DPMK, the public transport operator in the Slovakian city of Košice has exercised an option worth around €19m with Pragoimex, Czech Republic, for 13 additional VarioLFplus trams.

AKIEM, the locomotive leasing subsidiary created by French National Railways (SNCF) in 2008 has been partly sold to Deutsche Bank-owned investment business Deutsche Asset Management for an undisclosed sum.

ISRAEL Railways (IR) published a international tender on March 20 for a contract to supply a fleet of 160km/h double-deck EMUs, and also confirmed it will exercise an option with Bombardier for additional locomotive-hauled double-deck coaches.

CRRC Nanjing is set to supply 19 standard-gauge trains for the 29.7km Noida – Greater Noida metro line under an agreement with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which was signed in the Indian capital on March 17.