RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) has selected Stadler Pankow as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 41 EMUs for S-Bahn and regional services in North Rhine Westphalia.
SPORVEIEN Oslo, which operates the light rail and metro network in the Norwegian capital, invites companies to prequalify by May 2 for a contract to supply a fleet of low-floor LRVs.
JAPANESE private railway operator Keio Corporation has awarded Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) a contract worth around Yen 10bn ($US 89.6m) to supply five 10-car 5000 series EMUs for use on its 85km network, which links Tokyo's Shinjuku station with the capital's western suburbs.
HITACHI Rail USA officially opened its new 13,000m2 rail vehicle assembly plant at Medley, Florida, on March 16, when the mayor of Miami-Dade County Mr Carlos Gimenez inaugurated the facility with the unveiling of a full-size mock up of the new metro train for Miami Metrorail.
JAPAN's Seibu Railway has awarded Hitachi a contract to supply seven eight-car EMUs for limited express services on its 1067mm-gauge network to the northwest of Tokyo.
GYÖR-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) is planning to acquire 26 surplus inter-city coaches from Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) for use on Sopron - Budapest services in a deal worth Forints 3.1bn ($US 11.1m).
Funding and soft loans from European Union facilities and affiliated organisations promise to deliver long-awaited Eastern European rail infrastructure improvements over the next decade or so. Artur Perchel, manager, Central Eastern Europe & Israel at the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), assesses the impact.
Rolling stock using Saudi Arabia's North-South Railway has suffered from severe wheel-wear issues since the line opened in 2011. Success in overcoming this problem provides lessons for the design of future desert heavy-haul networks as Thomas Hewitt, project manager rolling stock at Canarail, explains.
BUSAN Transportation Corporation has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 52.8 trillion ($US 442.1m) contract to supply 40 new metro trains for use on Metro Line 1.
METROPOLITAN EAD, which operates the two-line metro in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, has awarded Siemens and Newag, Poland, a €140m contract to supply trains and signalling for the first phase of the new Line 3, which is due to open in 2019.
