METRANS, the open-access railfreight subsidiary of Hamburg Ports and Logistics (HHLA), has awarded Alstom a contract to supply two Prima H3 hybrid shunting locomotives.
AT the end of December German Rail (DB) announced the outcome of months of strategic review, assisted by consulting firm McKinsey, confirming a programme of measures to tackle the company's worsening financial performance.
A prototype low-floor tram developed by Pragoimex, Czech Republic, began trial operation with passengers on the Prague tram network on February 1, when the vehicle entered service with the city's public transport operator DPP.
A full-size interior mock-up of the forthcoming Hitachi class 385 EMU for ScotRail was unveiled at Edinburgh Waverley station on February 10 by Scotland's minister for transport and islands Mr Derek Mackay, ScotRail managing director Mr Phil Verster, and Hitachi Rail Europe managing director Mrs Karen Boswell.
METRO do Porto, which operates the 67km light rail network in Porto, Portugal, has awarded a €10.5m contract to Railway Equipment Maintenance Company (EMEF) to overhaul part of its fleet of Bombardier Eurotram LRVs.
BELARUS Railways (BC) has awarded Pesa, Poland, a contract to supply four additional class DP3 three-car DMUs with an option for a further four trains.
BOMBARDIER has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bozankaya, a Turkish LRV car body manufacturer, to bid for Turkish State Railways' (TCDD) forthcoming tender for 80 high-speed trains, which is expected to be published shortly.
KNORR-Bremse has purchased the rail transport portion of brake pad manufacturer TMD Friction from Hisshinbo Holdings, Japan, to expand its friction materials expertise.
THE first of 52 Azur metro trains being supplied to Montreal Transport (STM) by Alstom and Bombardier entered passenger service on the Orange Line of the Montreal metro on February 7, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the metro.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced delays to the introduction of further new IC2 double-deck trains being supplied by Bombardier following problems with the vehicles swaying from side-to-side at speed on some lines on which they have already been deployed.
