THE first locomotive produced by First Locomotive Company, the joint venture of Zavod Metallokonstrukcii and Bombardier, was unveiled at a ceremony held at the joint venture's Engels plant in Saratov region, Russia, on August 19.
BERN Solothurn Regional Transport (RBS), which operates a 54km metre-gauge network of suburban lines radiating from the Swiss capital Bern, has invited bids for a fleet of 14 EMUs for S-Bahn Line 7.
THE first of 10 Alstom Régiolis trains for the French region of Upper Normandy was officially presented to regional president Mr Nicholas Mayer Rossignol by SNCF Mobility regional director Mr Jean-Philippe Dupont and Mr Jean Williamson, director of Alstom's Reichshoffen plant, at Sotteville depot near Rouen on August 18.
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains announced on August 18 that two of its existing shareholders, Australian pension fund AMP Capital Investors and PSP Investments, Canada, have acquired the entire stake previously held by Arcus European Infrastructure Fund.
MPK Wroclaw's new fleet of Pesa Twist low-floor LRVs entered passenger service in the Polish city on August 14, when the first three vehicles were introduced on Line 3.
CROATIAN wagon manufacturer Duro Daković has been awarded a Kuna 80m ($US 11.8m) contract by French rolling stock leasing company Atir Rail to supply a batch of type Zacns bogie tank wagons.
THE mayor of Mülheim, Germany, Ms Dagmar Mühlenfeld, named the first of 15 Bombardier Flexity City LRVs Mülheim an der Ruhr at a ceremony on August 14 attended by the CEO of Mülheim Transport (MVG) Mr Wolfgang Michels.
CZECH railfreight operator CD Cargo announced on August 14 it is launching a tender worth an estimated Koruna 550m ($US 22.7m) for a contract to supply five ETCS Level 2-equipped multi-system electric locomotives, with an option for three additional units.
The first of three six-axle type 774.7F locomotives being supplied by CZ Loko, Czech Republic, to Finnish open-access operator Fennia Rail was delivered to the Velim test track in the Czech Republic for testing in late July.
NEW ZEALAND's prime minister Mr John Key attended a ceremony at Auckland Transport's Wiri depot on August 13 to mark the delivery of the last of 57 AM class EMUs from CAF.
