TESTING is underway at Alstom's Lapa plant in Brazil on the first of 600 X'trapolis Mega commuter EMUs for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), while preparations for the transfer of production to South Africa are also making progress.
DENMARK's North Jutland Railway, which operates a 58km network from Hjørring to Hirtshals and Hjørring to Frederikshavn and Skagen, has awarded Alstom a €45m contract to supply 13 two-car Coradia Lint regional DMUs.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around Rs 15bn ($US 228m) to supply 162 broad-gauge metro cars.
MITSUBISHI Electric has completed the installation of all-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules on an N700 Shinkansen train which JR Central has started to test.
THE governor of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, Mr Geraldo Alckmin, signed a 20-year public-private partnership concession with BR Mobilidade Baixada Santista consortium on June 23 to operate the new light rail line and buses in Santos.
THE first InterPanter five-car EMU built by Škoda Transportation was presented to Czech Railways (ČD) at the Velim test circuit on June 25.
TOKYO Metro and Tobu Railway have decided to have a common design of train which will be introduced on their two networks between 2016 and 2019.
HUNGARY's national operator MÁV-Start has selected Stadler out of two bidders for a contract to supply 21 four-car suburban EMUs.
A taskforce set up to develop a strategy for the future of France's loss-making conventional long-distance trains published its first report at the end of May. Keith Barrow explores the options being put forward to revive the "weak link between TGV and TER."
THE New South Wales (NSW) state government has allocated funding for rail projects in its 2015-16 budget as part of its plan to increase infrastructure spending, with $A 38bn ($US 29.3bn) allocated over the next four years to roads and transport.
