THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded a Rand 51bn ($US 5.7bn) contract to the Gibela Rail Transport consortium led by Alstom to supply 3600 commuter rail emu cars.
AN agreement has been signed in the Kazakhstan capital Astana by GE Transportation, the Remlokomotiv subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and Transmashdiesel to set up a joint venture company to produce GE Evolution series engines.
PRESIDENT Nursaltan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan officially inaugurated a new locomotive manufacturing plant in Astana on December 4, in a ceremony attended by a host of national dignitaries including Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) president Mr Askar Mamin.
POLAND's largest open-access railfreight operator DB Schenker Rail Poland has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 23 3kV dc class 193 Vectron electric locomotives.
THE Board of Trenord, the 50:50 joint venture company formed by Trenitalia and North Milan Railways (FNM) in 2011, announced on November 29 it is to exercise options for an additional 23 regional multiple units from two suppliers at a cost of €190m.
RIO DE JANEIRO commuter rail operator SuperVia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around Reais 300m ($US 142m) to supply 20 four-car Metropolis emus.
THE board of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is expected to conclude a contract with Siemens for 100 Desiro ML dual-voltage emus at a board meeting later this month in a deal worth €550-600m.
THE Export-Import Bank of the United States has signed a $US 425m credit agreement with Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and its subsidiary Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ) to finance the supply of around 200 GE Evolution Series ES44ACi diesel locomotives.
EMD officially opened its new locomotive assembly plant at Sete Lagoas in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on November 29.
Czech open-access operator, Leo Express, is aiming to begin operations on the Prague - Ostrava line this month. Chairman of the board Leoš Novotny outlined his vision for the company to Kevin Smith at InnoTrans.
