BRITAIN's Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and the Rail Research UK Association (RRUKA) have approved proposals from four British universities for studies into reducing the whole-life cost of rolling stock.
TRANSNET signed a Rand 2.6bn ($US 298m) contract with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, China, on October 22 for 95 dual-voltage electric locomotives, which are being ordered as part of a massive investment in railfreight capacity in South Africa.
INDIAN Railways (IR) has set the budget for infrastructure development for 2013-18 at Rs 4.56 trillion ($US 86.3bn).
CHILEAN State Railways (EFE) has awarded Alstom a $US 68m contract to supply and maintain a fleet of 12 Xtrapolis emus, which are being acquired as part of a $US 260m project to upgrade the 80km Santiago – Nós – Rancagua suburban line.
BRAZILIAN wagon manufacturer AmstedMaxion announced on October 18 it has signed a partnership agreement with Cometal, Mozambique, concerning the development of wagons for customers in southern Africa.
ITALIAN regional operator Emilia Romagna Railways (FER) took delivery on October 8 of its first Flirt emu from a consortium of Stadler and AnsaldoBreda, which is supplying 34 trains to FER and Veneto Territorial Systems (STV) under a €200m joint contract placed in 2010.
THE Executive Board of Helsinki City Transport (HKL) has approved the acquisition of 20 metro trains from CAF at a cost of €140.4m, with options for additional sets to support further expansion of the network.
GEORGIAN Railway (GRZhD) has taken delivery of the first train from a second batch of five inter-city emus ordered CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock, China, at a cost of $US 30m.
THE first of 24 Flexity Classic LRVs was officially handed over today by Bombardier to Krakow Transport Authority (MPK) in the presence of the city's mayor Mr Jacek Majchrowski. This follows the unveiling of this new design at InnoTrans in Berlin in September.
THE first of 73 three-car Bombardier Movia C951 driverless metro trains for Singapore's Downtown Line was unloaded today at the port of Jurong, two weeks ahead of schedule.
