TRENITALIA announced on October 9 that it has selected Alstom as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 70 single-deck emus, each seating up to 280 passengers, with an option for 20 additional trains.
ITALY's Appulo Lucane Railway (FAL) has taken delivery of the first of 17 950mm-gauge dmus from Stadler, which will be used on regional services in the Bari area.
HITACHI announced on October 10 it has established a European rail research centre to support the expansion of its rail systems business in Europe.
MILAN Transport (ATM) has awarded AnsaldoBreda a €210m contract to supply 30 six-car trains which will replace older rolling stock on metro lines 1 and 2.
TRENSURB, the metro operator in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, issued tender documents on October 8 for a contract to supply 15 four-car emus which will supplement its existing train fleet.
TANZANIA Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has entered negotiations with SMH Rail, Malaysia, over the rehabilitation of locomotives and wagons as part of an effort to ease the railway's chronic stock shortage.
STATE-owned Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash will ship three type 843 LRVs to Saint Petersburg by the end of the year, company representatives have confirmed.
THE first of 10 pre-series KZ8A 25kV ac freight locomotives was unveiled today in Belfort, France, by the president of Alstom Transport, Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge, who was accompanied by the president of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ), Mr Askar Mamin.
THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has received seven bids for its Rand 123bn ($US 14.93bn) rolling stock fleet renewal programme (IRJ June p16) for state-owned commuter operator Metrorail.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has placed a €50m order with Bombardier for five more Twindexx Vario double-deck emus.
