BELARUSIAN Railways (BC) has taken delivery of the first of 12 double-unit 9.6MW electric locomotives from CNR Datong Locomotive Works. They are based on the Chinese HXD2 locomotives designed by CNR and Alstom.

THE British Department for Transport (DfT) has given the go-ahead for a £58m tram-train pilot scheme linking the Sheffield Supertram network with Rotherham.

AN Italian union official says that Hitachi has completed a due diligence study of AnsaldoBreda and is hoping that a deal can be clinched with parent company Finmeccanica for a 50% stake in the Italian rolling stock manufacturer by June.

BEARING manufacturer SKF has opened a new railway test centre in Russia at its Tver railway bearing factory near Moscow.

LILLE Metro has awarded Alstom a Euros 250m contract to modernise Line 1 including the supply of 27 rubber-tyred metro trains that will double capacity on the line and a new Urbalis CBTC signalling system.

THE closing date for a tender to supply 58 four-car trains and equip a new 51km metro line under construction in Kuala Lumpur is expected to be extended from this

MR Abdul Aziz Al-Hugail, president of Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO), has cast doubt over the future of the railway's deal with CAF for 200km/h diesel trains following a series of malfunctions just one month after the first five trains entered service.

THE first of 24 diesel-electric articulated dmus has been rolled out by Stadler Rail for operation by Arriva on its Rivierenland Achterhoek passenger rail concession in

RICARDO UK, Artemis Intelligent Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Europe, and Bombardier Transportation UK have announced a collaborative research programme to investigate a more effective use of energy recovered from braking on diesel trains.

THE long-suffering passengers of the Berlin S-Bahn, who have been plagued by years of train disruption and cancellation caused by poor train maintenance, can at last look forward to