ROMANIAN infrastructure manager CFR Infrastructure announced on February 3 that the European Commission (EC) has agreed to continue funding the rehabilitation of the Coşlariu - Simeria and Sighisoara - Coşlariu sections of the Braşov - Simeria line, which is part of the Pan-European Corridor.

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it has been selected by Paris Transport Authority (RATP) to refurbish 31 MI84 trains used on RER B in a contract worth €75m.

WARSAW Tramways launched a tender on February 3 for a contract to supply up to 213 LRVs in a deal which could be worth up to Zlotys 2.3bn ($US 570m) gross.

THE first of 96 new-generation trains being built Metrowagonmash for Moscow Metro arrived at the city’s Vykhino depot at the end of January.

CITY Rail Link has issued a call for tender to pre-qualify by March 1 for the C3 stations and tunnels package of the $NZ 3bn ($US 2.18bn) project to build a cross-city line in Auckland, New Zealand.

FRENCH infrastructure manager SNCF Network has signed a €277m contract with RC2, a consortium of TSO Caténaires, Setec Ferroviare and ETF, for the renewal of overhead electrification on Paris RER Line C.

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it will supply 10 additional Citadis trams to the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) for €28m as part of a framework agreement signed in November 2014.

PORTUGAL’s minister of planning and infrastructure Mr Pedro Marques has confirmed that electrification of the Algarve Line will be completed by late 2020.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has begun work on an SFr 100m ($US 101m) project to expand SBB Cargo’s San Paolo marshalling yard at Bellinzona to increase capacity as part of the broader upgrading of the Gotthard corridor.