DANISH State Railways (DSB) announced on December 15 that it will phase out the fleet of AnsaldoBreda IC4 trains in 2024 as electrification enables the introduction of new EMUs to replace the troubled DMUs.

MALAYSIA’s first heavy metro line was inaugurated on December 15, when prime minister Mr Najib Razak officially opened the first Phase 1 of the Klang Valley MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (Line MRT1) in a ceremony at Kwasa Damansara station.

WI-FI services were officially launched on TGV services on the Paris - Lyon high-speed line on December 15 following the completion of a collaborative project by 21net and Engie Ineo.

THE first completed driving car for NTV’s new fleet of Pendolino tilting trains was unveiled at Alstom’s Savigliano plant in northern Italy on December 15.

IRANIAN Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) has awarded Italferr, the engineering subsidiary of Italian State Railways (FS), a contract worth around €12m to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for the development of Iran’s first high-speed line.

DAEGU City announced on December 13 that it had completed the basic design of the new Seodaegu KTX station to be built in western Daegu after it was approved by the Korean Ministry of Land Transportation.

TRANSPORT for London (TFL) announced on December 14 the shortlist of builders to build the 4.5km London Overground extension from Barking to Barking Riverside.

THE president of Senegal Mr Macky Sall attended a ceremony on December 14 to mark the official start of works on the Dakar Express Regional Rail (TER) project.

GERMANY’s newest open-access passenger operator, Locomore, launched its first service linking Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Hannover and Berlin on December 14.