AIRPORT Railroad Corporation (A'Rex) has taken over operations of the Incheon Airport Maglev as of July 1.

BRITAIN's Department for Transport published an invitation to tender (ITT) for the South Western franchise on July 4, calling for increased frequencies and accelerated services on routes from London Waterloo.

TRANSDEV North America announced on June 30 that it has been awarded a $US 15.5m contract by M1-Rail to operate and maintain Detroit's first modern tram line.

PARIS - Strasbourg journey times were reduced to less than two hours on July 3 with the start of commercial operations on the second 106km phase of TGV Est.

JERUSALEM's district council has approved the alignment of the 19.6km Green Line, the Israeli capital's second light rail line.

AUSTRALIAN locomotive manufacturer and maintenance provider UGL has announced it will supply three 1067mm-gauge PH37 PowerHaul locomotives to Pacific National (PN), the first order for the type from an Australian customer.

SCOTLAND's transport minister Mr Humza Yousaf was shown mock-ups of new sleeping cars at a warehouse near Edinburgh on June 30 by Mr Peter Strachan, managing director of Caledonian Sleeper.

EUROPEAN locomotive leasing company Akiem has secured a €125m loan from HSH Nordbank, Germany, which is participating as a mandated lead arranger in providing refinancing for Akiem.

TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) extended its services to the east of the capital on June 30 with the opening of the 9.2km extension from Taipei Railway Station to Nangang, the 12th station on the high-speed line from Kaohsiung.

ALSTOM has successfully installed and tested Australia’s first ETCS Level 2 deployment as part of a pilot covering the trackside and on-board equipment of four test trains in an area of 11km in the south of Sydney.