HARSCO Rail's track maintenance business unit has won two separate contracts worth around $US 10m to renew track in the New York area.

IRJ at Fourth Railway Forum, Berlin: GERMAN Rail (DB) CEO Dr Rüdiger Grube outlined his company's digitisation strategy, Mobility 4.0, telling delegates at this week's conference that it was important DB took the lead on this or risk falling behind its competitors.

BRITAIN's infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has issued a request to participate in a tender worth between £35m and £55m for the design, supply, delivery, commissioning and support and maintenance of an integrated ETCS Level 2 and traffic management system (TMS).

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has unveiled a new company strategy for 2016-2019, entitled 'Better at full speed,' which aims to regain public trust and secure NS's position in the Dutch railway market up to and beyond 2025.

MARYLAND Department of Transportation has selected the Purple Line Transit Partners consortium as preferred bidder for the $US 2bn Purple Line light rail public-private partnership (PPP) project.

IRJ at UIC ERTMS World Conference Brussels. Ms Amelia Areias, policy officer, single European area, with the EC's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move), told delegates there are four key principles for ERTMS.

METROLINX, the regional transport authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, has received a prototype locomotive from Wabtec subsidiary MotviePower, which the supplier says is the first North American commuter locomotive to meet Tier 4 emissions standards.

GERMAN Rail (DB) has rebranded its rail freight subsidiary DB Schenker as DB Cargo, with the name effective from March 1.

HEATHROW Express, the operator of direct services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport, has withdrawn its entire fleet of 14 four and five car class 332 EMUs after a structural defect was found on the underside of several cars during routine inspections earlier this week.

IRJ at ERTMS World Conference Brussels. Mr Reinhard Bamberger, CEO of the rail freight task force representing 30 operators, called for ERTMS to be much simpler and more affordable.