ZÜRICH's main station has been transformed from a terminus into a through station thanks to the opening of the new Durchmesserlinie (DML) cross-city link on June 14.
A full-size mock-up of the class 490 EMU for the Hamburg S-Bahn network was unveiled on June 16 by Mr Kay Uwe Arnecke, managing director of German Rail (DB) subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg, minister of transport for the City of Hamburg Mr Andreas Rieckhof, and Mr Dietrich Hartmann, CEO of Hamburg transport authority HVV.
THE Philippine Department of Transport and Communications has awarded CNR Dalian, China, a contract worth around Yuan 540m ($US 87m) to supply 12 four-car light metro trains, which will be used by Manila Metro Rail Transit Corporation to increase capacity on Manila's congested Line MRT3.
THE latest survey by SCI Verkehr, Germany, of the world's 50 largest rolling stock manufacturers shows a new line up of the top 10 companies, with CAF, Hyundai-Rotem and Kawasaki being ousted by Stadler, Trinity Industries and Uralvagonzavod.
THE Spanish Government last week confirmed details of its plans for the initial opening of the long distance passenger rail market, announcing that a single company will be allowed to compete against Renfe on a single group of lines for at least seven years. After this period, only those specific lines will be fully-opened to competition.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will launch public consultation on July 4 on the planned 5.5km western extension of the Metrolink light rail network to Trafford Park.
DR Lutz Bertling, president and COO of Bombardier Transportation, was elected chairman of the European Rail Industry Association (Unife) at its 23rd general assembly held in London on June 12.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has completed the first phase of upgrading the Berlin – Rostock main line, and from June 15 journey times will be cut from 2h 54min to 1h 59min by ICE.
SPAIN's infrastructure manager, Adif, has awarded a €339m contract to a consortium led by Alstom and including Bombardier and Indra to install ETCS Level 2 signalling on two high-speed lines under construction in northwest Spain.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has for the first time granted access rights to an open-access passenger operator without being forced to provide paths by the Office for Rail Regulation (ORR).
