ALSTOM CEO Mr Patrick Kron has rejected suggestions from the French government that Alstom acquire General Electric's (GE) freight transport business in a renegotiation of GE's proposed €12.4bn takeover of Alstom's energy business approved unanimously by board members last week.
CHINA Railway Investment Corporation (CRIC) has published tenders for contracts to supply more than 1000 electric locomotives to China Railway Corporation (CRC).
THE AUSTRALIAN state of Victoria has allocated more than $A 24bn ($US 22.4bn) for investment in infrastructure, including up to $A 14.5bn for major rail projects, as part of its budget for the 2014-15 financial year which was announced this week.
RIO Tinto is to start tests of driverless heavy-haul iron ore trains on the Tom Price railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia this month as it moves towards completion of its AutoHaul automation project.
LOSSES at Renfe's passenger subsidiary Renfe Travellers increased by 15% to €57m in the first quarter of 2014 after a 26% rise in expenditure to €163m caused primarily by an increase in track access charges by Spanish infrastructure manager Adif.
TO coincide with this week's 20th anniversary of the start of operations through the Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel has announced the successful completion of a project to deliver mobile telephone services in the Britain - France tunnel.
ŠKODA Transportation has secured a follow-on order from the Turkish city of Konya for 12 catenary-free type 28T Classic LRVs. The new vehicles follow an order for 60 conventional vehicles which are already being rolled out in the city from a €104.7m contract awarded in March 2013.
SINGAPORE's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded contracts worth a total of $S 1.15bn ($US 915.8m) for the Thomson and Eastern Region metro projects, including a $S 159m contract to GE Transportation for a fully automated and driverless communications-based train control (CBTC) system.
BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has agreed a €2.5m settlement with AnsaldoBreda over its cancelled contract for three V250 high-speed trains, ending legal proceedings against the Italian manufacturer over the much-maligned rolling stock for the now abandoned Fyra service.
NEW York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Masabi to deliver a mobile ticketing solution for its Metro North and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) services.
