KYRGYZ Railways (KTZ) signed a contract with JSC Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ), Kazakhstan, on March 31 for a second batch of TE33A Evolution Series locomotives.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has commenced testing of freight traffic on the reopened link from the Khasan border station of the Trans Siberian Railway in western Siberia to the port of Rason, North Korea.
LUXEMBOURG Railways (CFL) is set to invest €126m in its freight subsidiaries CFL Cargo and CFL Multimodal as part of its freight business plan for 2020, which was approved by the CFL board on March 31.
AT the request of manufacturer Bombardier, Netherlands Railways (NS) withdrew its entire fleet of Traxx F140 MS (class 186) multi-system locomotives from service on April 8 due to excessive pantograph wear.
MONTHLY passenger volumes on Sweden's railway network exceeded 10 million passenger-km for the first time last month, according to figures released by infrastructure manager Trafikverket.
FINLAND's Transport Agency has selected Mipro in a contract worth €5.3m to supply an upgraded train control system for 1400km of lines in western Finland, around a quarter of the country's railway network.
SOFIA Metro has issued tenders for contracts to design and build the first phase of the Bulgarian capital's third metro line.
THE German Rail Industry Association (VDB) says sales of railway equipment increased by 42% in 2013 to a new record of €14.9bn compared with weak performance in 2012.
CNR DALIAN Locomotive & Rolling Stock, China, has been awarded a contract to supply 31 low-floor LRVs for Beijing's Xijiao light rail line, which is due to open in 2015.
THE Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) says it will commence feasibility studies on 200km of proposed extensions to South Africa's Gautrain commuter network by the end of June.
