GERMAN Rail's (DB) Ebit for 2013 fell by €472m, or 17.4% compared with 2012, to €2.2bn, despite sales remaining stable at €39.1bn compared with €39.3bn in 2012.
THE 5.6km extension of the Sydney's light rail network to Dulwich Hill was formally opened on March 27 by New South Wales state premier Mr Barry O'Farrell and minister for transport Mrs Gladys Berejiklian.
WITH passenger volumes on non-electrified lines in the Dutch province of Groningen increasing steadily, Arriva Netherlands has ordered additional intermediate sections for six of its Stadler GTW 2/6 dmus.
BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL) announced on March 27 that London's new east-west Crossrail link will be extended west beyond Maidenhead to serve Twyford and Reading.
THE GOVERNMENTS of Botswana and Namibia have signed an agreement to build the Trans-Kalahari Railway (TKR), a 1500km heavy-haul line linking Botswana's coalfields with the existing railhead at Gobabis in Namibia.
THE FIRST of 60 Avenio low-floor LRVs for the Hague Tramways (HTM) has rolled off the production line at Siemens Simmering plant in Vienna.
THE government of Myanmar is expected to issue international tenders in the coming months for the upgrading of the country's main rail arteries, according to reports in the local media.
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains has awarded Voith a contract to supply 188 new final drives and cardan shafts for its fleet of 94 class 142 Pacer dmus, which are used by Arriva Trains Wales and Northern Rail.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) saw its profits fall by 43.6% last year to SFr 238.2m ($US 269m) as operating expenses climbed 4.3% to SFr 8bn, mainly due to an increase in track access charges and additional expenditure on network maintenance.
THE government of the Australian state of New South Wales launched a tender on March 24 for a contract to reopen the so-called Cowra Lines, which link Blayney on the Sydney – Dubbo line with Demondrille on the Sydney – Melbourne line.
