GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has taken delivery of the first of four class 711/2 catenary inspection vehicles from Robel.
DB REGIO has placed a second order worth €30m for nine Link dmus from Polish supplier Pesa as part of a framework contract for up to 470 trains, which was signed in September 2012.
THE Association of French Regions (ARF) has called on the French government to liberalise the market for the operation of regional rail services by 2019 as tensions between its members and French National Railways (SNCF) continue to increase.
THE Nigerian government has allocated $US 60m to the $US 823m project currently underway to build the first phase of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit Project, a 45km standard-gauge commuter rail line being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC).
KING Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands formally inaugurated the rebuilt Rotterdam Central station on March 13.
IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality has signed a €165m financing agreement with international lenders for the construction of two new light rail lines, which will serve the districts of Konak and Karsiyaka.
NORWEGIAN State Railways (NSB) says it saw a record rise in passenger numbers last year, with ridership increasing by 7.3% to 60.5 million.
THYSSENKRUPP announced on March 11 that it is abandoning the sale of its railway equipment unit ThyssenKrupp GfT Gleistechnik, opting instead to close down the business, which it describes as "unprofitable".
ŠKODA Kingway Electric, a joint venture of Škoda and Jiangsu Kingway Transportation, China, has secured a contract to supply drives and motors for 40 six-car metro trains being supplied by CSR Nanjing Puzhen to the Chinese city of Suzhou.
IN one of its final major decisions before the country's general elections, which are scheduled for next month, India's cabinet last week approved plans for a Rs 14.6bn ($US 240.7m) coach factory at Kolar in the southern state of Karnataka.
