EXPRESSIONS of interest have been invited by London Underground (LU) for a fleet of 250 trains for operation on four of its deep-level lines under its "New Tube for London" project.
SERVICES are being launched today on a tram-train line in northwestern France linking Nantes with Châteaubriant. Passengers will be able to try the new service free of charge until March 2.
THE first services have operated over the $A 291m ($US 260m) Seaford extension in South Australia, coinciding with the introduction of the first electric suburban services on the Adelaide Metro network.
SAMSUNG C&T Engineering and Construction Mongolia has awarded Vossloh Fastening Systems a contract to supply its MNG 30 fastening system for a new heavy-haul line in Mongolia.
SEOUL Metropolitan Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to carry out detailed design for the 7.7km eastern extension of metro Line 5 from Sangildong to Hanam.
SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF announced annual pre-tax profits of €114m in its 2013 financial results released on February 26, which was short of the €127.8m profit posted in 2012.
THE United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted conceptual planning approval to the construction of a $US 1.34bn starter light rail line in the city of Durham, North Carolina.
VLI, the railfreight subsidiary of Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale, has taken delivery of four metre-gauge Dash 9 locomotives from GE Transportation Brazil, and is also receiving a batch of seven SD70ACe units from EMD.
MEMBERS of the European parliament today voted to amend several key elements of the Fourth Railway Package during a plenary vote on its six legislative proposals, a move that has drawn criticism from European Commission vice-president Mr Siim Kallas.
MONGOLIAN State Railways (MTZ) says it expects freight traffic to almost double on its 1815km network by 2020 after volumes reached record levels in 2013.
