SIEMENS presented the first set of Railjet long-distance coaches for Czech Railways (CD) to the press at its Simmering facility in Vienna on February 12.
DURING the announcement of an interim budget of Rs 643bn ($US 10.26bn) for Indian Railways for 2014-15, India's railways minister Mr Mallikarjun Kharge outlined plans to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to fund infrastructure projects.
KOREA's national rail operator, Korail, has issued a call for tender for 15 10-car high-speed trains for operation on the new Wongang line which opens in 2017 and will link Wonju, southeast of Seoul, with the east coast city of Gangneung.
DESIGN and planning of three extensions which will add 35.4km and 33 stations to Dubai's metro network is well underway, according to the acting CEO of Roads and Transport Authority's (RTA) Rail Agency, Mr Abullah Yousuf Al Ali.
MEXICO's Transport and Communications Ministry (SCT) has announced plans to invest at least Pesos 125bn ($US 9.4bn) in 13 passenger and freight railway projects.
THE European Union is set to allocate €34m from its TEN-T funding programme to enhance railway traffic on the Brussels - Luxembourg - Strasbourg corridor, or TEN-T Priority Project 28, by eliminating bottlenecks in and around Brussels.
PASSENGER traffic on Israel Railways increased by 12% from 40.4 million journeys in 2012 to 45.1 million last year, with traffic growing by 25% since 2009.
ESTAÇÃO da Luz Participações (EDLP), a Brazilian logistics company, has applied to the federal government to carry out a feasibility study for a new 1200km north-south railway called Ferrogrão.
EUROPE's Railway Operating Community (ROC) on February 11 published the Rail Technical Strategy Europe (RTSE), an outline of the requirements it believes are essential to achieve the technical goals of the Challenge 2050 strategy which is intended to shape Europe's future interoperable railway network.
RHINE-RUHR Transport Authority (VRR) has invited bids by March 11 for three concessions for the five-line Rhine-Ruhr Express (RXX) network in Germany's Ruhr area.
