HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded Siemens a €30.7m contract to supply five Desiro ML emus for regional services between Hungary and Austria.
THE FIRST of 31 Škoda type 26THU3 ForCity low-floor LRVs for Hungary's third-largest city Miskolc entered service on Line 1 on January 20 following the completion of more than 11,000km of endurance testing.
BRAZIL's largest railfreight operator Latin American Logistics (ALL) and Rumo Logistics, a subsidiary of Cosan Group which specialises in the transport of ethanol and sugar, have announced plans to merge.
BRITISH mining company Beacon Hill Resources announced on January 16 that two South African suppliers have completed production of locomotives and wagons for its coal operations on Mozambique's Sena Line.
THE Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole has issued a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to carry out feasibility studies for a 4.1km eastern extension of metro Line M2 from Dromel-St Marguerite to St Loup-Pagnol.
PANDROL announced on January 17 that it has acquired the CDM Track business unit of Belgian noise and vibration damping specialist CDM, including its French resin bonded rubber manufacturing unit RBSI.
SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) witnessed a strong recovery in freight traffic last year according to the company's annual figures, which show volumes increased by 9% to 17.6 million tonnes.
A CEREMONY was held near St Paul in the Austrian province of Carinthia on January 17 to mark the start of construction on the third and final section of the 32.9km Koralm tunnel, the centrepiece of the new 133km Koralm Line between Graz and Klagenfurt.
BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) announced the shortlist of bidders on January 17 for the contract to operate the InterCity East Coast franchise for eight or nine years from February 2015.
ALSTOM has announced plans to invest €15m in new assembly line at its Taubaté hydro manufacturing plant in the Brazilian state of São Paulo to produce light rail vehicles for the South American market.
