SIEMENS Rail Automation has completed a three-month project to equip the fleet of 135 trains used on the Copenhagen S-Train network with GSM-R cab radio equipment.
REGIONAL train services across a large area of eastern Switzerland were stepped up on December 15 with a major expansion of the St Gallen S-Bahn network.
A GROUP of 17 Danish municipalities are calling for improvements to cross-border train services between eastern Jutland and northern Germany after a study carried out by Atkins concluded that significant improvements could be made in journey times on the Århus – Hamburg corridor without major investment in infrastructure.
THE first of 11 Citadis 402 low-floor LRVs for Dubai's Al Sufouh Tramway arrived in the United Arab Emirates through the port of Jebel Ali last week, and has been delivered to the line's depot in readiness for the start of testing.
THE European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee (Tran) voted on December 17 to adopt a series of amendments on the six legislative proposals forming the Fourth Railway Package.
THREE consortia have submitted bids to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, for the $C 536m ($US 505m) PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
TRENITALIA signed a €139.6m contract with Pesa Bydgoszcz on December 12 for 40 ATR 220 Atribo regional dmus, which will be delivered from December 2014 onwards.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply 19 Traxx F140 MS multi-system electric locomotives to operate Dutch domestic services on HSL South following the cancellation of its order for AnsaldoBreda V250 trains.
SWISS transport minister Mrs Doris Leuthard launched the first official test train into the 57km Gotthard Base Tunnel on December 16, marking the 900-day countdown to the completion of the project, which is scheduled for December 2016.
DEDICATED Freight Corridor Corporation of India has qualified four bidders for electrical and signalling works on the 343km Bhaupur - Khurja section of the 1829km Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) which will eventually link Ludhiana with Dadri near Delhi and Dankuni near Kolkata.
