STRASBOURG Transport (CTS), France, has issued a call for tender for a framework contract for the supply and possible maintenance of a fleet of light rail vehicles.
ANTITRUST authorities in Germany and Austria have approved the merger between VTG and the rail logistics division of Kuehne & Nagel, allowing the new VTG Rail Logistics to be launched on January 1.
JUST 11 days after the start of public services on the first phase of Paris light rail Line T7, the départment of Essonne granted public utility status to the 3.7km southern extension from Athis-Mons to Juvisy-sur-Orge on November 28.
SAUDI Railways Organisation (SRO) has awarded a contract worth around $US 67m to FreightCar America to supply 500 freight wagons.
THE latest figures from Germany's federal statistics agency Destatis show that Europe's largest railfreight market suffered declining volumes in the first three quarters of this year.
THE first of 10 class 350/4 emus has been delivered by Siemens to First TransPennine Express for operation between Manchester and Glasgow and Edinburgh.
THE Bonatrans Group, Czech Republic, has reached agreement with GHH Radsatz International Holding to acquire Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz, Germany, subject to the approval of anti-monopoly authorities.
CHINA added another 287km to its high-speed network on December 1 with the launch of commercial services on the new line between Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in Hebei province.
THE first of 20 Swing 122NaSF low-floor LRVs being supplied by Pesa Bydgoszcz, Poland, to the city of Sofia arrived in the Bulgarian capital in the early hours of November 29.
THE International Union of Railways (UIC) and Britain's Railway Safety & Standards Board (RSSB) signed a memorandum of cooperation at the World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) in Sydney on November 28 to share railway research knowledge through RSSB's Spark website.
