BRITAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Patrick McLoughlin has asked infrastructure manager Network Rail to carry out a new study into the reopening of the Uckfield – Lewes line in southeast England.
THE council of Velez-Malaga has approved plans to lease three CAF Urbos 2 LRVs, acquired as part of the Spanish town's abandoned light rail project, to Sydney for use on the Metro Light Rail line, which is currently being extended.
MACANDREWS, a subsidiary of shipping group CMA-CGM this week launched a new refrigerated railfreight service linking Bilbao with Murcia in the southeast of Spain.
MR Geraldo Alckmin, governor of the state of São Paulo announced on May 9 that the project to build an Airport Express link between Luz station in central São Paulo and Guarulhos International Airport has been cancelled due lack of interest from the private sector.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has asked the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) to clarify its position on plans being developed by the municipality of The Hague for a new open-access passenger service between The Hague and Brussels, which would compete with NS and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) services.
FOLLOWING hot on the heels of a request for qualification (RFQ) to build a new diesel locomotive plant at Marhowra in Bihar province, India's Ministry of Railways has issued an RFQ for an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, also situated in Bihar.
LOGISTICS group Kuehne & Nagel and wagon leasing company VTG have announced plans to create a jointly-owned rail logistics business after signing a letter of intent at the end of April.
BIDS for the partial-privatisation of Romania's national railfreight operator CFR Marfă were submitted to the government on May 8, with three contenders vying for a 51% stake in the company.
CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has awarded Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) a two-year extension worth $US 96m for programme management services on the state's high-speed rail project.
INDIA's Ministry of Railways has invited requests for qualification (RFQ) to establish a new diesel locomotive factory at Marhowra, in the Saran district of Bihar province.
