IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: SIEMENS Inspiro metro train has made its public debut at InnoTrans, where vehicles from the first train for Warsaw Metro are on display.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Bombardier has reached agreement with EMD to assemble diesel-electric locomotives at its facility in Savli, India for export to southeast Asia.

THE Slovenian Transport Ministry has signed a €40m contract with Thales to install ETCS Level 1 on the 350km Slovenian section of Corridor D from the Hungarian border near Hodoš to Lubljana, Koper, and the Italian border.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: HITACHI today announced it has selected MTU as its preferred supplier for the contract to supply and maintain 250 700kW diesel powerpacks for Britain's Intercity Express Programme (IEP).

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: MAN has unveiled two new-generation diesel engines for locomotives and dmus at InnoTrans.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Kazakstan Railways (KTZ) signed a contract today at InnoTrans with GE Transportation to produce a passenger version of GE's Evolution series locomotive at the Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty(LKZ) assembly plant in Astana. LKZ is a subsidiary of KTZ.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Speaking at the opening ceremony of InnoTrans 2012 today in Berlin, Mr Siim Kallas, vice-president of the European Commission (EC) called for the completion of a single market in Europe for rail.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: RUSSIA will not deliver a new high-speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg in time for the 2018 fifa World Cup, according to Russian Railways (RZD) president Mr Vladimir Yakunin.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: PESA, Poland, today revealed its new Gama range of modular locomotives, which will include diesel, electric and dual mode variants.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: TURKISH manufacturer Durmazlar is exhibiting its Silkworm low-floor light-rail vehicle for the first time at InnoTrans.