AN agreement was signed in Bergamo on July 27 to move forward with the construction of the city’s second light rail line.

THE US federal government has unveiled new proposals which it hopes will spur private investment in public transport.

ALSTOM has delivered the first of 60 Citadis X05 LRVs to Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in Sydney, as part of the CBD and South East Light Rail project.

US president Donald Trump’s budget proposal for the 2018 financial year made grim reading for transit advocates, with plans to scrap popular federal funding programmes for public transport projects.
Jonny Dearden, market researcher for IRJ Pro, assesses the potential impact on light rail projects.

THE first low-floor LRV for Foshan’s light rail Nanhai Line was officially unveiled at the CRRC Qingdao Sifang plant in China’s Shandong province on July 28.

PAULISTA Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM) says it expects to launch commercial operations on São Paulo suburban Line 13 (Jade) between Safira station on Line 12 and Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil’s busiest airport, in the first half of next year.

THE Calabrian Department of public works signed a €98m contract with a consortium of Italy’s CMC Group and CAF on July 25 for the construction of a 10km tram line in Cosenza.

GREATER Stockholm Local Transport (SL) has signed a contract extension with CAF to supply eight Urbos low-floor LRVs, to add to the 22 already built by CAF, which are running in Stockholm.

TRIAL operation began on the first light rail line in Wuhan on July 28, with the launch of 28 days of free travel on the 16.8km Line T1, which serves southwestern districts of the city.

CASABLANCA public transport authority Casa Transport has shortlisted four bidders for a contract to supply 100 LRVs for light rail lines T3 and T4, which will add 28km to the city’s tram network.