MAJOR construction works were launched on Tel Aviv's first light rail line on August 3 with the start of excavation at the junction of Allenby Street and Yehuda Halevi Street.
TALLINN Urban Transport (TLT) has launched a tender for a contract to design and build infrastructure for an extension of the Estonian capital's 39km tram network to Lennart Meri airport.
THE first of 12 Moderus Beta trams being supplied by Modertrans, Poland, for Silesian Tramways is undergoing tests at the manufacturer's plant in Poznan in preparation for the introduction of the fleet on the standard-gauge network around Katowice this autumn.
THE government of the Brazilian state of Bahia announced on July 31 that it will begin tendering this month for contracts to build an 18.5km light rail line in the state capital Salvador, which will partially utilise the alignment of the existing suburban rail line from Calçada to Paripe.
ŠKODA Transportation unveiled its new 27T low-floor LRV for the Chinese market at the UrTran 2015 exhibition, which was held recently at the China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing.
THE French city of Angers has launched a tender for design and project management services for its second light rail line.
ALGIERS Metro Enterprise (EMA) has awarded a €210m contract to extend the Constantine light rail line by 10km from the current southern terminus of Zouaghi to the new city of Ali Mendjeli and Mohamed Boudiaf airport.
MAXWELL Technologies, United States, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with CRRC subsidiary China Qingdao Sifang Rolling Stock Research Institute (CRRC SRI) to jointly develop new rolling stock energy storage solutions for the Chinese market.
THE first of 10 ground-power LRVs being built by CRRC Dalian for the first light rail line in Zhuhai has been commissioned.
CROSSLINX Transit Solutions, the consortium selected in June by Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario to finance, build, and maintain Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail line has reached financial close on the $C 5.3bn ($US 4.3bn) project.
