AN integrated public transport network of light rail and buses in Dammam could cost Riyals 60bn ($US 16bn) and be implemented by 2021, following its approval by Saudi Arabia's Council of Ministers on May 19.
THE preferred route option for the first light rail line in the Australian city of Newcastle was announced on May 23 by Mrs Pru Goward, New South Wales state minister for planning, and transport minister Mrs Gladys Berejiklian.
MPK Lodz has issued an international invitation to tender for a contract to supply 22 low-floor LRVs for use on the Polish city's 120km metre-gauge tram network.
MASSACHUSETTS Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has approved the purchase of 24 light rail vehicles from CAF, Spain, for the Green Line.
MUNICH Transport (MVG) has issued an international invitation to prequalify for a contract to supply 13 new low-floor LRVs as part of a project to increase capacity on the busiest sections of the city's tram network.
THE Region of Waterloo, Ontario, has reached financial close on a 33-year PPP contract to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
BELGIAN light rail operator De Lijn has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around €6m to carry out heavy overhauls on 20 metre-gauge trams, which are used on the 68km coastal tramway between Knokke and De Panne.
A consortium of Alstom, Isolux Corsan and Algerian construction company Cosider has been selected as preferred bidder for a contract to build the second phase of the light rail network in Algeria's third-largest city Constantine.
A CEREMONY was held in Setif, Algeria, on May 8 to mark the official start of construction on the city's light rail network.
AFTER many years of indecision, the mayor of Virginia Beach Mr William Sessoms and Virginia state transportation secretary Mr Aubrey Layne have agreed to develop plans for a light rail link between Virginia Beach and the neighbouring city of Norfolk.
