ALGERIAN transport minister Mr Amar Ghoul formally launched test operation on the 6.9km eastern extension of Algiers light rail Line 1 from Bordj El Kiffan to Dergana on January 29.
MUNICH Transport (MVG) and Munich City Authority (SWM) have announced they will invest €335m in the expansion and modernisation of the city's public transport network this year, more than double the amount invested in 2013.
DYNAMIC testing began on Dubai's first light rail line on January 26, when an Alstom Citadis 402 LRV ran over part of the initial 2.5km test section of the Al Sufouh Tramway.
AUSTRIAN local railway operator Stern & Hafferl (StH) has awarded Vossloh a €30m contract to supply 11 metre-gauge Tramlink V3 LRVs.
ANOTHER milestone was reached in the expansion of Manchester's Metrolink light rail network on January 27 with the inauguration of the Oldham Town Centre loop off the 22.5km Victoria – Oldham – Rochdale line.
THE mayor of Dallas Mr Tennell Atkins formally launched construction of the southern extension of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Dart) Blue Line to University of North Texas (UNT) Dallas campus on January 24.
A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony was held in Los Angeles on January 21 to mark the official start of construction on the city's $US 1.8bn light rail Crenshaw Line.
EFACEC, Portugal, has been awarded contract worth more than €25m to supply and install electromechanical systems on Dublin's €368m Cross City Line, which will link the Luas light rail Red and Green lines in Dublin city centre.
GOTHENBURG Tramways has invited expressions of interest for a contract to supply up to 100 low-floor LRVs with an initial order for 40 vehicles, which will replace the oldest trams in the city's fleet.
WARSAW Tramways signed a Zlotys 167.9m ($US 54.8m) contract with Pesa, Poland on January 15 for 30 type 134N Jazz low-floor LRVs, which will be used on lower-density routes in the city.
