A HANDOVER ceremony has been held in Krakow to mark the delivery of the last of 74 Flexity Classic low-floor light rail vehicles to Krakow Transport Authority (MPK).
The Ceva project to construct a new cross-city and cross-border rail link to France is set to change the face of Geneva when it opens in 2017. Project director Antoine Da Trindade talks to Anitra Green about the challenges and wider implications of the project.
The public transport world will descend on Geneva this month for the International Public Transport Association's (UITP) bi-annual World Congress. Kevin Smith caught up with UITP secretary general Alain Flausch in Brussels and asked what he hopes the event will achieve and how the UITP's initiative to double public transport usage by 2025 is progressing.
THE council of Velez-Malaga has approved plans to lease three CAF Urbos 2 LRVs, acquired as part of the Spanish town's abandoned light rail project, to Sydney for use on the Metro Light Rail line, which is currently being extended.
THE Dutch competition court has that ruled that greater Utrecht regional public transport authority acted lawfully in awarding the concession for the city's light rail and bus networks to Qbuzz, rejecting a complaint and appeal by competitor OV Regio Utrecht, a 100% subsidiary of Connexxion (part of Transdev).
ALGERIAN transport minister Mr Amar Tou officially inaugurated the first light rail line in the city of Oran on May 1 in the presence Mr Abelmalek Boudiaf, the Wali of Oran.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Seattle on April 29 to mark the start of construction on Sound Transit's South 200th Link light rail extension.
A CONSORTIUM led by Brazilian companies CCR Group and Invepar has been selected as the preferred bidder for a PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the 28km light rail network in Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro.
A CONSORTIUM of RATP Dev and Transdev has secured a three-year contract to operate the 60km light rail network in the Chinese city of Shenyang, which is due to open on July 1.
SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF has reported a 19.1% drop in net profit to €22.2m for the first quarter of 2013.
