BELGIAN public transport operator De Lijn has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 48 low-floor LRVs after the €128.6m deal was approved by the Flemish minister for mobility and public works, Mrs Hilde Crevits.
IRELAND's Planning Board has granted a Railway Order authorising the extension of Dublin's Luas light rail network to Broombridge in a €370m project which will connect the two existing lines for the first time.
BRAZILIAN bus operator EMTU says CAF has submitted the best proposal for a contract to supply 22 LRVs for the planned light rail line from São Vicente Barreiros Terminal to Valongo in Santos.
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DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) celebrated the completion of the first phase of the 22.5km light rail Orange line on July 30, with the inauguration of the 7.2km section between Bachman and Irving.
The Qatar Foundation has awarded Siemens a turnkey contract worth more than €100m to build and equip the 11.5km light rail line that will link Education City with the Doha Metro.
ARIZONA's Maricopa Association of Governments has approved plans for the western extension of the Phoenix Valley Metro light rail line.
DENVER's Regional Transportation District's (RTD) board of directors has approved Kiewit Infrastructure's proposal to complete the 16.9km, I-225 light rail line, an extension of the existing line to Nine Mile by six stations to Peoria by November 2015.
WALLONIA Regional Transport (SWRT) has invited tenders for a PPP contract to finance, design, build, and maintain the first modern light rail line in the city of Liège.
MANCHESTER is set to complete the renewal of its tram fleet by 2014 after Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) approved the acquisition of a further 20 M5000 vehicles from Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe.
