CAMBODIAN rail concessionaire Royal Railway announced on March 21 that it will launch a trial passenger service on its metre-gauge line from the capital Phnom Penh to the port city of Sihanoukville on April 9.
SWEDEN's national infrastructure manager, Trafikverket has awarded a SKr 400m ($US 48.7m) turnkey contract to Skanska to quadruple the track on a 3km section of the Mälarbanan north of Stockholm to increase capacity for commuter services.
FOLLOWING an international tender, North Hessen Transport authority (NVV) has awarded DB Regio subsidiary Kurhessenbahn (KHB) a contract to operate the Northwest Hessen Network group of non-electrified lines for 15 years from December 2017.
THE Hungarian government is to commission a study into the closure of Budapest Déli, one of the capital's three main railway stations.
BRITIAN's chancellor of the exchequer Mr George Osborne has allocated funds to advance two new rail projects: High-Speed 3 (HS3) to provide a better link between Manchester and Leeds, and Crossrail 2, a new north-south link through the centre of London.
BRENNER Basistunnel (BBT), which is responsible for building the 64km €8.8bn tunnel under the Brenner pass between Italy and Austria, has selected a consortium led by Astaldi to build the Italian section at a cost of around €1bn.
ANNOUNCING its results for 2015 in Berlin on March 16, German Rail (DB) says revenue increased by 1.9% in 2015 to a record €40.5bn but Ebit plunged by 16.6% to €1.76bn, while DB turned a profit of €988m in 2014 into a loss of €1.3bn in 2015.
POLISH regional operator Łódź Agglomeration Railway (LKA) launched direct open-access weekend services between Poland's second largest city Łódź and the capital Warsaw on March 13.
TRAINLINE, an independent provider of ticketing services in Britain, has acquired Captain Train, France, to create a new digital rail ticket retailer for the European market.
LOWER Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG) has published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to operate a revived passenger service on the Bentheim Railway (BE).
