GERMANY's federal council laid the legislative foundations to strengthen urban and regional rail services at its sitting on July 8. This follows the approval of a legislative package by the Bundestag on July 7.
LÄNSIMETRO, the public company managing construction of Helsinki's West Metro announced on July 1 that the opening of the 14km extension from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä in Espoo, originally scheduled for next month, will be pushed back.
THE European Commission Directorate General for Competition confirmed on July 6 that its officials carried out a number of unannounced inspections at the offices of passenger rail operators on June 28 as part of an investigation into anti-competitive practices.
THE board of Californian commuter rail operator Caltrain has approved contracts with a total value of $US 1.25bn for the electrification of the San Francisco - San Jose line, together with a new fleet of electric trains for the 82km route.
SINGAPORE metro operator SMRT is shipping 26 of its 35 new C151A trains back to Chinese manufacturer CRRC Sifang for rectification after structural defects were discovered on the six-car sets.
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) announced on July 7 that it has selected Abellio and Keolis for two contracts to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and regional services from December 2019.
PROPOSALS for major alterations to the route of the second phase of the high-speed network linking London with central and northern England were unveiled on July 7 by the chairman of HS2 Ltd Sir David Higgins.
THE first of 10 Kiss 2 double-deck inter-city EMUs ordered by Austrian open-access operator Westbahn in May 2015 was presented to the company's CEO Mr Erich Forster at Stadler's plant in Altenrhein, Switzerland, on July 6.
MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has signed contracts worth a total of Rs 181.1bn ($US 2.7bn) with five consortia for the construction of Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.
THE first of 16 CAF low-floor LRVs for the 11.9km metre-gauge tramway in St Etienne arrived in the French city on July 1.
