JAKARTA's long-awaited Soekarno-Hatta Airport rail link project has secured a $US 53.3m syndicated loan for the purchase of 10 trains, state-owned infrastructure financing firm, Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (SMI), has confirmed.
TRANSPORT ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will meet in the Saudi capital Riyadh next month to discuss a new completion date for the planned 2177km Gulf Railway now that it is recognised that it cannot be completed by 2018.
THE French government has announced plans to invest in rolling stock for daytime TET services operated under the Corail Intercités brand, with expenditure of up to €1.5bn planned between 2017 and 2025.
A study into the introduction of a passenger train service between Detroit and Grand Rapids in the US state of Michigan has found that the economic benefits and number of passengers anticipated justifies taking the project forward.
FRANCE's secretary of state for transport, Mr Alain Vidalies, has announced plans to stop funding all but two of the Lunéa overnight train services operated by French National Railways (SNCF) and to put their operation out to tender.
ARRIVA is due to begin operation of a new semi-fast service between Prague main station, Czech Republic, and Benešov u Prahy on February 29.
THREE bidders have been shortlisted by the government of the Australian state of Victoria to deliver the first stage of works included in the Melbourne Metro Rail Project early works package tender.
THE British House of Commons Select Committee on the High-Speed 2 (HS2) Hybrid Bill has published its final report. The bill will now go forward for further consideration in the House of Parliament and then the House of Lords.
EGIS, France, is to undertake engineering, procurement and construction management for system equipment on Paris metro Line 18 – part of the Grand Paris Express project.
SIEMENS presented the first of 74 Inspiro metro vehicles for Riyadh's metro in Vienna today.
