THE City of Buenos Aires confirmed on January 26 that it is planning to order 60 additional 300 series Metropolis cars from Alstom as part of the ongoing modernisation of its metro train fleet.

THE government of the Austrian province of Styria has given its backing to a €20m project to restore the 2.8km cross-border link between Bad Radkersburg and Gorna Radgona after more than 70 years.

FOLLOWING a competitive tender, the Korean city of Yongin has awarded NeoTrans a Won 169bn ($US 141m) contract to operate and maintain the 18.1km light metro Everline.

MAJOR construction works on Auckland's long-proposed 3.4km City Rail Link are set to start in 2018, two years ahead of its previous start date, after New Zealand's prime minister Mr John Key announced the government will commit to funding half of the $NZ2.5bn ($US 1.6bn) project.

ITALIAN civil engineering company, Condotte, has appointed Pöyry, Finland, to carry out rock and tunnel engineering for construction of a section of the Follo Line in Norway.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has agreed the second phase of a cooperation protocol with Indian Railways (IR) signed in April 2015 for a pilot project to upgrade two stations.

SINGPAORE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded contracts with a total value of around $S 948m ($US 663m) to construct three underground stations on the East Coast section of the Thomson East Coast Line (TEL).

MTR Corporation MTR Nordic announced on January 25 that it will take full control of the company responsible for maintaining Stockholm's metro train fleet after reaching an agreement with Mantena, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norwegian State Railways (NSB) to acquire its 50% stake in Tunnelbaneteknik Stockholm (TBT).

SPANISH national train operator Renfe has shortlisted six manufacturers for a framework contract to supply and maintain a new fleet of high-speed trains.