UZBEKISTAN Railways (UZ) has completed the electrification and modernisation of the 140.8km line linking Samarkand with Qarshi in the southwest.
DANISH Railways (DSB) has confirmed that the company is being restructured into two primary divisions: operations, with a focus on operation and maintenance, and commercial, which focuses on customers, products and revenues. The changes will take effect from September 1.
TESTING is underway on the new 4.3km Ayacucho light rail line in the Colombian city of Medellin.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has appointed Ms Birgit Bohle as CEO of its long-distance passenger subsidiary with effect from September 1.
FULL operations on the long-awaited 17.5km extensions to Nottingham's light rail network commenced on August 25, almost eight months behind schedule.
SEIBU Railway's new series 40,000 trains, which are due to enter service on lines serving Tokyo and its suburbs in spring 2017, will be fitted with propulsion systems supplied by Toshiba after the company won a contract to deliver 24 sets for eight 10-car trains.
RESIDENTS of Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, and Sacramento, California, are celebrating the latest additions to their city's light rail networks which opened on August 22 and 24 respectively.
BRAZIL's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved a Reais 746.5m ($US 212.8m) loan for Rio de Janeiro's 28km Porto Maravilha light rail project.
GREATER Leipzig Transport Authority (ZVNL) has published a tender for operation of diesel services on the Northwest Saxony line R7 between Leipzig and Geithain in the Official Journal of the European Union.
WITH an increasing number of cities constructing light rail networks in response to growing urbanisation, and ageing fleets up for renewal, the market for LRVs is expected to grow at 4% per annum over the next five years, according to the latest market study by SCI Verkehr.
