SPAIN's national operator Renfe will launch a tender in September for the supply of 40 high-speed trains under a €1.1bn framework contract to be awarded during 2016, according to its president Mr Pablo Vázquez.

DORTMUND City Authority, which operates a 75km tram and light rail network under the name DSW21, has invited bids for contracts to modernise existing trams and acquire new LRVs.

TROUBLES continue at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) after last week's sacking of its chief executive, suspension of a senior engineer, and a commuter train collision on July 17 that left 200 people injured.

IRISH Rail (IE) passenger traffic rose by 3.5% to 18.9 million, or an extra 650,000 passenger journeys, during the first six months of 2015 compared with the same period last year.

EUROSTAR has finally completed the refurbishment of the first train from its existing fleet of class 373 trains (dubbed e300 by Eurostar) and the train will re-enter service shortly.

GERMAN Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio has been selected by Schleswig-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH for the Schleswig-Holstein Rail Network West concession, which covers the operation of regional services on the line from Hamburg to Westerland on the island of Sylt.

FOLLOWING trials with two prototype sets, Berlin Transport (BVG) has placed a €60m order with Stadler Pankow for eleven four-car type IK narrow profile U-Bahn trains.

STAFF at Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) have recommended that the RTD Board of Directors accept a bid from Balfour Beatty Infrastructure for a contract to design and build the city's Southeast Rail Extension.

CHILTERN Railways marked the completion of tracklaying on its new link to Oxford on July 17, 100 days before the start of passenger services from London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway.

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has selected Obrascón Huarte Lain, Spain, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 3.5km section of the new double-track 22km Follo Line from Oslo Central to Ski.