ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has placed a Won 103.8bn ($US 93.3m) provisional order with Hyundai Rotem for the supply of 17 four-car metro trains that will boost capacity on Line M2 between Yenikapi and Haciosman.
TESTING commenced on Georgia's Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi standard-gauge section of the Baku - Tblisi - Kars (BTK) railway on December 30, a key milestone in the much-delayed project which is described by Georgian officials as the "new silk road."
THE ALYSJ consortium, which is responsible for Doha's $US 4.2bn Gold Line metro project, has secured funding worth more than $US 1bn from Qatar's Barwa Bank along with First Gulf Bank and Qatar International Islamic Bank.
THE German state of Baden-Württemberg invites bids for a two-stage tender for a 13-year concession for the so-called Breisgau East-West Network 9a.
TENDERS for concessions to operate three regional rail networks in the German state of Baden-Württemberg have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
METROPOLITAN Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) launched public services on the city's first modern tram line on December 30, marking the opening with three months of free travel on the 4.3km route.
TRIAL passenger operation began on December 28 on the second metro line in Wuxi, a city of 6.3 million inhabitants in Cina's eastern Jiangsu province.
BIDS are invited by June 17 2015 for a 12-year concession to operate regional rail services on non-electrified lines in the German state of Brandenburg.
THE CEO of Britain's infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), Mr Mark Carne, has ordered an inquiry into the cause of late-running infrastructure work which resulted in the closure of London King's Cross station for an entire day on December 27 and major disruption to services out of London Paddington.
THE chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr C Y Leung, attended the official opening of MTR's Island Line extension to Kennedy Town on December 27, with passenger services starting the following day.
