MUNICH Transport (MVG) has issued an international invitation to prequalify for a contract to supply 13 new low-floor LRVs as part of a project to increase capacity on the busiest sections of the city's tram network.
THE Region of Waterloo, Ontario, has reached financial close on a 33-year PPP contract to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
PASSENGER traffic on the Egyptian National Railway (ENR) network has plummeted by 87% year-on-year as a result of continuing political turmoil, according to annual figures released by the country's railway authority.
DENMARK's Ministry of Transport confirmed on May 13 that the government has reached an agreement with opposition parties to construct a new rail link to Billund Airport in Jutland.
BELGIAN light rail operator De Lijn has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around €6m to carry out heavy overhauls on 20 metre-gauge trams, which are used on the 68km coastal tramway between Knokke and De Panne.
A consortium of Alstom, Isolux Corsan and Algerian construction company Cosider has been selected as preferred bidder for a contract to build the second phase of the light rail network in Algeria's third-largest city Constantine.
RHAETIAN Railways (RhB) announced on May 12 that the Swiss Federal Ministry of Transport (BAV) has granted a construction permit for the construction of the new 5.9km Albula Tunnel on the metre-gauge line from Chur to St Moritz.
MORE than three years after Greece was severed from the European passenger rail network, Greek national train operator Trainose restored international services from Thessaloniki to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia on May 10.
ALSTOM has won a €300m contract from Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) for 50 type KZ8A 8.8MW electric locomotives. The contract was signed in Baku in the presence of the president of Azerbaijan Mr Ilham Aliyev and the French president Mr François Hollande.
FRANCE's secretary of state for transport, Mr Frédéric Cuvillier, has asked for studies for priority sections of a new line linking Marseille, Toulon and Nice to be accelerated with a view to obtaining a declaration of public utility for the project by 2017.
