ATHENS Metro began commercial operations on July 26 on the 5.5km southern extension of Metro Line 2 from Aghios Dimitrios to Elliniko.
THE British government has approved a scheme to divert London Underground's Metropolitan Line to Watford Junction and the construction of new station at Woolwich as part of the Crossrail project.
A Renfe class 730 train derailed on July 24 on the approach to Santiago de Compostela leaving around 80 dead and dozens injured. The train left the tracks entirely at 20.41 on a curve 4km south of Santiago station, where it was due to call.
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded a number of contracts for the extension standard gauge tracks south along the Mediterranean coast from Barcelona to Tarragona and Valencia.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued an international invitation to tender for a contract to supply 25 three-car metro trains for the first phase of the Kochi Metro.
STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) is preparing to invite bids for the initial phase of its national track-doubling programme, which will provide much-needed additional capacity on the metre-gauge network.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has rejected a track access request filed by Czech open-access long-distance operator Leo Express due to "formal deficiencies" in the application.
UNITED States Federal Transit Administrator Mr Peter Rogoff and North Carolina governor Mr Patrick McCrory attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Charlotte on July 18 to mark the start of construction on the city's light rail Lynx Blue Line extension.
BRATISLAVA Transport signed a €39m contract with Škoda Transportation on July 18 for a fleet of 15 low-floor 30T LRVs, which will enter service on the metre-gauge network in the Slovak capital in 2015.
EUROSTAR announced its first-half figures on July 18, which show sales revenues increased 7% year-on-year to £453m as passenger numbers grew 2% to 4.9 million.
