POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLP has selected a consortium of Thales and Trakce, Czech Republic, in a €76m contract to upgrade train management systems including signalling and supervision on the 100km Warsaw Okecie - Radom line.
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend Warsaw Metro Zlotys 1bn ($US 313.5m) to support construction of the 6.7km central section of the new Line 2 which is currently being built between Ptocka and Szwedzka stations.
CZECH open-access operator Leo Express recorded a 25% increase in traffic in March on its services linking Prague, Ostrava and Bohumin. This contrasts with January which had weak growth.
SWEDEN's infrastructure manager Trafikverket says it has received applications from 27 passenger operators and 13 freight companies to run trains on the national network starting from the new timetable on December 15.
ANSALDOBREDA and Chongqing Chuanyi Automation (SICC) have established a joint venture based in Chongqing, China, that will produce and develop electric traction systems, auxiliary services and train monitoring control systems for metro trains.
RUSSIAN car builder Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) and its partner Bombardier have today unveiled at the Hannover Fair models of a new metro train and a new LRV which they are developing jointly for Russia.
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), an office of the president of the Philippines, has given the go-ahead to Japan to conduct a full feasibility study of a proposed 12.6km elevated monorail line in Manila.
EXPRESSIONS of interest from between three and five bidders are being sought by Transport Scotland for a new 15-year franchise to operate overnight sleeper services between Scottish cities and London.
TESTING has begun in Barcelona of the first Alstom Metropolis train for Panama metro Line 1, which is due to open next year.
ZARAGOZA celebrated the opening of the final phase of a 6.9km extension of the city's first light rail line last week after four years of work and an investment of €400m.
