CROSSRAIL, which is building a £14.8bn, 118km east-west rail link across London, has awarded a contract worth around £50m to a joint venture of Siemens and Invensys Rail to install a communications-based train control (CBTC) system on the busy central section of the line.
TEL AVIV Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA) issued an invitation to bid on November 8 for a contract to design, supply, commission, and maintain a fleet of 90 LRVs for the city's light rail network, with options for 30 additional vehicles.
FOLLOWING delays caused by a legal dispute, Miami-Dade County Commission has agreed to award a $US 313m contract for 136 metro vehicles to AnsaldoBreda.
THE International Association of Public Transport (UITP) today unveiled two initiatives on November 9 which aim to boost public transport ridership and funding for transit projects.
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the municipal government of Almaty signed a memorandum of understanding on November 7 for the development of a 14km light rail line in Kazakhstan's second largest city.
BEIJING MTR Corporation, a joint venture company comprising MTR Corporation, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Corporation and Beijing Capital Group commenced a concession agreement with the Beijing municipal government on November 6 for a public-private partnership for part B of the Beijing Metro Line 14 project.
TANZANIA-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has signed a $US 42m agreement with the Chinese government that will enable Chinese companies to implement rehabilitation projects on the ailing railway.
LAWYERS for the United States subsidiary of Talgo, Spain, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the rail equipment manufacturer against the state of Wisconsin based on the state's decision to terminate its contract to build passenger trains to be used by the state for Amtrak's Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago.
AS Americans head to the polls to vote for either President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mr Mitt Romney in today's presidential election, voters will also be asked in 12 states whether they approve resolutions and tax increases that could provide up to $US 100bn in direct funding for 19 transit projects.
SOME New York City-area residents resumed their everyday commute on Monday with varying degrees of success. But New Jersey residents may be deprived of adequate rail transit alternatives for far longer than their counterparts in New York State and Connecticut, in large part due to damaged rolling stock and locomotives.
