ALSTOM officially handed over the first Metropolis Budapest metro train to Budapest Transport Company (BKV) in a ceremony at Stadionok station on July 10.
IRJ at the UIC 8th World Congress on High Speed Rail, Philadelphia: The president of French National Railways (SNCF) Mr Guillaume Pepy today called for the construction of a second high-speed line between Paris and Lyon to relieve congestion on the existing railway.
BERLIN Transport (BVG) has appointed Stadler Pankow to supply two pre-production metro trains as part of a programme to modernise the city's small-profile U-Bahn fleet.
AFTER years of delays, the Dutch Environmental and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) finally granted authorisation to place into service for the AnsaldoBreda V250 'Fyra' high-speed train fleet on July 6.
POMERANIAN Metropolitan Railway (PKM) has invited bids for the contract to design and build a 17km double-track line that will link Gdansk and Gdynia with Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport.
GREATER Stockholm Local Transport (SL) has awarded Strukton Rail two new contracts to maintain infrastructure on the 106km Stockholm metro network and the 65km narrow-gauge Roslagsbanan.
BUCHAREST Metro operator Metrorex has awarded Astaldi a €164m contract to build the northern extension of Line 4 from Parc Bazilescu to Laminorului and Lac Straulesti.
BOMBARDIER has signed an agreement with CSR Puzhen, China, to licence a variant of its Flexity 2 light rail vehicle design. The 10-year licence will allow CSR Puzhen to build and sell 100% low-floor LRVs throughout China.
GERMANY's first long-distance open-access passenger operator Hamburg-Cologne Express (HKX) today launched online ticket sales for its first services, and announced it will begin commercial operations on July 23.
FOLLOWING his resignation as CEO of Austrian open-access passenger operator Westbahn at the beginning of June, Dr Stefan Wehinger has sold his shares in parent company Rail Holding to the other three shareholders.
