TRENORD, the joint venture between North Milan Railways (FNM) and Trenitalia which operates regional services in the Italian region of Lombardy has unveiled plans to refurbish 33% of its rolling stock fleet at a cost of €415m.

RUNNING slightly ahead of Copenhagen with the opening of its 14.4km light rail line planned for the end of 2020, is Odense, which is situated on the island of Funen, and with a population of 200,000, is Denmark’s third largest city.

Uganda has ambitious plans to build a light rail network in its capital Kampala in a bid to reduce crippling road traffic congestion and pollution, reports Shem Oirere.

SWEDISH open-access inter-city operator MTR Express has filed a complaint against SJ with the Swedish Competition Authority claiming the incumbent operator is abusing its dominant position in the market by blocking access to its online sales portal.

CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet received its first two Traxx multi-system electric locomotives from Bombardier on April 14.

VOSSLOH has completed an audit of the track on the 13km light rail network in Le Havre, France, operated by Porte Océane Transport (CTPO), a subsidiary Transdev, to determine its current condition and future maintenance needs.

A major expansion programme has transformed Manchester Metrolink into Britain’s largest light rail network over the past decade. But what is the secret of this success? And what is next? Kevin Smith met Jon Lamonte, chief executive of Transport for Greater Manchester, to find out.

Copenhagen is edging towards the start of construction on its first light rail project. Kevin Smith visits the Danish capital to get an update on the work that has taken place so far.

THE government of Macau special administrative region announced on April 11 that MTR Corporation has been selected for a contract to operate and maintain the Macau LRT Taipa Line.

THE French Council of State has rejected appeals seeking to overturn the Declaration of Public Utility (DUP) authorising the Grand Southwestern Railway Project (GPSO), which will extend the Sud-Europ Atlantique high-speed line from Bordeaux to Toulouse with a branch to Dax.