THE first of 18 three-car Metropolis trains for Guadalajara metro Line 3 has left Alstom’s Santa Perpetua de Mogoda plant near Barcelona for the nearby port of Tarragona on the first stage of its journey to Mexico.
SAD Local Transport, which operates train services partly in cooperation with Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in the Bolzano area, invites tenders by October 31 for seven tri-voltage EMUs.
THE first pair of new-generation metro cars for Miami’s Metrorail network was unveiled at Hitachi Rail USA’s plant in Medley, Florida by the mayor of Miami-Dade County Mr Carlos Giménez on October 24.
CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has revised guidelines for platform lengths on the state’s high-speed network after deciding that services will be operated by single train sets formed of up to 10 cars.
BRITISH franchisee Virgin Trains has launched an app to make it easier for passengers to find their way around stations as well as locate friends and translate signs into their own language.
AUSTRIAN light rail operator Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLB) has signed an agreement with the local governments of Vienna and Lower Austria to finance a batch of 18 new LRVs for its 30km line from Vienna to Baden.
AMSTERDAM Municipal Transport (GVB) has issued the first artist’s impressions of the forthcoming CAF Urbos 100 LRV for the city.
THE governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Bandar says that passenger services on the southern section of Saudi Railway Company’s (SAR) North-South Railway from Riyadh to Al-Mujamma'ah will begin at the start of 2017.
DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) inaugurated the 4.1km southern extension of the light rail Blue Line from Ledbetter to the University of North Texas at Dallas on October 20.
MTR Corporation CEO Mr Lincoln Leong welcomed passengers to Whampoa station in Kowloon on October 23 to mark the official opening of the 2.6km extension of Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong Line from Yau Ma Tei.
