RDC Deutschland finally began operation of its new Autozug Sylt car-carrying service from Niebüll to Westerland on the island of Sylt on October 18.
BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has launched a tender for a contract to extend tram Line 1 from Fehérvári út to a new terminus Etele tér adjacent to Kelenföld main line station.
XI’AN, the capital city of China’s Shaanxi province, expanded its metro network significantly on October 15 with the opening of the 39.1km Line 3.
AN onboard optical-fibre track monitoring system developed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is being installed on the two original lines of the Singapore metro.
DPMK, the public transport operator in the Slovakian city of Košice, has awarded Vinci subsidiary Eurovia a contract worth around €80m for the second phase of the modernisation of the city’s 33km standard-gauge tram network.
CRRC Corporation has confirmed it will construct a facility in India to assemble metro cars after securing a Rs 8.5bn ($US 127m) contract to supply 23 three-car trains for the first metro line in Nagpur.
NEW York City Transit (NYC Transit) is seeking expressions of interest by November 30 for the supply of dual-mode locomotives for use on the Subway network and a battery car mover/shunter.
THE Transport Committee of Britain’s House of Commons wants the Department for Transport to “get a grip” on monitoring and enforcing the troubled Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise the performance of which is described as “woeful.”
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced on October 13 that it will expand its Metrolink network after plans for a new £350m tram line through Trafford Park were given the given the green light.
POLISH long-distance operator PKP Intercity announced on October 11 that it will invest Zlotys 2.5bn ($US 640m) over the next four years in the continued modernisation of its locomotive and rolling stock fleets.
