THE Greek government has secured a €1m grant from the European Union (EU) TEN-T Programme to help fund a series of studies into the construction of a new 43km single-track line from Toxotes Xanthi on the existing Thessaloniki – Alexandroupoli line to the Aegean port of Kavala.
THE supervisory board of Czech Railways (CD) has approved the purchase up to 80 long-distance coaches from Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in a deal worth up to CKr 413m ($US 20.5m).
DENMARK has secured €11.5m from the European Union's (EU) TEN-T programme to help fund a €115.5m project to electrify the 57km Lunderskov – Esbjerg line and improve rail links to the port of Esbjerg.
LOCAL authorities in Stockholm have reached an agreement on the expansion of city's metro network to support the construction of 78,000 new homes, which will help to meet rapidly-rising demand for housing in the Swedish capital.
THE 5km southern extension of Moscow metro Line 7 from Ryazanskiy Prospekt to Zhulebino was inaugurated on November 9 by the chairman of the Moscow Department of Construction Mr Andrey Bochkarev and Moscow Metro president Mr Ivan Besedin.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced on November 8 that its Capital Projects and Policy Sub-Committee has backed plans to develop a tram-train strategy for the city and surrounding area.
UNITED Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, and Tatravagonka, Slovakia, have formed a joint venture company, Railway Casted Components (RCC), which will produce Barber bogie castings for 1520mm-gauge wagons.
BRITAIN'S Chancellor Mr George Osborne announced on November 7 that the government will establish a taskforce to study accelerating passenger services between London and eastern England.
ALMOST 30 years after the project was conceived, the Salerno Metro suburban line was inaugurated on November 4 by the city's Mayor Mr Vincenzo De Luca.
A research team from the Luleå University of Technology in Sweden has developed the eMaintenance Lab, a one-stop-shop for data analysis which is aiding research projects and maintenance practices, as Kevin Smith discovers.
