SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has commissioned Sweco, Sweden, to carry out environmental impact assessments and design studies for the construction of a new rail connection to the Port of Gothenburg.
THE mayor of Moscow Mr Sergei Sobyanin has revealed plans to build 250km of metro lines during the next few years in the Russian capital, and for the first time, most of them will be constructed above ground.
POLAND's infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a €35m contract to Bombardier to install ERTMS Level 2 on the 148km Legnica – Wroclaw – Opole line.
THE president of the European Investment Bank Mr Werner Hoyer will meet representatives of Stockholm City Council in the Swedish capital on February 15 to sign a €400m loan agreement which will finance the modernisation of the metro Red Line.
STADLER has beaten Alstom and Skoda, Czech Republic, in a tender to supply a fleet of double-deck emus to Aeroexpress for operation on services to Moscow's three airports. Stadler will supply 112 cars with an option for 60 more in a deal worth around €350m.
THE Municipality of Amsterdam has exercised an option worth around €42m to acquire five additional six-car Metropolis metro trains from Alstom.
BRITAIN's rolling stock fleet could grow by between 53% and 99% over the next 30 years according to a new report from Network Rail (NR), which reveals up to 19,000 new electric vehicles will be needed by 2042.
TRANSFIMA GEIE, a joint venture of Siemens, France and Tecnimont, Italy, has won a €37.6m contract to equip a 1.6km extension of the Turin light metro.
MANCHESTER Metrolink launched full commercial services on the East Manchester line on February 11 with the opening of the initial 6.3km section between Piccadilly and Droylsden.
THE Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT) has signed a supplementary agreement with Talgo to define the services it will provide during the project to develop Talgo passenger coaches for use on 1520mm-gauge infrastructure.
