THE board of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is expected to conclude a contract with Siemens for 100 Desiro ML dual-voltage emus at a board meeting later this month in a deal worth €550-600m.
TWO years and eight months after tunnelling began, TBM Victoria broke through the final section of bored tunnel on Amsterdam's North-South metro line in the early hours of November 30.
SWEDISH national passenger operator SJ announced on November 30 it has concluded a commercial agreement with Amadeus to distribute SJ products through Amadeus Global Rail Sales Platform.
AFTER several months of uncertainty, an agreement has finally been reached between Austria's infrastructure manager and open-access operators over access to two new lines which can only be used by rolling stock equipped with ETCS Level 2.
INDEPENDENT Transport Company (ITC) is set to complete its takeover of Freight One after the board of Russian Railways (RZD) approved the sale of its remaining 25% plus one shareholding in the company.
HAMBURG celebrated the opening of the latest addition to its U-Bahn network on November 28 with a week of free rides on Line U4 prior to the launch of commercial operations on December 9.
INVENSYS has announced it is to sell its rail division to Siemens for $US 2.8bn following a strategic review which concluded that consolidation in the signalling industry would limit the scope for expanding the company's rail activities.
THE NORWEGIAN ministry of transport and communications announced on November 28 that it has asked infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket to prepare a draft development strategy for the rollout of ERTMS across the national network.
A CEREMONY was held at Maschen yard near Hamburg on November 27 to mark the introduction of 835m-long freight trains between Germany and Scandinavia.
Czech open-access operator, Leo Express, is aiming to begin operations on the Prague - Ostrava line this month. Chairman of the board Leoš Novotny outlined his vision for the company to Kevin Smith at InnoTrans.
