DENMARK's Transport Minister Mr Henrik Dam Kristensen officially launched construction of the Copenhagen – Køge – Ringsted high-speed line on September 6 in a groundbreaking ceremony at Karlslunde.
PUBLIC consultation has begun in Paris on the first section of the ambitious Grand Paris automated express metro network, which will eventually encircle the city with four new lines linking the suburbs.
REPRESENTATIVES of 10 European companies and research institutions came together in Hannover on September 10 to launch a three-year research and development project that aims to improve the performance of single-wagonload railfreight operations.
THE Autonomous Port of Strasbourg has awarded Eurotunnel's railfreight subsidiary Europorte a five-year contract to operate and maintain the port's 110km railway network.
SNCF GEODIS is claiming a European first after transporting 55m-long wind turbine blades by rail from Germany to Denmark.
THE integrated structure of railways in Germany and Austria does not contravene European legislation on liberalisation, according to European Court of Justice Advocate General Mr Niilo Jääskinen, who today delivered his opinions on infringement actions brought against several European Union (EU) member states by the European Commission (EC).
SWEDISH regional public transport authority Östgötatrafiken has awarded Alstom a €50m contract to supply eight additional X61 Coradia Nordic 15kV ac emus under a framework agreement signed in 2008.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom a €93m contract to equip 230km of the under construction high-speed line from Halle and Leipzig to Ebensfed via Erfurt with ERTMS Level 2.
THE MUNICIPALITY of Odense has appointed Cowi, Denmark, as technical consultant, together with Systra, France, and ETC, Germany, as sub-consultants, for the development of the first light rail line in the Danish city.
THE first of 28 double-deck emus for the Bern S-Bahn was handed over by Stadler to BLS in a ceremony today in the Swiss capital.
