BELGIAN federal minister for mobility Mrs Jacqueline Galant told the country's parliament on January 23 that only one bidder, a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier, is in the running for a framework contract to supply a fleet of inter-city double-deck EMUs to Belgian National Railways (SNCB).

A COURT in Vienna has rejected an appeal by Siemens against public transport operator Wiener Linien's decision to award Bombardier a contract worth up to €562m for up to 156 low-floor LRVs.

BELGIUM's Mobility and Transport Federal Public Services (FPS) has awarded Mott MacDonald a contract to independently review the €2bn national rollout of ETCS currently being implemented by infrastructure manager Infrabel.

PROPOSALS to connect Stockport to the Manchester Metrolink light rail network were published by Stockport Council on January 22 as part of a broader rail plan for the area, which has been developed in consultation with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

TRANSPORTS Ciutat Comtal (TCC), a joint venture between Barcelona metro operator TMB and Catalonia's largest privately-owned public transport operator Moventia, has been selected for a 10-year concession to operate and maintain the light rail and bus networks in Portugal's second city Porto.

BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG transport authority (NVBW), together with transport authorities in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Bergstrasse, and Saarland have selected DB Regio for a contract to operate Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Lot 1 for 17 years from December 2016.

ITALIAN Railway Network (RFI) has signed two contracts for civil works on new high-speed lines in northern Italy.

KB Holding, which has a 29.99% holding in Vossloh, plans to offer between €48 and €49 per share for the remaining 70% of the company.

Czech infrastructure manager, SŽDC, has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom a contract worth €14.7m to install GSM-R on the 185km line linking the West-Bohemian cities of Beroun, Plzeň and Cheb.