DENMARK's Ministry of Transport confirmed on May 13 that the government has reached an agreement with opposition parties to construct a new rail link to Billund Airport in Jutland.
NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has awarded Windhoff, Germany, a contract to supply 11 self-propelled track and catenary maintenance vehicles.
BELGIAN light rail operator De Lijn has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around €6m to carry out heavy overhauls on 20 metre-gauge trams, which are used on the 68km coastal tramway between Knokke and De Panne.
SPAIN's high-speed rail infrastructure manager Adif-AV this week opened the tendering process for a €313.8m contract to install, commission and maintain signalling on the Madrid-Portugal high-speed line.
AS part of the Austrian Space Application Programme (ASAP), Austria's Research Promotion Agency (FFG) has appointed a consortium led by Vienna-based Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik to develop satellite positioning technology for rail vehicles as part of the Ditpos Rail project.
AUSTRIAN open-access long-distance operator Westbahn announced on May 13 that it has pulled out of the European Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), accusing the association of blocking liberalisation and market opening.
RHAETIAN Railways (RhB) announced on May 12 that the Swiss Federal Ministry of Transport (BAV) has granted a construction permit for the construction of the new 5.9km Albula Tunnel on the metre-gauge line from Chur to St Moritz.
MORE than three years after Greece was severed from the European passenger rail network, Greek national train operator Trainose restored international services from Thessaloniki to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia on May 10.
FRANCE's secretary of state for transport, Mr Frédéric Cuvillier, has asked for studies for priority sections of a new line linking Marseille, Toulon and Nice to be accelerated with a view to obtaining a declaration of public utility for the project by 2017.
FERROVIENORD, Italy, has signed a contract worth around €100m with AnsaldoBreda for seven additional TSR six-car double-deck EMUs, which will be used on regional services in Lombardy by Trenord, the company's joint venture with Trenitalia.
