ISRAEL Railways (IR) has placed a €56m order with Bombardier for 33 additional Twindexx Vario coaches, expanding its fleet of the double-deck vehicles to 462.

ALSTOM achieved a 6% increase in sales and a 15% rise in Ebit for the year ending March 31 2017, while its order backlog reached a new record of €34.78bn.

AN agreement has been reached between the Israeli government and CityPass, the concessionaire of the Jerusalem light rail network, to extend the Red Line at each end and build a section of the Green Line.

ACCORDING to a study by SCI Verkehr, Germany, the world market for metro cars is set to grow at an annual rate of 1-2% from what it describes as a very high current market volume of more than €8bn.

ISRAEL Railways (IR) made a profit of Shekels 77m ($US 21m) from current activities in 2016, a 10% increase on its Shekels 70m profit in 2015.

ISRAEL’s transport minister Mr Israel Katz joined Israel Railways (IR) general manager Mr Shahar Ayalon and other invited guests for an inaugural test run on the 23km Acre - Carmiel line on March 21.

THE first of 62 Traxx AC electric locomotives for Israel Railways (IR) has been completed at Bombardier’s plant in Kassel, Germany, and is now ready for testing on the plant’s internal test track.

A ceremony to mark the laying of the cornerstone for the Modi’in curve, a new 2.5km direct link between Modi’in and the new Jerusalem - Tel Aviv A1 Link, was held at Modi’in Outskirts station on March 14.

UNIPART Rail, Britain, and Arabian Railway Company (ARC) announced on March 12 that they will form a joint venture to deliver projects, supply chain services and consultancy in Saudi Arabia.

DUBAI's Road and Transport Authority (RTA) and Alstom, leader of the Expolink consortium, has awarded Thales a contract to provide systems for the Red Line metro extension and upgrade project.