THE Société du Grand Paris has awarded a €968m civil engineering contract on Line 15 South to a consortium consisting of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Soletanche Bachy France, Soletanche Bachy Tunnels, Bessac and Sade.

DIRECT Rail Services (DRS) announced on February 3 that it has received the first of 10 class 88 locomotives from Stadler Rail at its Kingmoor Depot in Carlisle, Britain.

ITALIAN contractor Salini Impregilo announced on February 3 that it has completed tunnel excavation work on Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro project.

ROMANIAN infrastructure manager CFR Infrastructure announced on February 3 that the European Commission (EC) has agreed to continue funding the rehabilitation of the Coşlariu - Simeria and Sighisoara - Coşlariu sections of the Braşov - Simeria line, which is part of the Pan-European Corridor.

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it has been selected by Paris Transport Authority (RATP) to refurbish 31 MI84 trains used on RER B in a contract worth €75m.

WARSAW Tramways launched a tender on February 3 for a contract to supply up to 213 LRVs in a deal which could be worth up to Zlotys 2.3bn ($US 570m) gross.

CITY Rail Link has issued a call for tender to pre-qualify by March 1 for the C3 stations and tunnels package of the $NZ 3bn ($US 2.18bn) project to build a cross-city line in Auckland, New Zealand.

FRENCH infrastructure manager SNCF Network has signed a €277m contract with RC2, a consortium of TSO Caténaires, Setec Ferroviare and ETF, for the renewal of overhead electrification on Paris RER Line C.

ALSTOM announced on February 3 that it will supply 10 additional Citadis trams to the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) for €28m as part of a framework agreement signed in November 2014.