MOLDOVAN Railways (CFM) has issued an international invitation to tender for a contract to supply 12-15 locomotives and rehabilitate maintenance facilities.

INDIA’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave the go-ahead on December 21 for a Rs 12.5bn ($US 216m) project to construct a second track on the Rajpura - Bhatinda line in southern Punjab.

HEFEI became the latest Chinese city to open a metro line on December 26 with the inauguration of the north – south Line 1.

PORTERBROOK Leasing, Britain, is planning to rollout a new wheel slide protection (WSP) system across its class 15X Sprinter DMU fleets comprising 250 trains following successful tests with a class 156 DMU during the last few months.

ANGLO Belgian Corporation was awarded a contract from Iranian Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) to repower two AD43C locomotives in November.

THE board of French infrastructure manager SNCF Network approved the draft of its first multi-year performance contract with the government, which includes a 10-year spending plan, during a meeting on December 20.

RAIL leaders will be among the speakers at the next International Railway Summit being organised jointly by IRJ and IRITS Events in association with the International Union of Railways (UIC). The event will be held at the UIC headquarters in Paris on February 15-17 2017.

ETHIOPIA and Djibouti have agreed to establish a joint company which will manage the newly built line between the two countries.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and Paris Transport Authority (RATP) have signed an agreement to support Senegal’s efforts to develop the 57km standard-gauge regional express train service from Dakar to Blaise Diagne International Airport near Ndiass during a state visit to Senegal by the president of France Mr François Hollande this week.

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) has decided to award German Rail’s (DB) regional division, DB Regio, a contract for both lots of a concession to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn network.