CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles has rolled out the first of 40 Citadis low-floor LRVs for Chengdu light rail Line 2.
LOS ANGELES County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has awarded Alstom a $US 140.1m contract to carry out mid-life overhauls on its fleet of 52 Siemens P2000 LRVs, which are used on the Blue, Green and Expo light rail lines.
POLAND’s national long-distance operator PKP Intercity has issued a call for tender for 55 coaches with a closing date for bids of July 14.
POLISH regional operator Masovian Railways (KM), Poland, has equipped 69 vehicles with Dilax passenger counting systems, which are compatible with counting systems already installed on the vehicles, or those that will be installed in the future.
SERIES production of long-distance IC3 coaches has begun at MÁV-Start’s plant in Szolnok, Hungary, with an initial batch of 20 200km/h vehicles for international services.
HANNOVER transport authority Üstra has exercised an option for 46 additional TW 3000 LRVs from a consortium of Kiepe Electric and Alstom.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has launched a tender for a contract to supply 30 four-car trains for two new metro lines in the city.
THE board of Spanish national train operator Renfe voted on May 31 to approve the acquisition of 15 additional Talgo Avril high-speed trains.
SOUTH Korea’s national train operator Korail unveiled a full-size mock-up of a driving vehicle from its forthcoming EMU-250 high-speed train at Yongsan station in Seoul on May 24.
THE Board of Indian Railways (IR) has invited bids for a fleet of freight wagons of eight different types.
