SEOUL Metropolitan Government’s Urban Infrastructure division has awarded a Won 44bn ($US 36.8m) contract to Hyundai Rotem for 32 metro cars for operation on Line 9.
HITACHI Rail has placed an order with Rolls-Royce to supply 136 MTU Series 1600 PowerPacks for installation on 36 class 802 trains that will predominately operate Great Western Railway services between London, Plymouth and Penzance from 2018.
SOUTH Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) signed a $C 93m ($US 69.5m) contract with Bombardier on December 16 for 28 Mark III light metro cars for Vancouver’s SkyTrain automated light metro network.
SCI Verkehr’s latest poll of around 100 representative companies from the global railway industry indicates cautious optimism for the rail market for the next six months. David Briginshaw explains.
THE French city of Bordeaux opened a branch line extension to Line C of its light rail network on December 17.
LIVERPOOL City Region Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on December 16 for Merseytravel to place a £460m order with Stadler for a new fleet of 52 EMUs for the Merseyrail suburban network.
DANISH State Railways (DSB) announced on December 15 that it will phase out the fleet of AnsaldoBreda IC4 trains in 2024 as electrification enables the introduction of new EMUs to replace the troubled DMUs.
THE first completed driving car for NTV’s new fleet of Pendolino tilting trains was unveiled at Alstom’s Savigliano plant in northern Italy on December 15.
SIEMENS announced on December 14 that the first of five trains for All Aboard Florida’s Brightline service has left its factory in Sacramento, California, to make the 4912km journey to Florida.
NEW Stadler Flirt 3 EMUs entered service with three operators in the Netherlands with the start of the 2017 timetable on December 11.
