HEATHROW Express, the operator of direct services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport, has withdrawn its entire fleet of 14 four and five car class 332 EMUs after a structural defect was found on the underside of several cars during routine inspections earlier this week.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has received the second of 600 Alstom X'Trapolis Mega six-car commuter EMUs for testing. The first arrived in December 2015.
Britain signed the Luxembourg Rail Protocol on February 26 in Rome in the first stage of its adoption in the country.
SPANISH trainbuilder CAF saw revenues and profits fall in 2015, but with new contracts recently signed its order backlog has risen.
JAKARTA's long-awaited Soekarno-Hatta Airport rail link project has secured a $US 53.3m syndicated loan for the purchase of 10 trains, state-owned infrastructure financing firm, Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (SMI), has confirmed.
THE French government has announced plans to invest in rolling stock for daytime TET services operated under the Corail Intercités brand, with expenditure of up to €1.5bn planned between 2017 and 2025.
THE Cuban Ministry of Finance has confirmed funding for 240 new passenger coaches per year in a bid to upgrade the country's railways.
EGIS, France, is to undertake engineering, procurement and construction management for system equipment on Paris metro Line 18 – part of the Grand Paris Express project.
WAGON leasing and logistics company VTG, Germany, reported a 76.2% rise in earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) in 2015 to €336.5m on turnover of €1bn.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) is planning to order up to 300 more EMUs in addition to its existing framework contract for 200 Siemens Desiro ML sets.
