METRO Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmadabad (Mega), the special purpose vehicle established by the Indian government and the state of Gujarat to construct the Ahmedabad metro network, launched an international competitive tender on January 15 to supply 96 metro cars for the first phase of the project.
CATALONIA Government Railways (FGC) president Mr Carles Puigdemont visited Lleida on January 16 to witness the delivery of the first Stadler DMU for the Lleida – La Pobla de Segur line.
LONDON Underground has invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens, which previously pre-qualified, to submit tenders to supply a fleet of 250 trains under its New Tube for London project.
THE first of 14 four-car light metro trains being built by Bombardier Transportation and Hartasuma for operation on the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur was presented to Prasarana Malaysia and the operator Rapid KL on January 18.
DESPITE Spain's economic woes, the country's love affair with high-speed trains is far from over. As IRJ went to press, the candidates best positioned to win the general election on December 20 all had one thing in common: a commitment to continue the massive investment in the AVE network while promising to keep a tight control over the public deficit in 2016.
PAKISTAN Railways (PR) has awarded CRRC Corporation subsidiary Jinan Railway Vehicles Equipment Company (JRVEC) a Rs 3.92bn ($US 37.5m) contract to supply 800 hopper wagons.
THREE months ahead of schedule, the first Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) class 4744 Cityjet EMUs for the southern province of Styria entered passenger service on January 11.
PHOENIX Valley Metro has launched a tender for a contract to supply additional LRVs for the expansion of the light rail network in the state capital of Arizona.
SWEDISH train leasing company Transitio has awarded Motala Train, Sweden, a contract to carry out heavy maintenance on its fleet of 25 class X11 EMUs, which are primarily used by regional operators Krösatågen and Norrtåg.
GERMANY's Altona-Kaltenkirchen-Neumünster Railway (AKN) has taken delivery of the last of 14 Coradia Lint 54 DMUs, which were ordered from Alstom in 2013 in a deal worth €60m.
