INDIA's urban development minister Mr Venkaiah Naidu unveiled the first of 25 three-car Metropolis trains for Kochi Metro in a ceremony at Alstom's Sri City plant in Andhra Pradesh on January 2.

HOKKAIDO Railway Company is using a range of bearings developed by NSK for its new fleet of H5 trains that will be used Hokkaido Shinkansen between Shin-Aomori and Sapporo, which is due to open in March 2016.

TRANSMASHHOLDING subsidiary Metrovagonmash says it is ready to begin series production of its DP-M DMU after completing the certification process with a four-car prototype train.

STADLER Minsk has rolled out the first of two 1520mm-gauge EPm-001 inter-city EMUs for Belarus Railways (BC).

ALSTOM confirmed on December 29 that it has concluded the acquisition of an additional 8% stake in Transmashholding (TMH) from Russian Railways (RZD).

THREE French ministries have formed a joint venture with Alstom and Ademe, a government agency which funds sustainability projects, to develop the country's next-generation high-speed train

SCOTLAND's minister for transport and islands Mr Derek Mackay and ScotRail Alliance managing director Mr Phil Verster announced details of ScotRail's £475m fleet improvement programme at Milngavie station near Glasgow on December 21.

PANAMA Metro has awarded a €145m contract to a consortium including Alstom, Thales, Sofratresa, CIM, and TSO to expand the Panama City metro Line 1 train fleet and upgrade the line's signalling system, power supply, and depot facilities.

DB Regio subsidiary S-Bahn Berlin has selected a consortium of Stadler Pankow and Siemens in a framework contract to supply up to 1380 vehicles, with the initial order for 106 trains consisting of 85 four-car and 21 two-car sets.