TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TFGM) celebrated a milestone in the delivery of its fleet of M5000 LRVs on June 15 when the 100th vehicle was unloaded at Metrolink's Queens's Road depot.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation has awarded an Rs 6.45bn ($US 100m) contract to BEML, India, for 75 broad-gauge metro cars.
FORTH WORTH Transportation Authority signed a $US 106.7m contract with Stadler Rail for eight four-car articulated DMUs for the Tex Rail commuter line in a ceremony at the city's Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) on June 9.
NEWAG, Poland, handed over the first of 12 Impuls 45WE EMUs for Masovian Railways (KM) on June 8 in the presence of Masovian regional premier Mr Adam Struzik.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) unveiled its new Twindexx Express IR 200 long-distance EMU at Bombardier's Villeneuve plant in western Switzerland on June 8.
The construction of a circular light rail line in Kaohsiung will bring more residents and businesses in Taiwan's second city within easy reach of the rail network, as James Chuang explains.
VIENNA's public transport operator Wiener Linien has awarded a €431m contract to Bombardier to supply and maintain for 24 years a fleet of 119 Flexity LRVs. The contract includes an option for an additional 37 LRVs together with their maintenance.
THE first two of five double-deck Kiss EMUs ordered from Stadler by Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) under a €70m contract signed in May have arrived in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.
BELGIAN public transport operator De Lijn has exercised an option worth €97m with Bombardier for 40 additional Flexity 2 low-floor LRVs, which will be used on the metre-gauge tram networks in Antwerp and Ghent.
THE merger of China's two rolling stock manufacturers, CNR and CSR, was finalised on June 1 to form CRRC Corporation Limited, the world's largest train builder.
