GERMAN Rail's (DB) long-distance passenger division, DB Fernverkehr, has issued a call for tenders to fit European Train Control System (ETCS) to its ICE1 fleet of high-speed trains.
STADLER Rail announced on December 2 that it has signed a contract with Voith to acquire the company's Dutch train maintenance subsidiary Voith Rail Services (VRS) for an undisclosed sum.
THE first of five low-floor LRVs being supplied by China Northern Rolling Stock Corporation (CNR) subsidiary CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicles to the city of Samsun was delivered to Turkey by air on November 29.
STRASBOURG Transport (CTS), France, has issued a call for tender for a framework contract for the supply and possible maintenance of a fleet of light rail vehicles.
SAUDI Railways Organisation (SRO) has awarded a contract worth around $US 67m to FreightCar America to supply 500 freight wagons.
THE first of 10 class 350/4 emus has been delivered by Siemens to First TransPennine Express for operation between Manchester and Glasgow and Edinburgh.
THE Bonatrans Group, Czech Republic, has reached agreement with GHH Radsatz International Holding to acquire Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz, Germany, subject to the approval of anti-monopoly authorities.
THE International Union of Railways (UIC) and Britain's Railway Safety & Standards Board (RSSB) signed a memorandum of cooperation at the World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) in Sydney on November 28 to share railway research knowledge through RSSB's Spark website.
CANADIAN National (CN) announced on November 28 it is launching a $C 10m ($US 9.4m) programme to enhance the early detection of defects in rails and wheelsets.
AUSTRALIA's deputy prime minister and minister for infrastructure and regional redevelopment Mr Warren Truss launched a report entitled Opportunities for greater passenger rolling stock procurement efficiency during his federal government address at the AusRail Plus congress in Sydney today.
