FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has ordered 34 Coradia Liner trains from Alstom in a contract worth around €350m.
Railway Interchange 2013: GE Transportation unveiled several new products at this week's Railway Interchange exhibition being held in Indianapolis, Indiana, including a new locomotive.
RENNES Métropole has awarded a €178m turnkey contract to Siemens to for the construction of the French city's second fully-automatic light metro line. This follows a contract for the first phase of studies which was placed in 2010.
EUROPE's railway associations are urging the Council of the European Union to stick to the plan to make the European Railway Agency (ERA) the one-stop-shop for safety certification and vehicle authorisation in Europe rather a proposal by some member states for a modified version of the current appallingly-slow system.
THE first of seven Velaro high-speed trains ordered by Turkish State Railways (TCDD) from Siemens is currently en route to Turkey.
GERMANY's Niederbarnimer Railway (NEB) has ordered nine Pesa Link dmus for €27m which it will operate on services from Berlin to Templin, Werneuchen and Kostrzyn, Poland, beginning in December 2015.
THE battle between the Dutch and Belgian operators and the Italian supplier of the V250 electric trains for the aborted Amsterdam – Brussels Fyra service is intensifying.
BOMBARDIER presented the first Régio 2N double-deck emu to French National Railways (SNCF) president Mr Guillaume Pepy and representatives of regional governments at its Crespin plant in northeast France on September 25.
BRITAIN'S National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) announced on September 24 that approval has been granted for the development of a new training academy for rolling stock engineers, which will be built at Siemens' Kings Heath maintenance depot in Northampton.
SAUDI Railways Organisation (SRO) has awarded a contract to DB International to supervise infrastructure design work, rolling stock production, and project management for the 450km Mecca – Jeddah – Medina high-speed line.
