CUBAN Union Railways (UFC) has placed an order for 300 two-car dmus with Russian manufacturer Murom, the first of which has already been shipped to the island.
BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has selected CAF as its preferred bidder for a contract to supply 37 low-floor LRVs with an option for 87 additional vehicles.
BRAUNSCHWEIG Transport (BSVAG) has exercised an option for three additional Tramino low-floor LRVs with Solaris, Poland.
UNION Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, has signed an agreement with Amsted Rail, United States, which will see the creation of a new joint venture for designing and manufacturing freight wagon components.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) subsidiary London Tramlink has exercised an option for four additional Variobahn low-floor LRVs from Stadler Pankow, which will be used on the light rail network in Croydon.
BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has begun preparing a claim for damages against AnsaldoBreda following the cancellation of its order for three V250 high-speed trains.
RUSSIAN freight wagon producer Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) has indicated an interest in establishing an assembly facility in Angola to build rolling stock for railways in southern Africa.
WORK has started to create a prototype battery-powered emu which can operate beyond the catenary as way of extending the benefits of electric operation as Britain electrifies more of it national rail network.
DB Regio introduced new Bombardier class 442 emus built for the Mid-German S-Bahn network around Leipzig on August 18, four months before they were due to enter service.
THE Alstom-led Gibela consortium has selected a site at Ekurhuleni in the South African province of Gauteng as the location for a Rand 2bn ($US 201m) rolling stock plant, which will assemble commuter trains for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).
