A joint tender by Hungarian operators MAV-Start and GySEV for 48 emus has attracted interest from eight train builders.
BRITISH West Coast Main Line operator Virgin Trains has extended its contract with Bombardier until March 2016 to maintain its fleet of Super Voyager diesel trains. The contract is worth about £106m.
TENDERS have been invited by PKP Intercity, Poland, to conduct what is termed a Level 4 revision to 271 passenger coaches of 23 types. The closing date for bids is January 15.
KORAIL, Korea's national train operator, presented a certificate today to Hyundai Rotem to mark 100 fault-free days for operating five modified KTX-Sancheon high-speed trains.
THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded a Rand 51bn ($US 5.7bn) contract to the Gibela Rail Transport consortium led by Alstom to supply 3600 commuter rail emu cars.
THE Board of Trenord, the 50:50 joint venture company formed by Trenitalia and North Milan Railways (FNM) in 2011, announced on November 29 it is to exercise options for an additional 23 regional multiple units from two suppliers at a cost of €190m.
RIO DE JANEIRO commuter rail operator SuperVia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around Reais 300m ($US 142m) to supply 20 four-car Metropolis emus.
THE board of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is expected to conclude a contract with Siemens for 100 Desiro ML dual-voltage emus at a board meeting later this month in a deal worth €550-600m.
Czech open-access operator, Leo Express, is aiming to begin operations on the Prague - Ostrava line this month. Chairman of the board Leoš Novotny outlined his vision for the company to Kevin Smith at InnoTrans.
The Australian State of Victoria is to acquire an additional 40 VLocity dmu vehicles from Bombardier at a cost of more than $A 200m ($US 209m) to accommodate anticipated further growth in ridership on regional services.
