POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLP has selected a consortium of Thales and Trakce, Czech Republic, in a €76m contract to upgrade train management systems including signalling and supervision on the 100km Warsaw Okecie - Radom line.
MOROCCAN National Railways (ONCF) has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS and Cofely Ineo, France, a €120m contract to design and supply signalling, train control, and telecommunications systems for the 183km Tangiers – Kénitra high-speed line.
PRESIDENT Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic attended a ceremony in the capital Santo Domingo on April 1 to mark the opening of the city's second metro line.
MITSUBISHI Heavy Industries (MHI) has started construction of what it describes as Japan's first comprehensive railway system verification facility.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded a Bombardier-led consortium a Rand 1.1bn ($US 122m) contract to carry out resignalling of MetroRail KwaZulu Natal commuter lines in the Durban area.
FUNKWERK has secured a contract from Hamburger Hochbahn, the operator of Hamburg's U-Bahn network, to install its Alister SIL 2 electronic interlocking for depot control at the Barmbek depot. Commissioning is scheduled for November 15.
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom have signed an agreement to develop a new dual-gauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and 1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks.
Belgium's infrastructure manager Infrabel is pushing ahead with a €2bn national ETCS rollout programme over the next decade. Kevin Smith examines the project.
Indian Railways and its suppliers are making radical progress with a new train protection system designed to significantly reduce the risk of collisions on the country's increasingly-crowded network. Madhu Vatyam, general manager of HBL Power Systems, India, outlines the development of TCAS.
REPRESENTATIVES from the United States' leading freight railways told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) during a conference in Washington, DC, this week that a full implementation of Positive Train Control on around 96,500km of track will not be possible by the federally-mandated deadline of 2015.
