SPAIN’s national train operator Renfe has turned a loss of €18.8m during the first five months of 2016 into a profit of €14.9m for the same period this year according to a report presented to the Renfe board by its president Mr Juan Alfaro on June 27.

FRANKFURT Transport (VGF) has issued a call for tender by July 20 for the first round of a two-stage tender for a fleet of 38 LRVs with an option for an additional 15 vehicles.

BRITAIN’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has identified its “top 12 major infrastructure priorities which require urgent action,” which includes three rail projects, all of which are in the top four after a third runway at London Heathrow airport.

VTG Rail, the US leasing subsidiary of VTG, Germany, has acquired the rolling stock assets of Redwood Rail, adding 1135 wagons to its fleet, and bringing VTG Rail’s total number of units in use in North America to 5200.

AMTRAK has appointed long-time aviation executive Mr Richard Anderson as its president and chief executive officer, effective July 12.

AUSTRALIAN prime minister Mr Malcolm Turnbull announced a $A 1.42bn ($US 1.08bn) federal cash injection to fund upgrades to regional rail lines in Victoria on June 27.

THE Australian federal and Victorian state governments have awarded the McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail joint venture a contract for stages two, three and four of the Murray Basin rail freight network revitalisation project.

FREIGHT logistics company Ceva has launched a new rail freight service linking Shilong, in southern China’s Guangdon province, to Hamburg, Germany.

ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has awarded Ansaldo STS a two-year €100m technical assistance and maintenance contract for its train control solutions installed across the Italian main line and high-speed network.

EUROPEAN Locomotive Leasing (ELL) has ordered an additional eight Vectron locomotives from Siemens, taking Siemens’ total order of Vectron locomotives to 507.