UKRAINIAN tram manufacturer Tatra-Yug has unveiled a new 70% low-floor LRV, which has been developed by a team of Ukrainian designers and built with the support of around 250 domestic suppliers.

GERMAN Rail (DB) says it is stepping up 3D printing of rolling stock components as it seeks to harness the technology to streamline maintenance processes.

ONLINE travel company Expedia announced on May 11 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in British rail ticketing and distribution specialist SilverRail Technologies.

CHENNAI marked the opening of the first underground section of its metro network on May 14, when Tamil Nadu chief minister Mr Edappadi Palaniswami and India’s minister of urban development Mr Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 7.4km stretch of the Green Line between Koyambedu and Nehru Park.

TRAMS carried passengers along Woodward Avenue in Detroit for the first time in 61 years on May 12 with the inauguration of the 5.3km Q Line from Larned Street to West Grand Boulevard.

SIEMENS announced plans on May 11 to cut nearly 1700 jobs in Germany during the next few years including 300 immediately at Siemens Mobility’s Krefeld train building plant, as part of the company’s efficiency and modernisation drive to turn Siemens into a “digital industrial” company.

THE long-running dispute between Metrolinx and Bombardier over the late delivery of LRVs for new light rail lines in the Toronto area took another turn on May 12, when Ontario provincial minister for transportation Mr Steve Del Duca announced the agency has placed a $C 529m ($US 386m) order with Alstom to for 61 low-floor LRVs.

IRJ at Railtex 2017: International bridge and engineering company Mabey unveiled a modular glass-fibre, reinforced polymer footbridge at Railtex 2017 in Birmingham, Britain.

LISBON metro unveiled a project to create a circular line by the end of 2021 as part of its new Operational Development Plan, which was published on May 8.

LUXEMBOURG National Railways (CFL) has issued a call for tender for the supply of a fleet of 25kV ac EMUs for operation within Luxembourg and on cross-border service to France and Belgium.