THE Canadian government will provide $C 1.8bn ($US 1.35bn) for the GO Transit Regional Express Rail (GO RER) project in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area of southern Ontario.
A tender has been issued by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) for new DMUs under a five-year framework contract with an option to extend it by another five years.
SNCF Mobility has awarded Alstom a contract worth approximately €250m for a further 30 Coradia trains for use on French Intercity and regional services.
GERMAN Rail (DB) and Siemens have agreed terms to further amend a contract originally signed in 2011 for 85 10-car and 45 seven-car 250km/h ICE 4 trains.
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Belgian National Railways (SNCB) a €600m loan to invest in modernising its rolling stock fleet.
THE first Desiro HC driving car for the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) regional network was presented to North-Rhine Westphalia state transport minister Mr Michael Groschek at Siemens’ plant in Krefeld, Germany, on March 31.
THE Kenyan government has announced more than $US 730m in new funding for the first and second phases of the 592km Mombasa - Nairobi - Naivasha Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) project being constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation.
NETINERA subsidiary Vlexx, Mainz, has awarded a contract to Bombardier to supply 21 three-car Talent 3 EMUs to begin operation on the Saar Electric Network in December 2019.
STOCKHOLM moved a step closer to a major expansion of its urban rail network on March 30, when the Swedish government concluded negotiations with local authorities on an agreement which links investment in new housing with significant improvements to the public transport system.
BADEN-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) announced on March 30 that they have selected Hohenzollern Railways (HzL) for a contract to operate the Ulm Star regional network (Baden- Württemberg Network 12) south of Stuttgart.
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