UKRAINIAN steel producer Interpipe has delivered its first batch of wheels to Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO).

THE president of Azerbaijan Mr Ilham Aliyev officially reopened Baku Central station on February 10 following the completion of a two-year renovation and modernisation project.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) launched a public consultation on February 9 on locations for stations and access shafts for the proposed extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line to Lewisham.

TECHNOLOGY and solutions company Trimble, United States, announced on February 8 that it has acquired rail inspection systems manufacturer Beena Vision for an undisclosed fee.

CANADIAN National Railway (CN) says 64% of its $C 2.5bn ($US 1.9bn) capital investment budget in 2017 will be used to upgrade track and structures.

THE governor of the Egyptian city of Alexandria Mr Reda Farhat signed a contract with Ukrainian tram supplier Tatra-Yug on February 6 for 15 high-floor LRVs.

SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on February 8 that it has appointed Aecom Singapore to conduct the advanced engineering study (AES) for the design of infrastructure on the Singaporean section of the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line.

THE board of Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) has set an investment budget of Dirhams 7.13bn ($US 709m) as it seeks to accommodate further growth in freight and passenger traffic and enhance the quality of its services.

SLOVAKIA’s national passenger operator ZSSK has launched a tender worth €69.5m for the supply of 26.4m-long long-distance air-conditioned passenger coaches.

BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) and Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport have jointly published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for the contract to operate the Allgäu Electric Network in southwest Germany.