THE Austrian state of Salzburg has published information in the Official Journal of the European Union detailing a future tender for a concession to operate regional rail services in Salzburg and the neighbouring states of Upper Austria, Tirol and the German state of Bavaria.

A Chinese-Hungarian joint venture has been formed to manage the reconstruction of the Hungarian section of the Budapest - Belgrade line.

DB Systemtechnik has been awarded a contract by Hitachi Rail Europe to test and commission a fleet of AT200 EMUs being supplied to Abellio Scotrail and which are due to start entering service in autumn 2017.

ALSTOM has won a €31m contract to supply traction and train control monitoring systems (TCMS) for 156 metro cars for Shanghai Metro Line 10 phase 2, which is expected to open in 2018.

THE new Vienna South intermodal terminal at Inzersdorf has started operation with a few container trains per day and should be in full service from December.

KOREAN consultants have completed a pre-feasibility study for the Management Board of Urban Railways (MBUR) in Ho Chi Minh City for the metro Line 4B-1 branch line to Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

AMTRAK achieved a record for unaudited ticket sales for the 2016 fiscal year, which ended on September 30, of $US 2.14bn which is $US 12m more than in 2015.

THALES has entered into exclusive negotiations with Latour Capital, a private equity firm, with a view to selling its transport ticketing and revenue collection, road tolling and car park management business.

INFORMATION for prospective bidders for a concession to operate regional train services on the Elbe-Spree network (NES) in Germany has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

GERMANY’s minister for transport and digital infrastructure Mr Alexander Dobrindt has introduced draft legislation aimed at banning the operation of freight wagons which are deemed to be too noisy. If approved, the ruling would come into effect after the end of 2020.