CRRC Corporation has confirmed it will construct a facility in India to assemble metro cars after securing a Rs 8.5bn ($US 127m) contract to supply 23 three-car trains for the first metro line in Nagpur.

NEW York City Transit (NYC Transit) is seeking expressions of interest by November 30 for the supply of dual-mode locomotives for use on the Subway network and a battery car mover/shunter.

VTG announced on October 13 that Morgan Stanley Infrastructure has acquired 29% of VTG’s share capital, becoming the company’s largest shareholder.

THE Transport Committee of Britain’s House of Commons wants the Department for Transport to “get a grip” on monitoring and enforcing the troubled Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise the performance of which is described as “woeful.”

TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) announced on October 13 that it will expand its Metrolink network after plans for a new £350m tram line through Trafford Park were given the given the green light.

AUSTRIAN open-access rail freight operator Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply three Traxx AC3 electric locomotives with last mile diesel engines for shunting on non-electrified sidings.

POLISH long-distance operator PKP Intercity announced on October 11 that it will invest Zlotys 2.5bn ($US 640m) over the next four years in the continued modernisation of its locomotive and rolling stock fleets.

REPRESENTATIVES from Cuban Union Railways (UFC) and Lyudinovo Locomotive Works (LTZ), Russia together with other suppliers within the Sinara group have begun to finalize the specifications for a new fleet of diesel-hydraulic locomotives ordered by UFC earlier this year.

ASTRA Rail Management and The Greenbrier Companies, United States, announced plans on October 13 to form a new company, Greenbrier-Astra Rail, creating a Europe-based freight wagon manufacturing, engineering, and repair business.

THE Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at Britain’s University of Huddersfield has unveiled a new 150-tonne bogie test rig, which it says is the only one of its type in Europe. and inaugurated the Centre for Innovation in Rail.