ITALY's infrastructure manager, Italian Rail Network (RFI) says ETCS Level 1 will become operational on the line from Domodossola to Isele on the Swiss border in December. The line is part of the Rhine-Alps TEN-T corridor.

GO-OP, a British open-access operating organisation, has presented revised plans to introduce a new rail service from Taunton to Swindon from December 2017.

THE Australian state of Victoria has signed a seven-year, $A 700m ($US 525m) contract with NTT Data for the continued operation of its myki smart card public transport ticketing system that covers Melbourne and many parts of Victoria.

AIRPORT Railroad Corporation (A'Rex) has taken over operations of the Incheon Airport Maglev as of July 1.

BRITAIN's Department for Transport published an invitation to tender (ITT) for the South Western franchise on July 4, calling for increased frequencies and accelerated services on routes from London Waterloo.

TRANSDEV North America announced on June 30 that it has been awarded a $US 15.5m contract by M1-Rail to operate and maintain Detroit's first modern tram line.

PARIS - Strasbourg journey times were reduced to less than two hours on July 3 with the start of commercial operations on the second 106km phase of TGV Est.

JERUSALEM's district council has approved the alignment of the 19.6km Green Line, the Israeli capital's second light rail line.

AUSTRALIAN locomotive manufacturer and maintenance provider UGL has announced it will supply three 1067mm-gauge PH37 PowerHaul locomotives to Pacific National (PN), the first order for the type from an Australian customer.

SCOTLAND's transport minister Mr Humza Yousaf was shown mock-ups of new sleeping cars at a warehouse near Edinburgh on June 30 by Mr Peter Strachan, managing director of Caledonian Sleeper.