CAF has presented the first of 185 metro cars for Santiago to Chilean minister for transport and telecommunications Mr Andrés Gómes-Lobo and Santiago Metro president Mr Rodrigo Azócar at its Bessain plant in northern Spain.
ONTARIO's Ministry of Transportation announced on October 30 that it has appointed former Canadian transport minister Mr David Collenette as its special advisor for high-speed rail to develop options for HSR on the Toronto - London - Windsor corridor.
THE first of two Alstom H3 hybrid locomotives ordered by Audi for shunting operations at its Ingolstadt automotive plant in Bavaria entered service on October 30.
FRENCH railfreight operator Fret SNCF is to carry out a further series of trials with 1000m-long freight trains with the aim of building on the three-year EU-funded Marathon project, which concluded in 2014.
MITSUBISHI Heavy Industries has delivered the first of three six-car 2020 series rubber-tyred metro trains to Saitama New Urban Transit for use on its Ina Line New Shuttle automated guideway transit (AGT) line in the Tokyo suburbs.
THE management board of Warsaw metro has selected preferred bidders for contracts to construct the two second phase extensions of metro Line M2, which have a combined length of 6.5km.
VOSSLOH confirmed on October 29 that it is close to reaching an agreement on the disposal of its Vossloh Rail Vehicles business unit and announced a 6% increase in group sales in the first nine months of 2015.
SIEMENS has fabricated the first bodyshell at its Krefeld plant in Germany for the fleet of 30 five-car class 707 Desiro City suburban EMUs ordered last year by rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains on behalf of British train operator South West Trains (SWT).
CAF's third-quarter profits for the period ending September 30 have been adversely affected by unfavourable exchange rate fluctuations and particularly the devaluation of the Brazilian Real against the euro.
SINGAPORE's Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the alignment and station locations for the sixth and final phase of the Circle Line (CCL6) on October 29, confirming that it will complete the 36km loop by 2025.
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