ISRAEL Railways (IR) has taken delivery of the first two units from an order for six NGT26CW diesel-electric locomotives, ordered from National Railway Equipment (NRE), United States, and assembled by TZV Gredelj, Croatia.

THE United States sent its latest status report on the rollout of Positive Train Control (PTC) to congress on August 7, warning policymakers that despite seven years of strenuous efforts by the industry most railways will not complete installation by the federally-mandated December 31 deadline.

THE first new railway bridge between the United States and Mexico for more than 100 years became operational on August 7, with the opening of the West Rail link between Brownsville, Texas, and the neighbouring town of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

NAPLES Mobility Company (ANM) has issued a tender for a contract worth around €100m to supply 10 new trains for Naples metro Line 1.

GREAT Southern Rail (GSR) is set to halve the frequency of services on its iconic Ghan and Indian Pacific trains after the Australian federal government announced that it would cut its subsidy by $A 9m ($US 6.6m) from July 2016.

JAPAN's ruling Liberal Democratic and Komeito parties began discussions on August 7 on the proposed third phase of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, which would extend the line from Tsuruga to Shin-Osaka.

POLISH oil company Lotos has announced plans to float its open-access railfreight subsidiary Lotos Kolej on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

ALL Aboard Florida, the inter-city passenger subsidiary of Florida East Coast Railway (FEC), moved a step closer to completing financing for its Miami - Orlando service on August 5, when the Florida Development Finance Commission voted unanimously to allow the company to issue $US 1.75bn in tax-exempt bonds.

BRITAIN’s rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved an application by Arriva subsidiary Alliance Rail Holdings for a new open-access inter-city service from London to Blackpool North via the West Coast Main Line (WCML).

THE modernisation of the Buenos Aires suburban rail network has reached a milestone with the of the shipping of the last of 709 new EMU cars from CRRC Corporation's Qingdao Sifang plant in China.