FOLLOWING trials with two prototype sets, Berlin Transport (BVG) has placed a €60m order with Stadler Pankow for eleven four-car type IK narrow profile U-Bahn trains.

STAFF at Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) have recommended that the RTD Board of Directors accept a bid from Balfour Beatty Infrastructure for a contract to design and build the city's Southeast Rail Extension.

INVESTMENT in inland transport infrastructure across the 34 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has fallen to a record low of 0.8% of GDP, according to analysis by the organisation's transport think tank.

SHAREHOLDERS in Italian open-access operator NTV agreed at a meeting in Rome on July 17 to increase the company's capital by €100m.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Suchsdorf in the northern German state of Schleswig Holstein on July 17 to mark the start of construction on a new production facility for Vossloh Locomotives.

POLISH long-distance operator PKP Intercity confirmed on July 17 that authorisation of its Stadler/Newag Flirt 3 EMUs has been completed and delivery of the fleet has passed the halfway mark.

CHILTERN Railways marked the completion of tracklaying on its new link to Oxford on July 17, 100 days before the start of passenger services from London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway.

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has selected Obrascón Huarte Lain, Spain, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 3.5km section of the new double-track 22km Follo Line from Oslo Central to Ski.

TASRAIL, which operates the 1067mm-gauge railway on the Australian island state of Tasmania, has invited bids by August 5 for a contract to renew sleepers and rails on parts of its 638km network.

BRITAIN's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking industry feedback as part of a consultation on the potential for greater competition in the passenger rail sector.