THE CEO of German Rail (DB) Dr Rüdiger Grube has opened what DB claims to be Europe's first CO2-free station at Kerpen-Horrem, between Cologne and Aachen.
TEST running will begin soon at Egorshino depot in the Sverdlosvsk region of Russia of what is claimed to be the world's first gas-reciprocating-engine locomotive.
THE National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines has approved the sole private-public partnership offer to build, operate and maintain an extension to LRT1 in Manila.
A JOINT study by the Norwegian and Swedish infrastructure managers, Jernbaneverket and Trafikverket, recommends upgrading the heavy-haul line linking Kiruna and Narvik to meet a forecast growth in traffic.
EUROPEAN rolling stock leasing company Railpool has signed a framework agreement with Bombardier for 35 Traxx electric locomotives worth €135m with an option for up to 30 more units for an additional investment of €115m.
THE Australian state of New South Wales has announced that the Northwest Rapid Transit consortium has been selected as the preferred operator for the $A 8.3bn ($US 7.79bn) North West Rail Link in Sydney.
THE first of the fleet of 115 class 700 EMUs being supplied by Siemens for the upgraded cross-London Thameslink network has been tested successfully at its maximum operating speed of 160km/h at the Wildenrath test centre in Germany.
DANISH State Railways (DSB) has decided to launch a new study to ascertain whether it is realistic and financially viable to get its problematic fleet of IC4 DMUs to run with sufficiently-high operational stability.
LIMMATTALBAHN has issued a call for tender for contracts to manage the tendering and realisation of the civil works and railway technology elements of a SFr 715m ($US 797m) project to build a 13.4km light rail line in the Limmat Valley of the Zurich area.
A CONSORTIUM of Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC) and Alstom was awarded a €2bn design-build contract by Qatar Railways for the Lusail light rail project at a ceremony in Paris on June 23 attended by President François Hollande of France and Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Tani, Emir of Qatar.
