THE Council of the European Union (EU) has formally adopted the regulation establishing the Shift2Rail joint undertaking for railway research following a meeting in Luxembourg on June 16.
SIEMENS and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have issued a bid to rival General Electric's offer for the power division of Alstom which would enable the French firm to retain some of its energy assets as well as its transport portfolio.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Union Station in St Paul, Minnesota, on June 14 to mark the official opening of the Metro Transit light rail Green Line, which links St Paul with the neighbouring city of Minneapolis.
ZÜRICH's main station has been transformed from a terminus into a through station thanks to the opening of the new Durchmesserlinie (DML) cross-city link on June 14.
A full-size mock-up of the class 490 EMU for the Hamburg S-Bahn network was unveiled on June 16 by Mr Kay Uwe Arnecke, managing director of German Rail (DB) subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg, minister of transport for the City of Hamburg Mr Andreas Rieckhof, and Mr Dietrich Hartmann, CEO of Hamburg transport authority HVV.
THE Philippine Department of Transport and Communications has awarded CNR Dalian, China, a contract worth around Yuan 540m ($US 87m) to supply 12 four-car light metro trains, which will be used by Manila Metro Rail Transit Corporation to increase capacity on Manila's congested Line MRT3.
THE latest survey by SCI Verkehr, Germany, of the world's 50 largest rolling stock manufacturers shows a new line up of the top 10 companies, with CAF, Hyundai-Rotem and Kawasaki being ousted by Stadler, Trinity Industries and Uralvagonzavod.
THE Spanish Government last week confirmed details of its plans for the initial opening of the long distance passenger rail market, announcing that a single company will be allowed to compete against Renfe on a single group of lines for at least seven years. After this period, only those specific lines will be fully-opened to competition.
TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will launch public consultation on July 4 on the planned 5.5km western extension of the Metrolink light rail network to Trafford Park.
DR Lutz Bertling, president and COO of Bombardier Transportation, was elected chairman of the European Rail Industry Association (Unife) at its 23rd general assembly held in London on June 12.
