SPAIN’s infrastructure manager Adif has started tunnelling for a 4.5km rail link to serve both terminals at Barcelona Airport replacing the existing single-track branch line which only serves Terminal 2 on the north side of the airport.

CHINA Railway Investment Corporation (CRIC), the procurement arm of China Railway Corporation (CRC) has awarded CRRC Sifang a contract to supply 10 160km/h EMUs for services to Beijing’s new international airport at Daxing.

PAULISTA Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM) says it expects to launch commercial operations on São Paulo suburban Line 13 (Jade) between Safira station on Line 12 and Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil’s busiest airport, in the first half of next year.

THE Port Authority of New York/New Jersey has issued a request for information by July 20 from rail vehicle and component manufactures for the proposed LaGuardia Airtrain project.

CHINA Railway says construction has begun on the 78.2km Beijing - Bazhou high-speed line, which will serve the city's new international airport at Daxing, 46km south of the capital.

THE Norwegian city of Bergen marked the completion of the third phase of its light rail network on April 21 with the inauguration of the 2.2km section from Birkelandsskiftet to Bergen Airport.

THE president of Indonesia, Mr Joko Widodo, attended a ground-breaking ceremony on April 8 to mark the start of construction of a rail link in Central Java from Surakarta (also known as Solo and president Widodo’s birthplace) to Adi Sumarmo International Airport.

TRIAL operation began on February 2 on the new express metro link between Taipei and Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan’s busiest, ahead of the start of a limited service on February 16 and full operation on March 2.

THE government of Indonesia has announced plans to build a second line to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport from Jakarta Kota station in West Jakarta, a hub of commuter services in the capital.

THE French Senate approved draft legislation on November 7 authorising the implementation of the CDG Express airport rail link to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.