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 BOARD of Ile-de-France Transport Authority (Stif) voted on June 5 to approve a €100m contribution towards a €256m project to automate Paris's second-busiest metro line.

THE project to automate Paris Metro Line 1 reached an important milestone on July 7 with the launch of full Unattended Train Operation (UTO) at weekends.