ISRAEL Railways (IR) has placed a €56m order with Bombardier for 33 additional Twindexx Vario coaches, expanding its fleet of the double-deck vehicles to 462.

SHANGHAI Shentong Metro Group has awarded Shentong Bombardier (Shanghai) Rail Transit Vehicle Maintenance Company (SHBRT) two contracts worth a total of Yuan 1.1bn ($US 158m) to carry out 10-year overhauls on 498 metro cars used on lines 7 and 9.

CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply eight Traxx MS2E multi-system electric locomotives, with an option for 20 additional units.

BOMBARDIER and Siemens are discussing a possible merger between their two railway equipment manufacturing division, Bombardier Transportation and Siemens Mobility, according to a report by Bloomberg.

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Siemens have agreed terms to further amend a contract originally signed in 2011 for 85 10-car and 45 seven-car 250km/h ICE 4 trains.

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Belgian National Railways (SNCB) a €600m loan to invest in modernising its rolling stock fleet.

NETINERA subsidiary Vlexx, Mainz, has awarded a contract to Bombardier to supply 21 three-car Talent 3 EMUs to begin operation on the Saar Electric Network in December 2019.

BOMBARDIER announced on March 30 that it has a received an order from German Rail (DB) to supply IC2 25 double-deck trains, which consist of 25 Traxx locomotives and 124 Twindexx Vario coaches.