NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) confirmed on January 19 that four suppliers have been shortlisted for the final stage of the tender for a contract to supply a new fleet of 200km/h EMUs under its Next Generation Intercity (ICNG) programme.
LONDON Underground has invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens, which previously pre-qualified, to submit tenders to supply a fleet of 250 trains under its New Tube for London project.
THE first of 14 four-car light metro trains being built by Bombardier Transportation and Hartasuma for operation on the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur was presented to Prasarana Malaysia and the operator Rapid KL on January 18.
GUADALAJARA Urban Electric Train Company (Siteur) has awarded Bombardier a Pesos 752m ($US 43.4m) contract to supply 12 two-car light metro trains for operation on Line 1 of the city's standard-gauge 750V dc network.
A Bombardier Traxx AC3 Last Mile locomotive owned by leasing company Railpool was tested on the Zagreb - Slavonski Brod line on December 14 with the aim of completing authorisation for the commercial operation of the type in Croatia during the first quarter of 2016.
SHANGHAI launched commercial services on three metro extensions on December 19, taking the total length of the network to 617km with 366 stations.
BERLIN Transport Authority (BVG) has exercised an option with Bombardier Transportation for an additional 47 bi-directional Flexity low-floor LRVs at a cost of €176m.
BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) signed a framework contract with a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier on December 18 for up to 1362 M7 double-deck coaches, with an initial firm order for 445 vehicles.
CHINA Railways Corporation (CRC) has awarded Bombardier Sifang Transportation (BST), a joint venture of Bombardier and CRRC's CSR Sifang Rolling Stock, a Yuan 1.1bn ($US 169.8m) contract to supply five 16-car CRH1E-250 high-speed sleeper trains.
ROTTERDAM Electric Tram (RET) has exercised a €30m option with Bombardier for six additional three-car Flexity Swift light metro trains as part of a project to increase capacity on Randstandrail Line E.
