THE City of Edmonton confirmed on November 25 that it has selected the TransEd Partners consortium as preferred bidder for the PPP contract to design, build, operate, maintain and finance the city's Valley Line LRT project.
TRENITALIA's latest-generation high-speed train the Frecciarossa 1000 (ETR 1000) set a new Italian rail speed record on November 26, when one of the eight-car sets reached 389km/h during nocturnal testing on the Milan - Turin high-speed line.
VICTORIA's minister for public transport Mrs Jacinta Allan announced on November 23 that the government of the Australian state has exercised a $A 274m ($US 197m) option with Bombardier for 20 additional E-Class (Flexity Swift) low-floor LRVs for the Melbourne tram network.
SWEDISH national passenger operator SJ has won two contracts to operate regional passenger services in central and southwest Sweden.
THE mayor of London Mr Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TfL) unveiled the artist's impressions of the Bombardier Aventra EMU for the city's east-west Crossrail link, which is due to open in 2018.
CANADIAN pension fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced on November 19 that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Bombardier to acquire a 30% stake in Bombardier Transportation for $C 1.5bn ($US 1.1bn) in a deal which values the company at $C 5bn.
BADEN-Württemberg premier Dr Winfried Kretschmann announced on November 16 that the German state's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has selected Netherlands Railways (NS) subsidiary Abellio Germany and Go-Ahead, Britain, as preferred bidders for three contracts to operate Network 1 regional services centred on Stuttgart.
SAN FRANCISCO Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) announced on November 16 that the first of 775 Fleet of the Future metro cars is nearing completion at Bombardier's Plattsburgh plant in New York state and will be dispatched by road to California next month.
PRODUCTION has started at Alstom's plant in Katowice, Poland, of the fleet of 69 Metropolis trains which it is building as part of the Fast consortium for ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) for the new Riyadh metro.
THE government of the Australian state of Victoria has announced the shortlisted bidders to finance and build 37 high-capacity six-car trains for the Melbourne suburban network.
