SPAIN's infrastructure manager, Adif, has awarded a €164m contract to a consortium led by Bombardier and including Alstom and Indra to install signalling and provide maintenance for a new high-speed line under construction in the Extremadura region.

BOMBARDIER announced on September 2 that its Bombardier Sifang Transportation (BST) Chinese joint venture has secured a Yuan 2.4bn ($US 381m) contract to supply 15 additional CRH380D high-speed trains to China Railway Corporation (CRC).

THE first locomotive produced by First Locomotive Company, the joint venture of Zavod Metallokonstrukcii and Bombardier, was unveiled at a ceremony held at the joint venture's Engels plant in Saratov region, Russia, on August 19.

THE mayor of Mülheim, Germany, Ms Dagmar Mühlenfeld, named the first of 15 Bombardier Flexity City LRVs Mülheim an der Ruhr at a ceremony on August 14 attended by the CEO of Mülheim Transport (MVG) Mr Wolfgang Michels.

Perpetuum, Britain, is utilising its patented vibration energy harvesting technology to power, collect and transfer wireless data from condition monitoring sensors fitted to rolling stock. This system is already delivering noticeable improvements in efficiency and reductions in train maintenance costs for several operators, as Justin Southcombe, Perpetuum's commercial director, explains.

Chinese cities are increasingly looking to light rail to solve their public transport issues, and in particular to serve new residential developments. Dipl-Ing (FH) Dennis Schulz and Kevin Smith present a comprehensive insight into current and future projects.

THE tendering committee of Israel Railways (IR) has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 62 electric locomotives as part of a project to electrify 420km of the national network.

BOTH Siemens Mobility and Bombardier Transportation have reported reductions in revenue and profit in their latest quarterly results, while Bombardier has denied reports in the financial press of a merger.

THE Australian government and the country's railway industry have launched the Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (RMCRC), a collaboration between industry organisations, research universities and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

A BOMBARDIER Traxx AC3 Last Mile locomotive underwent trials with open-access railfreight operator LTE Logistics and Transport at the start of July.