SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF is to assemble LRVs for Budapest in Hungary under a contract concluded recently with the Hungarian government.
A full-size mock-up of the class 490 EMU for the Hamburg S-Bahn network was unveiled on June 16 by Mr Kay Uwe Arnecke, managing director of German Rail (DB) subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg, minister of transport for the City of Hamburg Mr Andreas Rieckhof, and Mr Dietrich Hartmann, CEO of Hamburg transport authority HVV.
THE latest survey by SCI Verkehr, Germany, of the world's 50 largest rolling stock manufacturers shows a new line up of the top 10 companies, with CAF, Hyundai-Rotem and Kawasaki being ousted by Stadler, Trinity Industries and Uralvagonzavod.
DR Lutz Bertling, president and COO of Bombardier Transportation, was elected chairman of the European Rail Industry Association (Unife) at its 23rd general assembly held in London on June 12.
SPAIN's infrastructure manager, Adif, has awarded a €339m contract to a consortium led by Alstom and including Bombardier and Indra to install ETCS Level 2 signalling on two high-speed lines under construction in northwest Spain.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded Bombardier a €27m contract to supply seven Traxx DE ME multi-engine diesel locomotives for use on DB Autozug SyltShuttle car trains, which link Niebüll with Westerland on the island of Sylt in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
In an effort to improve the reliability of its E464 and E405 locomotives, Trenitalia selected Bombardier to supply a telediagnostics system which recognises potential faults before they disturb operations thereby enhancing maintenance. Marco Chiandoni visited Bombardier's plant in Vado Ligure to witness the system in action.
THE Region of Waterloo, Ontario, has reached financial close on a 33-year PPP contract to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
BELGIAN light rail operator De Lijn has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around €6m to carry out heavy overhauls on 20 metre-gauge trams, which are used on the 68km coastal tramway between Knokke and De Panne.
Since it opened a quarter of a century ago, London's north-south Thameslink line has become a key part of the city's transport infrastructure. As the city continues to grow rapidly, a £6.5bn upgrade is transforming Thameslink to offer metro frequencies through the core section and expand the network across southeast England, as Keith Barrow discovers.
