BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has selected CAF as its preferred bidder for a contract to supply 37 low-floor LRVs with an option for 87 additional vehicles.

CAF announced its first half figures on July 29, which show net profits for the first half reached €50m, 6.4% over net sales.

TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has awarded a contract to Siemens for seven 300km/h trains for operation on its growing high-speed network.

PAULISTA Metropolitan Trains (CPTM), which operates the São Paulo commuter rail network, has announced the winners for two tenders to supply trains.

IRJ at the 60th UITP World Congress Geneva: Vinci, France, together with CAF, Spain, have launched Nextram, a light rail package which could be 30-40% cheaper than conventional systems for cities with a population of between 150,000 and 200,000 which up to now could only afford a bus solution.

THE first of 18 CAF Urbos low-floor LRVs ordered by Debrecen public transport operator DKV in 2011 arrived in the Hungarian city on May 22.

THE council of Velez-Malaga has approved plans to lease three CAF Urbos 2 LRVs, acquired as part of the Spanish town's abandoned light rail project, to Sydney for use on the Metro Light Rail line, which is currently being extended.

ZARAGOZA celebrated the opening of the final phase of a 6.9km extension of the city's first light rail line last week after four years of work and an investment of €400m.

CAF is celebrating the first order for its Urbos 3 low-floor LRV from a German customer after signing a contract with Freiburg Transport (VAG) for 12 metre-gauge vehicles, which will support the expansion of the city's light rail network.

TRAIN services are to be stepped up on two corridors in Northern Ireland with the introduction of a new timetable on January 6. This follows the entry into service of a fleet of 20 class 4000 dmus supplied earlier this year by CAF, Spain.