KEOLIS, France, has been selected by L&T Metro Rail, a special purpose vehicle of Indian civil engineering company Larsen & Toubro, to operate and maintain the first phase of

THE board of French National Railways (SNCF) has approved the purchase of shares in public transport operator Keolis held by the three other shareholders - Axa Private Equity, CDPQ, and Pragma, thereby increasing SNCF's stake in the company to 70%.

This year Hamburg-Köln-Express will break new ground for open-access operators in Germany when it goes head-to-head with DB on one of the national operator's most lucrative long-distance routes. Keith Barrow talks to the team behind HKX.