FOLLOWING a successful pilot at Loughton and Waterloo stations, London Underground (LU) is extending its Poss railway conditioning monitoring system supplied by Strukton to monitor turnouts at other locations on its network.

A study of public transport in 35 cities around the world, conducted by Credo Business Consulting for Siemens, shows that investing in public transport will cut costs and drive growth. The study also says rail is the most effective means of increasing capacity. David Briginshaw analyses the main findings.

GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has issued an Authorisation to Place into Service for the multi-system variant of Siemens' Vectron electric locomotive.

THE first of the fleet of 115 class 700 EMUs being supplied by Siemens for the upgraded cross-London Thameslink network has been tested successfully at its maximum operating speed of 160km/h at the Wildenrath test centre in Germany.

THE board of Alstom has unanimously approved General Electric's (GE) bid for its energy division after the French government agreed to purchase a 20% stake in the company from its lead shareholder, Bouygues, for around €1.7bn.

WITH Alstom's board set to meet on Monday at the latest to reach a decision on the takeover of its power division, both General Electric (GE) and Siemens-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have improved their offers in an attempt to address concerns and get their respective deals over the line.

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) CEO Mr Christian Kern has announced that ÖBB intends to exercise the final option in its contract with Siemens for Railjet push-pull long-distance trains.

LEASING company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) has awarded Siemens a contract to supply an additional 20 Vectron AC locomotives, taking its Vectron fleet to 35 units.

SIEMENS and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have issued a bid to rival General Electric's offer for the power division of Alstom which would enable the French firm to retain some of its energy assets as well as its transport portfolio.

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.