UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) received the first three type 2ES10 twin-section electric locomotives on December 16 from Ural Locomotives, a joint venture of Sinara, Russia, and Siemens.

THE European Commission (EC) has adopted the seven-year €1bn Shift2Rail public-private partnership (PPP) research project designed to increase passenger and freight traffic within the European Union.

PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded Siemens a contract worth around €180m to resignal main lines around Johannesburg and Pretoria as part of the agency's National New Signalling Programme.

SIEMENS Rail Systems and Cummins jointly announced on December 3 that they are launching a passenger locomotive partnership with the aim of bringing "one of the most modern and efficient diesel-electric passenger locomotives in the world to the US marketplace."

THE first of 10 class 350/4 emus has been delivered by Siemens to First TransPennine Express for operation between Manchester and Glasgow and Edinburgh.

SERVICES commenced on a new 6.1km, six-station metro line in Gurgaon, India, on November 14, which links Gurgaon Cyber City, which is located 30km south of central Delhi, with Delhi metro Line 2 at Sikandepur.

GREECE'S Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) announced on October 31 that three bids for the sale of national train operating company Trainose have qualified for the final stage of the privatisation process.

NORTHERN Integrated Logistics Corridor (Clin), a joint venture between Brazilian mining company Vale (80%) and Mozambique Ports and Railway (CFM) (20%), has selected Siemens to supply the signalling and train control system for the 912km Nacala Corridor.

SIEMENS has delivered the first of eight Avenio low-floor LRVs ordered by Munich Transport (MVG) in September 2012 in a deal worth €29m.

VIENNESE public transport operator Wiener Linien has confirmed it will launch a new tender for between 120 and 150 low-floor LRVs, instead of exercising an option for additional Ultra Low-Floor (ULF) vehicles from Siemens.