IRELAND: KeolisAmey Luas has formally taken on operation and maintenance of Dublin’s light rail network. The joint venture assumed full responsibility for the system on September 1, marking the start ...
UK: ScotRail Trains has issued an Invitation to Negotiate to five bidders seeking to supply rolling stock to renew the Scottish government-owned operator’s suburban rolling stock fleet. Announcing the ...
GREECE: The Kalamaria extension of the Thessaloniki automated metro was opened by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on August 27. The 4.8 km underground branch starts at 25 Martiou on the initial 9.6 ...
PORTUGAL: B-Rail’s ambitions to operate long-distance trains competing against state incumbent CP could be affected by Spanish national operator Renfe’s plans to enter the Portuguese market, the would ...
INNOTRANS: Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Technology has developed a Fully Electric Drive Integrated System which simplifies rolling stock by unifying traction and braking functions and ...
A growing range of low-emission alternatives is available to replace conventional diesel multiple-units on regional passenger services, but Antoine Belleguie* argues that operators and decision-makers ...
This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Newly elected Ulsan Mayor Kim Sang-wook has initiated a review of the city’s 10.9 km tramway project, where preliminary ...
USA: Secovia Capital has acquired Genesis Rail’s vegetation inspection and management services business Ferrovia from Auxo Investment Partners. Genesis Rail provides outsourced infrastructure ...
INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFY WITH RESPECT TO PARTICIPATION IN A TENDER FOR THE EXECUTION OF INFRA #2 WORKS OF THE TEL AVIV METROPOLITAN METRO LINES 1. NTA – Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. (“NTA”), ...
SWITZERLAND: The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has ruled in favour of Ermewa, GATX and VTG in a long-running dispute with federal transport office BAV about the rules applying to railway wagons ...
NEW ZEALAND: Indonesia’s state-owned rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka has shipped a further 120 container wagons to New Zealand. The 40 ft wagons are part of an order placed by national railway ...
UZBEKISTAN: An 11 km rail link has been built from Urganch station to the city’s international airport. The line is designed to have a capacity of around 650 000 passengers a year. The journey time ...