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 ...

A long-running programme to double-track much of Thailand’s legacy metre-gauge network is making progress, with particular emphasis being placed on connectivity with neighbouring Laos. But perhaps ...

MALAYSIA: A 3.03bn ringgit railway systems contract for the 23·7 km Penang LRT Mutiara medium capacity metro line has been awarded to a joint venture of local companies Malaysian Resources Corp (90%) ...

GERMANY: Bonn local transport operator SWB Bus und Bahn has temporarily withdrawn 60 of its 75 Stadtbahn light rail vehicles from service following the discovery that some components may be suffering ...