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The latest business news from the global rail industry, including passenger and freight train operators, infrastructure managers, regulators and the supply and support industries.
IRAN: Siemens has signed a contract to support the modernisation of the rail network and supply local industrial group MAPNA with components for the assembly of 50 Safir diesel-electric locomotives at its factory in Karaj. The ... more
FRANCE: Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois has taken delivery of the first of 12 Alstom Citadis trams ordered in 2014. The €41m order forms part of a framework contract for up to 50 trams. The first of these are due to ... more
EUROPE: The European Commission announced regulatory approval for Wabtec’s proposed acquisition of Faiveley Transport on October 4, subject to a commitment to divest the Faiveley Transport Gennevilliers sintered brake business ... more
FRANCE: A short-term order for TGV trainsets and shunting locomotives and a longer-term diversification programme are at the heart of a rescue plan to preserve rail vehicle manufacturing and related industrial activity in ... more
USA: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was among those who attended the opening ceremony for the latest extension of the city’s tram network on October 3. Passenger services on the 2·6 km line linking North Rampart Street ... more
UK: To support the roll-out of further Night Tube all-night services on the London Underground, Transport for London is seeking to engage with suppliers who could help to develop low-maintenance track. In particular, TfL is ... more
MOLDOVA: The European Investment Bank signed its first loan for the Moldovan railway sector on September 26, providing €50m towards a programme which includes infrastructure rehabilitation and the acquisition of 11 mixed traffic ... more
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen’s Sky Train suspension monorail began running on a 300 m test track in Chengdu on September 30. Developed in conjunction with Chengdu’s Southwest Jiaotong University, the suspension monorail has been ... more
AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Moreton Bay Regional Council Mayor Allan Sutherland attended the opening ceremony for the Redcliffe Peninsula Line in Brisbane on October 3. ... more
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant has officially opened a tram and metro train manufacturing facility at its site in St Petersburg. The 15 000 m2 factory has been built on ... more
TECHNOLOGY: Amsted Rail and GE Transportation have announced a partnership to integrate GE’s GoLINC train management and locomotive monitoring platform with Amsted Rail’s IONX Edge wagon component monitoring technology. Near ... more