RUSSIA: RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and Patentes Talgo President Carlos Palacio Oriol signed an agreement on January 25 that will see the Spanish manufacturer work with the... more

AUSTRALIA: Responsibility for the management, maintenance and upgrading of the New South Wales government's regional rail network transferred from the Country Rail Infrastructure... more

FRANCE: The first of 33 Alstom Citadis trams for the two-line network being built in Dijon was delivered to the depot in the former SNCF workshop at Dijon-Chenôve on January 26,... more

NORWAY: Freight operator CargoNet is to launch a shuttle service on April 17 to transport containers and semi-trailers between Kristiansand and the recently-opened Ganddal... more

GE TRANSPORTATION: Full-year revenue of $4·9bn has been announced by GE Transportation for 2011, up 45% on the previous year. Profit of $757m was up from $315m in 2010, although... more