Germany: Following the rejection of a legal challenge from DB, Hamburger Hochbahn has been confirmed as the winner of a contract to operate regional services in Regensburg and the Danube valley for 12 years from 2010.

Italy: RFI has awarded a consortium lead by Thales a €15m contract to supply security systems including CCTV and access control for 86 stations, 11 control centres and seven police sites.

South Africa: On June 17 Bombela announced that J&J Group and Absa Capital Infrastructure Equity Investments had acquired 8% stakes in the Gautrain concessionaire (RG 6.08 p362). Bouygues Travaux Publics and Bombardier each sold an 8% share and continue to hold 17%.

UK: Network Rail has awarded ?telecoms firm BT a three-year contract worth £30m to replace legacy communications infrastructure with new fixed-line voice and internet services.

Electronic payment company ?CyberSource has been selected to provide payment processing for ticket retailer Trainline.com.

USA: On June 2 Genesee & Wyoming completed its $78·4m acquisition of CAGY Industries, the parent company of the Columbus & Greenville, Chattooga & Chickamauga and Luxapalila Valley short lines.