EUROPE: The European Commission has given the go-ahead for Genève-based wagon leasing firm Financière Ermewa to be acquired by SNCF subsidiary Transport et... More...

TICKETING: Four major players in the smart card ticketing sector have launched a joint initiative to drive smart media convergence around a common open... More...

GERMANY: Alstom Transport announced a €65m order to supply Hessische Landesbahn with a further 23 two-car Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units on February... More...

UK: A contract to supply the next generation of long-distance trains under the Intercity Express Programme will not be signed before the upcoming general... More...

BRAKES: Faiveley Transport is part of a consortium led by Federal-Mogul Corp which is researching the manufacture of high-performance brake discs from recycled... More...

AUSTRALIA: The first 163-wagon iron ore train left the Mesa A/Warramboo mine in the Pilbara on February 19, using a 49 km extension of the Deepdale heavy haul... More...

DENMARK: National railway DSB is not being over-compensated for services operated under public service contracts which the government awarded without... More...

RUSSIA: Testing has begun of prototype 18-9855 Barber S-2-R wagon bogies produced at the Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant, which is being developed by ICT... More...

FRANCE: SNCF has signed the firm order for the first 80 Régio2N high-capacity double-deck electric multiple-units, Bombardier Transportation announced on... More...

IRAQ: US-based Progress Rail Services has shipped two Model 46-6 Kershaw sand removal machines to Iraq to assist Iraqi Republic Railways in clearing lines in... More...