ASFA Digital infrastructure contract awarded
SPAIN: National infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a €50·3m contract to a joint venture of Indra (75%) and Instalaciones y Técnicas Eléctricas Asturianas (25%) for the installation of ASFA Digital trackside equipment as part of its programme to update and expand automatic train protection across the 1 668 mm gauge conventional network.
Holness to return to MTR Elizabeth Line
UK: TfL Rail and future Crossrail train operating concessionaire MTR Elizabeth Line has appointed Nigel Holness as its next Managing Director, with effect from early 2021. He will replace current Managing Director Steve Murphy, who is to become CEO of MTR UK from October 1 following the retirement of Jeremy ...
Koleje Dolnośląskie orders EMUs to support regional transport strategy
POLAND: A contract for Pesa Bydgoszcz to supply five five-car Elf2 electric multiple-units for use in the Wrocław area was signed by regionally-owned operator Koleje Dolnośląskie on September 29.
ZSSK and ÖBB to take over Bratislava – Komárno services
SLOVAKIA: The Ministry of Transport & Construction has selected a partnership of state passenger operator ZSSK and Austrian Federal Railways to operate PSO supported services on the 95 km Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Komárno line for two years from December 13. They will replace Czech company RegioJet, which has ...
North Macedonia approves line towards the Albanian border
NORTH MACEDONIA: A proposal to extend the 103 km Skopje – Kičevo line 62·6 km southwards to Struga as the first phase of a railway corridor to Albania was appoved by the government on September 22.
Icomera acquires passenger infotainment supplier GoMedia
UK: ENGIE Solutions subsidiary Icomera UK has completed the acquisition of infotainment system supplier GoMedia Services.
