VOSSLOH Information Technologies GmbH opened an office at Hangzhou in China’s Zhejian province on March 1.
The Kiel-based railway technology supplier sees China as ’the biggest growth market for this company at the present time’. It says that by 2010 ’the Zhejiang provincial government alone will, with the support of the Chinese Railway Ministry, invest a total of €10bn in order to set up the most modern electrified railway network in China.’
EUROPE: Austrian Federal Railways has put into service the first of its updated Railjet trainsets on services linking Germany, Austria and Italy. Toma Bačić rode on a preview run between München and Verona on April 5.
USA: Project promoter Brightline West held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 in Las Vegas to launch its project to build a high speed line from the city to southern California.
SPAIN: SNCF’s low-cost subsidiary Ouigo has further expanded its operations in Spain, launching Madrid – Valladolid services on April 19, consisting of two return trips per day. Single fares start at €9, and initially 14 000 tickets per week have been made available. The operator could ...
