SNCB finally awards AM30 train contract to CAF
BELGIUM: National passenger train operator SNCB has finally awarded CAF a 12-year framework contract to design, manufacture and supply the AM30 train fleet, following unsuccessful legal challenges to the selection of the Spanish company.
Third order for Dublin DART trains confirmed
IRELAND: The Department of Transport has confirmed funding for national railway Iarnród Éireann to place a firm order for a further 100 Alstom electric multiple-unit cars for the greater Dublin area’s DART suburban network.
Stadler to supply more rack trains for the Queen of the Mountains
SWITZERLAND: Mountain railway and cable car operator Rigi Bahnen has ordered four more tailor-made rack-and-pinion trains from Stadler.
Japan: Delays and demographic dilemmas hinder Hokkaido Shinkansen ambition
Geological difficulties have delayed the completion of the Hokkaido Shinkansen extension to Sapporo beyond 2030, while JR Hokkaido is considering the deployment of 160 to 200 km/h EMUs on its 1 067 mm network, as well as bus replacements for loss-making rural routes. Mike Bent investigates.
Second generation Citylink tram-train arrives in Chemnitz
GERMANY: The first of 19 second-generation Stadler Citylink tram-trains ordered by Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS for use around Chemnitz has been delivered for testing.
Contract to fit out and operate Melbourne’s Suburban Loop awarded
AUSTRALIA: Project promoter Suburban Rail Loop Authority has awarded a A$6·7bn Linewide contract package to supply rolling stock, fit out and then operate the Suburban Rail Loop East in Melbourne.
Siemens Mobility signs Vietnamese high speed rail co-operation agreement
EMUs and freight locos shipped as Malaysia’s East Coast link nears completion
Moskva-2026 metro train enters service
Hyundai Rotem high speed trainset on its way to Uzbekistan
Investments not promises as Slovenian operator orders long-distance trains
Škoda to supply BEMUs to Latvia
‘Five firsts’ celebrated at Tuxford as UK rail sector seeks role in hydrogen economy
Swiss regulator seeks dialogue with ERA as court blocks wagon safety changes
SNCF Voyageurs orders CAF trainsets for Région Sud contract
Verona locomotive maintenance centre to capitalise on expected modal shift to rail
Freightliner orders 150 intermodal wagons to a new WH Davis design
Hydrogen transport container developed to support green steel ambitions
Sound Transit's 1 Line reaches Federal Way as major fleet procurement to launch next year
Supreme Railways unveils EMU-320 high speed train
Freight: Rolling laboratory supports innovation
KiwiRail locos included in Traxtion’s South African rolling stock investment
Bozankaya delivers first tram to Napoli
Battery train agreement signed as a ‘fast and realistic’ path to zero-emissions