Australia: Queensland Rail has chosen GIRO’s Hastus-Rail software suite to optimise staff scheduling and operations-management.
Austria: ÖBB has terminated the on-train catering contract held by Do & Co, which was to have run to 2017. A new contract is to be tendered.
UK: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has selected Atkins Transportation for a five-year contract to provide technical advice for the Glasgow Subway automation project.
USA: Construction of the Texas Central high speed line linking Houston with Dallas is expected to start in the coming months following completion of the regulatory approval process. This concluded on September 21 when the Federal Railroad Administration released a pre-publication version of its final ...
ZIMBABWE: National Railways of Zimbabwe’s decision to terminate a US$400m recapitalisation agreement is being challenged in court by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group, which is seeking damages worth US$236m. In mid-September, DIDG instructed its lawyers to sue NRZ and Transport Minister Joel Biggie Matiza following the ...
USA: The board of the California High-Speed Rail Authority on September 10 approved the Final Environmental Impact Statement for an 80 km section of the planned high speed railway between Merced and Fresno, known as the ‘Central Valley Wye’. The formal approval means that environmental clearance ...
