Company News: Europe

News on equipment and service providers from Europe

• ICM Mobility Group acquires mobile ticketing specialist Unwire

  June 14, 2021
  ICM Mobility Group, a ticketing and payment services provider, has acquired Unwire, a mobile ticketing specialist.

• Comsa and Lantania to renovate Valencia Metro Line 1, Spain

  June 14, 2021
  A joint venture (JV) of Comsa and Lantania has secured a contract from Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV)/ Valencian Government Railways to renovate the 50-km section of Valencia Metro Line 1 from Valencia Sud to Villanueva de Castellón.

• New EMV White Label cards to be deployed in Stockholm, Sweden

  June 10, 2021
  IDEMIA has secured a contract from Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the public transport operator in Stockholm, to launch public transport EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa) White Label cards for its services.

• AIDC partners with TAC to develop electric buses

  June 10, 2021
  Taiwan-based aerospace solutions provider Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has partnered with Tangeng Advanced Vehicles Company (TAV) to develop electric buses.

• Mercedes-Benz to supply 100 hybrid buses to ATAC, Italy [free access]

  June 9, 2021
  Azienda per i Trasporti Autoferrotranviari del Comune di Roma (ATAC), the public transport provider in Rome, has awarded a contract to Mercedes-Benz to supply 100 hybrid Citaro buses.

• Hyperloop Italia partners with Zaha Hadid Architects to design new system in Italy

  June 8, 2021
  Hyperloop Italia has signed an agreement with UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to jointly design the next phase of works on its Hyperloop system.

• Design contract signed for Prague East HSR station in Czech Republic

  June 8, 2021
  Správa Zeleznic (SŽ), the manager of the national railway infrastructure of the Czech Republic, has signed a design contract with the MP + ov Nehvizdy 2020 consortium for the Prague East high-speed rail (HSR) terminal.

• Alstom begins rail car manufacturing in Western Australia, Australia

  June 7, 2021
  Alstom has commenced production at the Bellevue Railcar Assembly Facility in Western Australia.

• Talgo to supply high-speed power cars to Renfe, Spain [free access]

  May 28, 2021
  Talgo has secured a EUR281.5 million framework contract from Renfe, the national railway operator in Spain, to manufacture up to 40 variable-gauge 330 km per hour power cars, with a firm order for 26 power cars valued at EUR195.5 million.

• Sinara GTR Taganrog to modernise tram network in Taganrog, Russia

  May 28, 2021
  The municipality of Taganrog and Sinara GTR Taganrog have signed a concession agreement for the modernisation of the infrastructure of the city’s tram network and for the supply of rolling stock.

• BYD to supply electric buses to Bergkvarabuss, Sweden

  May 27, 2021
  BYD Europe has secured a contract to supply a total of 79 fully electric buses to Bergkvarabuss in Sweden.

• MaaS Global acquires Wondo

  May 27, 2021
  Finland-based MaaS Global, a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solution provider, has acquired Spain-based Wondo, a mobility startup.

• Alstom to supply EMUs to Hessische Landesbahn, Germany

  May 27, 2021
  Alstom has secured a EUR200 million contract from Hessische Landesbahn (HLB), the operator of regional rail services in Hesse, to supply 32 Coradia Continental electric multiple units (EMUs).

• Agreement signed to develop interurban tramway line in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

  May 26, 2021
  The government of Sverdlovsk oblast and Verkhnepyshminskiy Tramway LLC, a part of the Movista Regions group, have signed a 10-year concession agreement to finance, build, and operate an interurban tramway line that will connect the town of Yekaterinburg with the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma.

• Strabag secures tunnelling contract for Scarborough Subway Extension, Canada

  May 26, 2021
  Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a CAD757.1 million (USD627.8 million) contract to Strabag AG to design, build, and finance the Scarborough Subway Extension tunnel.

• DfT and First Group agree to new contracts for two franchises, UK

  May 24, 2021
  The Department for Transport (DfT) and First Group have agreed to the terms of the new National Rail Contracts (NRC) for two franchises, the South Western Railway (SWR) and TransPennine Express (TPE) companies, to replace the existing Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements (ERMA).

• Kamaz to supply electric buses to Mosgotrans, Russia

  May 24, 2021
  Kamaz has secured a contract to supply 350 electric buses to Mosgotrans for services in Moscow.

• Solaris to supply additional buses in Warsaw, Poland

  May 19, 2021
  Solaris has secured an order to supply 30 articulated compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe (MZA) Warszawa, the bus operator in Warsaw.

• TfL selects three micromobility operators for upcoming scooter trial, UK

  May 18, 2021
  Transport for London (TfL) has selected three micromobility operators—Dott, TIER, and Lime—to conduct a 12-month-long electric-scooter (e-scooter) trial that will commence in June 2021.

• Double-tracking contract awarded for Tyne & Wear Metro, UK

  May 17, 2021
  Buckingham Group Contracting Limited has secured a GBP55 million contract from Nexus, the operator of Tyne & Wear Metro, to double the three remaining sections of single track on the Tyne & Wear Metro network as a part of the Metro Flow project.