Company News: Europe

News on equipment and service providers from Europe

• RB Rail launches Riga International Airport railway station tender; awards Ulemiste Terminal design contract

  November 7, 2019
  Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas Limited, which is implementing the Rail Baltica project in Latvia, has launched a tender for the construction of the Rail Baltica railway station at the Riga International Airport.

• Volvo to supply 157 electric buses in Gothenburg, Sweden

  November 5, 2019
  Volvo Buses has secured a contract from Transdev to supply 157 articulated electric buses in Gothenburg.

• Bozankaya to supply 16 trams in Iasi, Romania [free access]

  November 4, 2019
  Turkey-based Bozankaya, a bus and tram manufacturing company, has secured a RON140.8 million contract from the Iași City Hall to supply 16 trams.

• Electron delivers 10 trolleybuses in Lyiv, Ukraine

  November 4, 2019
  Ukraine-based Electron has delivered 10 trolleybuses in Lyiv under a contract secured from Lvivelectrotrans, the public transport operator in Lyiv, to supply 50 trolleybuses.

• Thales secures two contracts for Docklands Light Rail in London, UK

  October 31, 2019
  Thales has secured two contracts to supply signalling and train control systems for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) network in London.

• First Bus pilots Google Pay for mobile ticketing in Glasgow, Scotland

  October 30, 2019
  First Group, a bus operator in the UK, has partnered with ITSO Transit Hub to provide a mobile ticketing facility through Google Pay.

• Skoda delivers two trolleybuses in Limoges, France

  October 29, 2019
  Czech Republic-based Škoda Electric has delivered two trolleybuses in Limoges in France.

• CAF begins delivery of Auckland Metro rolling stock, New Zealand

  October 28, 2019
  Spain-based Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has commenced the delivery of 15 electric multiple units (EMUs) to be deployed on the Auckland Metro network.

• Abellio subcontracts Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Line S3 operations to DB Regio, Germany

  October 28, 2019
  Abellio Rail (Abellio), a subsidiary of Netherlands Railways/ Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), has subcontracted the operations of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Line S3 to DB Regio for a period of 2 months and 15 days due to a nationwide shortage of drivers.

• MaaS app launched in Vienna, Austria [free access]

  October 28, 2019
  Finland-based MaaS Global has partnered with Wiener Linien (the public transport provider in Vienna), Taxi 31300 (the taxi company), and Vienna’s City Airport Train (CAT) to launch a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) mobile application (app), branded the Whim app.

• Metrovagonmash to supply 12 trains for Baku Metro, Azerbaijan

  October 23, 2019
  Russia-based Metrovagonmash (MVM) has secured a contract from Baku Metro CJSC to supply 12 five-car trains.

• Iveco Bus to supply 409 biogas buses in Paris, France

  October 23, 2019
  France-based Iveco Bus, in collaboration with Île-de-FranceMobilités and CATP (Central Public Transport Purchasing Office/ Centrale d'Achat du Transport Public), has secured a contract to supply 409 Urbanway Natural Power buses fuelled by biogas.

• Alpha Trains purchases 16 Stadler trains, Germany

  October 23, 2019
  Switzerland-based Stadler has secured a contract from Alpha Trains, a rolling stock leasing company, to supply a fleet of 16 Stadler Flirt XL trains.

• Skoda Transportation to supply up to 45 trains for Warsaw Metro, Poland

  October 20, 2019
  Czech Republic-based Škoda Transportation (Škoda) has secured a contract worth USD2 billion to supply up to 45 six-car trains for the Warsaw Metro.

• Intelligent Energy receives funding for automotive project, UK

  October 19, 2019
  Loughborough-based Intelligent Energy has secured funding from the Government of the UK to explore hydrogen fuel-cell solutions for large passenger cars, buses, and heavy-duty transport under a project called ‘Project Esther’.

• Contracts awarded for electric buses and charging infrastructure in Kiel, Germany

  October 15, 2019
  Netherlands-based VDL Bus & Coach has secured a contract from Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft (KVG) to supply 36 articulated electric buses.

• Ebusco to supply 156 electric buses in Netherlands

  October 15, 2019
  Netherlands-based Ebusco has secured a EUR130 million contract from Transdev Netherlands to supply 156 electric buses for deployment in the region of Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, and the inner city of Haarlem.

• VDL and Siemens collaborate to test charging technologies for electric vehicles

  October 15, 2019
  Netherlands-based VDL Bus & Coach (VDL) and Germany-based Siemens AG have announced plans to jointly investigate the interaction of vehicle technology, energy storage system, and charging infrastructure.

• Metrorrey awards contract for LRT fleet refurbishment, Mexico

  October 14, 2019
  Metrorrey, the operator of light rail transit (LRT) in Monterrey, has awarded a EUR40 million contract to a consortium of Germany-based Talbot Services GmbH, Prose AG, and Schaltbau Refurbishment GmbH for refurbishment of 24 40-year-old trains.

• Alstom to equip Santiago Metro trains with reduced-mobility spaces, Chile

  October 14, 2019
  France-based Alstom has secured a EUR700,000 contract from Metro de Santiago for the engineering, supply, and equipping of spaces reserved for people with reduced mobility on 117 Alstom trains deployed on Lines 1, 2, 4, 4A, and 5.