January 18, 2021
A Ghella-led joint venture (JV) has secured a EUR470 million contract to manage the design and construction of the 19.2-km-long Telese Terme–Vitulano section of the 146.6-km-long Naples–Bari high-speed rail (HSR) line.
January 14, 2021
A consortium of Bombardier Transportation (Bombardier) and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has been selected as the preferred bidder, by SNCF Voyageurs and Régie Autonome des Transport Parisiens (RATP), for a contract to supply 146 suburban trainsets that will be deployed on the Réseau Express Régional (RER) Line B in the Paris metropolitan area.
January 14, 2021
Ekoenergetyka Polska has secured a contract from Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) to supply 274 electric vehicle chargers for two depots in Paris.
January 14, 2021
TÜV Rheinland InterTraffic has been selected by the German Center for Rail Transport Research at the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA)/German Federal Railway Office to develop a standard for hydrogen applications in rail vehicles.
January 13, 2021
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB)/ Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB) has announced that it will test a hydrogen-powered bus over the next two years to observe its advantages over conventional, hybrid, and electric buses.
January 13, 2021
The city of Gothenburg (through its agency, Business Region Göteborg), Volvo Cars, and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden have partnered to test an emission-free ‘Green City Zone’ in Gothenburg.
January 12, 2021
The Troika card, the contactless smartcard currently deployed for public transport services in Moscow and Tula, is planned to be deployed in the region surrounding the city of Moscow.
January 11, 2021
Czech Republic’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has approved a feasibility study conducted by Správa Zeleznic (SŽ), the national railway infrastructure manager of the country, for the 125-km section of a line to connect Prague with the German city of Dresden.
January 9, 2021
Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB), the Austrian Federal Railways, has announced plans to invest EUR2.13 billion in 2021 across its rail networks in eight regions, that is, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria, Vienna, and Salzburg.