January 29, 2021
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has released its Connectivity Infrastructure Plan and Mass Transit Vision 2040 that outlines plans for an integrated transport network in the county.
January 29, 2021
Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) Alta Velocidad (AV) has awarded an EUR84.9 million signalling and communications contract to Union Temporal de Empresas (UTE) for the 245-km-long Plasencia–Badajoz section of the Madrid–Extremadura high-speed rail (HSR) line.
January 29, 2021
Siemens Mobility has secured a contract to supply 31 regional trains to DB Regio Bayern, the regional rail operator in the state of Bavaria.
January 28, 2021
Hexagon Purus has received an order to deliver high-pressure cylinders to Talgo for Vittal-One, its first zero-emission hydrogen prototype train.
January 28, 2021
The Moscow Department for Transport has announced that seven stations on Line D4 of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) system will commence operations in 2021.
January 27, 2021
Renfe, the national railway operator in Spain, has announced that it will launch Avlo, its low-cost high-speed rail (HSR) service, on June 23, 2021.
January 27, 2021
Solaris and Arriva Netherlands have signed an agreement for the delivery of 10 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses to the province of Gelderland.
January 26, 2021
The joint venture (JV) comprising Cowi, Parsons, and Systra with Implement Consulting Group as a subconsultant, has secured a framework contract from Danske Statsbaner (DSB)/ Danish State Railways for multidisciplinary consultancy services for the automation of the S-train system, the suburban rail system, in the Greater Copenhagen Area as a part of the Copenhagen Future Rail Network project.
January 25, 2021
A consortium of Hochtief Infrastructure Austria, Swietelsky, and Habau Hoch und Tiefbau has secured a EUR242 million contract from Wiener Linien, the public transport provider in Vienna, for the two construction lots of the Vienna U-Bahn Lines U2 and U5.
January 25, 2021
A GBP69.5 million Transforming Cities Fund 2 has been proposed for improving and developing rail stations and the bus network, delivering more electric vehicle (EV) charging points, and planning new Metrolink stops.
January 22, 2021
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with representatives from France-based Alstom and Egis, and China-based Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) to support the construction of the 42.5-km-long metro network in Belgrade.
January 22, 2021
Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, has launched an online public consultation for the preferred alignment of a 70-km-long double-track rail line between Hässleholm and Lund that will form a section of the planned high-speed rail (HSR) line from Stockholm to Malmö.
January 21, 2021
Portugal-based CaetanoBus has secured a contract from ESWE VerkehrsgesellschaftmbH (ESWE Verkehr), the public transport operator in Wiesbaden, to supply 10 H2.City Gold fuel cell buses.
January 20, 2021
Germany-based MAN Truck & Bus (MAN) has secured a contract from Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG Nürnberg), the public transport operator in Nürnberg, to supply 39 electric buses.