Europe News

Latest news and developments from Europe region

• ChargePoint acquires electrification solutions provider ViriCiti

  August 11, 2021
  US-based ChargePoint, an electric vehicle (EV) charging network currently operational in North America and Europe, has acquired Netherlands-based ViriCiti, a provider of electrification solutions for electric buses and commercial fleets.

• BYD delivers electric buses to Nobina, Finland

  August 11, 2021
  China-based BYD has delivered 76 electric buses to Nobina for operations in Helsinki.

• Pesa delivers trams in Iasi, Romania

  August 10, 2021
  Pesa has delivered the first two of 16 Swing 122Na trams for Iaşi, the second largest city in Romania, with nine additional vehicles scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2021.

• Elizabeth Line’s Paddington station transferred to TfL, UK

  August 10, 2021
  Paddington station on the Elizabeth Line has been officially transferred to Transport for London (TfL), which will operate the transformational new Elizabeth Line.

• Zeelo raises funds to expand in the US, Europe, and South Africa

  August 10, 2021
  UK-based Zeelo, a smart mobility platform provider, has raised USD12 million to accelerate its expansion in the US, Europe, and South Africa.

• First phase of Tampereen Ratikka light rail line starts services, Finland

  August 9, 2021
  Passenger services have started on the first phase of the Y-shaped Tampereen Ratikka light rail line in Tampere.

• Renfe awards contract for nationwide MaaS platform, Spain

  August 9, 2021
  Siemens Mobility and Everis have been awarded a five-year contract by Renfe, the national railway operator in Spain, to develop and operate a nationwide mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform.

• Egis Rail to design second metro line in Belgrade, Serbia

  August 6, 2021
  France-based Egis Rail has signed an agreement with the city government of Belgrade to design the second metro line in the Serbian capital.

• Alstom secures contract to supply regional EMUs to Trenitalia, Italy

  August 6, 2021
  Alstom has secured a EUR910 million framework agreement from Trenitalia, the national train operator in Italy, to supply 150 Coradia Stream regional electric multiple units (EMUs), including an initial order for 19 trains valued at EUR115 million.

• Renfe plans to upgrade 44 Talgo high speed trains, Spain

  August 6, 2021
  Renfe, the national railway operator in Spain, has announced plans to invest EUR35 million in refurbishing 44 class 130 electric and class 730 bi-mode high speed trains.

• Preparatory works start for tram network extensions in Marseille, France

  August 6, 2021
  Preparatory works have commenced for the northern and southern extensions of the tram network in Marseille.

• Siemens Mobility to acquire software provider Sqills

  August 5, 2021
  Germany-based Siemens Mobility has signed a binding agreement to acquire Netherlands-based Sqills, a software provider for inventory management, reservation, and ticketing software.

• Solaris to supply electric buses to AarBus, Denmark

  August 5, 2021
  Solaris has secured a contract to supply 29 electric buses to AarBus, the bus operator in Aarhus.

• First Bus deploys contactless payment readers in Leicester and Stoke-on-Trent, UK [free access]

  August 5, 2021
  First Bus has deployed Tap On/ Tap Off (TOTO) contactless payment readers on its buses in Leicester and Stoke-on-Trent.

• Open testing commences for virtual Troika card in Moscow, Russia

  August 5, 2021
  Moscow Metro, in partnership with Google, Mastercard, and VTB Bank, has launched the open testing of the virtual Troika card that can be downloaded to the passenger’s smartphone wallet.

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to update LTP, UK

  August 5, 2021
  The board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has agreed to proceed with the reinvention of the region’s transport strategy through a revamped local transport plan (LTP).

• Exclusive negotiations start for the sale of Thales’s GTS business to Hitachi Rail [free access]

  August 4, 2021
  Thales and Hitachi Rail have announced that they are entering into exclusive negotiations for the sale of Thales’s Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), a global business unit.

• PSI Transcom to provide depot management system to VBZ, Switzerland

  August 4, 2021
  PSI Transcom GmbH has been commissioned by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), the public transport operator of Zürich, to implement its PSI traffic depot management system (DMS).

• Skoda Transportation delivers first of two trams in Plzen, Czech Republic

  August 2, 2021
  Skoda Transportation has delivered the first of two ForCity Smart X34 (40T) trams to Plzeňské Městské Dopravní Podniky a.s (PMDP), the public transport operator in Plzen.

• Passenger trials start for Face Pay ticketing in Moscow, Russia [free access]

  August 2, 2021
  Passenger trials have commenced for the use of Face Pay technology on Moscow Metro systems.