Rail Business

In July it was transported to the Port of Santander, Spain, where it was loaded onto a special roll-on-roll-off ship bound for the Port of Newcastle.

The acquisition of Tier 4 Evolution Series locomotives, which will be built at GE's facility in Fort Worth, Texas, will expand the 200-unit order placed in December 2017.

Metro has taken the first steps towards acquiring its next generation trains by issuing a request for proposals for the design and construction of at least 256 8000-series railcars.

The tram, which was manufactured in La Rochelle, France, arrived at the port of Keelung on 2 September and was then delivered to Kaohsiung.

Paul Griffiths, the managing director of HS2 phase two, will leave the company at the end of December to become program director for the $40 billion Metrolinx project in Canada.

On a 6km section of the Potsdam tram network, a test tram will drive autonomously in real traffic between September 18-21.

The contract is worth around €161 million.

Chief executive Simon Wright said more time is needed to complete testing on the central section between Paddington and Abbey Wood.

Rolling stock manufacturers from around the world have been shortlisted for a major contract for the Mumbai Metro.

The divestiture is part of a realignment of Knorr-Bremse’s portfolio in rail vehicle systems, which includes the recent agreement to offload its UK subsidiaries Knorr-Bremse RailServices and Kiepe Electric.