Rail Business

Should the JV secure work in Canada it will take Keltbray overseas for the first time.

State operator Slovenian Railways has awarded Stadler a €170 million deal for 26 trains - the manufacturer's first order in the country. 

A VolkerFitzpatrick-Kier joint venture is the project's civil works contractor and Doppelmayr Cable Car UK is supplying the APM system.

The European Investment Bank has announced an investment of more than €1.7 billion on improved rail transport in Europe and North Africa. 

The factory took almost three years to plan and construct is set to make up to 600,000 sleepers a year, primarily for German railways.

The recommendation draws on new geological research, innovations in tunnel technology and other factors but echoes advice made in a 2004 pre-feasibility which also assessed a link across the Strait of Belle Isle.

The locomotives arrived over the weekend of April 14-15 after being assembled and tested by Bombardier at its Kassel plant, Germany.

The Macau SAR Government has awarded MTR a MOP 5.88 billion (€588.8 million) operations and maintenance assistance services (O&M) contract for the Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Taipa Line.

The development is one of a number of major announcements made by Infrastructure Ontario in recent days.

Two prequalified consortiums have been asked to make proposals for the Toronto Union station enhancement scheme.