Rail Projects

The options have been taken up as part of a contract signed in 2009 between Alstom, SNCF and the French regions.

Indian government transport agency MEGA has awarded Siemens a contract to electrify the double track of Phase 1 of the Ahmedabad Metro.

With construction almost finalised, Alstom and its partners in the Gibela joint venture have moved into their new train production plant to the east of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Aarhus, Denmark, celebrated the launch of the country's first modern light rail system over the Christmas period - months after its expected September opening was cancelled. 

A joint venture between Mott MacDonald and WSP will provide designs for two packages for the A$9.3 billion Inland Rail project.

Two new junctions which will connect the Northern line with an extension of the route out to Battersea Power Station have been completed.

President Kenyatta said that the service would make it easier to "do business in the country" by reducing the cost of transporting goods and the number of delays.

The town of Dudley in the UK's West Midlands could set to become the worldwide centre for the development of "very light rail".

The contract covers the supply of two types of Urbos trams: 21 five-module trams and five nine-module vehicles - believed to one of the longest trams in the world at 56m.

Metra has begun the process of replacing its fleet of ageing locomotives - despite falling short of what it describes as the necessary funding.