Alstom delivers new-generation Santo Domingo metro trainset
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Alstom delivered the first of eight three-car Metropolis trainsets on April 2 to support operation of an extended Santo Domingo Line 2.
Moskva opens tram Diameter line T2
RUSSIA: A second Moskva tramway ‘Diameter’ line has opened, creating what operator Moskva Metro claims is the longest urban tram route in the world.
Alstom acquires Cummins’ rail sector fuel cell activities
INTERNATIONAL: Alstom has acquired Cummins’ hydrogen fuel cell activities dedicated to rail, including the engineering, product and support capabilities used in Alstom’s hydrogen train fleets.
World rail freight news round-up
Business news from the world rail freight market.
Regulation: Contrasting rail reform visions in Argentina
Privatisation of freight railways and slashing passenger service costs are at the heart of the Argentine government’s transport policy, but much uncertainty remains about how far its rail reform agenda can be delivered.
Policy: New entrants promise to reshape South African freight market
No fewer than 11 private freight train operators have been granted conditional access to the Transnet network under the government’s rail reform programme. Market opening offers hope that declining rail freight volumes can be reversed and infrastructure renovated. Benjámin Zelki investigates.
Atlanta airport peoplemover upgrading contract awarded
USA: The city of Atlanta’s Department of Aviation has awarded Crystal Mover Services Inc a contract to upgrade the ATL SkyTrain automated peoplemover at Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
Open access train operator RegioJet pulls out of Poland having ‘lost hope and faith’
POLAND: Czech open access train operator RegioJet has announced its withdrawal from the Polish domestic market, alleging anti-competitive behaviour which the incumbent railway group has denied. Railway Gazette International looks at the claims and counterclaims.
Rack trains ordered for ‘one of the most spectacular and famous railway lines in the world’
SWITZERLAND: Mountain railway operator Gornergrat Bahn has awarded Stadler a SFr30m contract to supply a further four Polaris electric multiple-units for the line from the resort of Zermatt to the Gornergrat summit.
