Great Britain: Porterbrook Leasing has been selected as preferred bidder to finance 700 Electrostar Class 375 EMU cars for the South Central franchise, valued at over £600m (RG 10.01 p654).
Kyrgyzstan: Asian Development Bank is to provide US$100m to fund repair and modernisation of the 350 km Lugovoy - Bishkek - Balykchi line, including the introduction of electric services.
Spain: Renfe secured a €500m loan from DePfa Europa Bank AG in September.
Thailand: Bangkok Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority is seeking a 41bn baht loan from Japan Bank for International Co-operation to finance the planned metro extension from Hua Lampong to Bang Khae.
Uzbekistan: UTY has applied for an EBRD loan to re-engine TE-10 diesel locos. UTY is seeking consultancy services for the work, and also for a 30-month design and build workshop rehabilitation contract running from February 2002.
