GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation's Hennigsdorf plant is to supply 20 three-car and 15 five-car Talent 2 electric multiple-units to Abellio Rail NRW under a €172m contract announced on December 31.
The EMUs are to be deployed on Saale-Thüringen-Südharz services which Abellio is to operate from December 2015 under a 15-year contract awarded by transport authority Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt.
EUROPE: A new EuroCity Direct cross-border inter-city service connecting Brussels and Amsterdam was launched with the timetable change on December 15.
BRAZIL: The state of Piauí has reported progress on a series of investments to enhance the metre-gauge diesel suburban line in its capital, Teresina. On November 11, Governor Rafael Fonteles inaugurated a 2·5 km, one-station eastern branch from Boa Esperança to Colorado. The project included the ...
FRANCE: Tenders are to be called in early 2025 for the renewal of SNCF’s night train fleet. The plans were confirmed to local media by Pierre-Christophe Soncarrieu, the deputy director of the transport ministry’s Trains d’Équilibre du Territoire regional trains division responsible for overnight services. The ...
