Rail Business

In March, Mitsui and Siemens announced their intention to form a 50-50 joint venture (JV) and build the depot.

Europe's leading rail freight organisations have pooled their resources to assess the economic impact of the Rastatt crisis.

DEG Signal has been taken over by Danish consultancy and engineering group Ramboll.

The joint venture - 70 per cent First Group, 30 per cent Trenitalia - has pulled out to focus on its bid for the West Coast Partnership franchise, according to a spokesperson.

Around A$1.6 billion will be spent on the C-Series train building programme - one of the biggest orders for rolling stock in the state's history.

CN said that the wagons are being obtained to meet a growing demand in forest products and metals business from customers across North America.

These locomotives will be maintained at Alstom's Wembley depot for the next 12 years.

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.