Light Rail

London Tramlink is increasing its weekday evening services on the Wimbledon to New Addington route that covers more than half the tram network. From 31 May the eight-trams-an-hour service that operates between 07:00 and 19:00 will be extended until 21:00...

Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe (Hannover's local transport authority) awarded Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom a contract for 50 trams in April, and Alstom has announced that they will be providing the bogies for a sum worth €21m. The total order has a volume of...

On 18 May 2011, Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, inaugurated the new Citadis passenger service between Rabat and Salé, the first urban area in Morocco to operate a state-of-the-art tramway network. In 2008, STRS ordered 44 Citadis tramsets from Alstom....

Alstom, as member of the 'Società di Progetto Metro 5' consortium, signed with the Municipality of Milan, a contract agreement on the extension of Milan’s metro system to the San Siro football stadium. According to the terms of the agreement,...

The upgrade, funded by TfL, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), the Department for Transport, Network Rail and the Stratford City Implementation Group, means that London Overground services from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford will run four times an...

Transport for London has awarded a contract to Birse Metro to build the final part of the London Overground rail network that, when complete at the end of 2012, will orbit the Capital. The Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction link...

MTR Corporation, one of the world’s leading public transport network operators, has awarded a HK$2.4 billion contract forming part of the South Island Line (East) Project in Hong Kong to a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke, Kier and Kaden. Together the partners...

The five front-runners in the race to supply the new multi-million pound tram fleet that will take the Midland Metro forward into the 21st century have been selected. The five companies are Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Siemens and Stadler. They have been...

The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) expects to launch its A-Train into service on June 20, 2011. In anticipation of the opening, the agency has begun testing in order to finalise its operating schedule. DCTA and Stadler Bussnag AG, reached an...

Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract to design, build, operate and maintain a BOMBARDIER INNOVIA APM 300 automated people mover system for the King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) Development Project in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The total value of the...