DR CONGO: Seven cars of an ex-JR Hokkaido Kiha 183 trainset were delivered to the port of Matadi on December 13 for use by Office National des Transports. The intermediate and driving cars were built ...

AUSTRALIA: Alstom has won a €900m contract to maintain the VLocity and Classic regional train fleets in Victoria. The VLocity diesel multiple-units which were built at Alstom’s Dandenong plant will ...

Russia: At a December meeting of the Council of Federation dedicated to the transport industry in Russia’s regions, Oleg Toni, deputy general director of Russian Railways (RZD), announced plans to in ...

Netherlands: All of the bidders selected by the passenger transport operator refused to submit a bid, leading Arriva to cancel the tender. The tender, announced late last year, involved supplying four ...

Indonesia: The two-car train was produced this year by the local manufacturer PT Inka for the Madiun State Polytechnic university, which offers a railway engineering programme. The vehicle is expected ...