Alstom’s Metropolis sets sail for Los Teques
Alstom has shipped a Metropolis train destined for the metro of the city of Los Teques in Venezuela. It will […]
South America Leads
Russia and Cuba to establish joint transportation and logistics company
“UVZ-Logistic” and “El Grupo Empresarial de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica” (GESIME), a Cuban ferrous metallurgy and machine-building group signed an agreement […]
Sau Paulo launched works on metro line 6
Sao Paulo launched excavation works for metro Line 6, that will connect Brasilândia with Saint Joachim. The total cost of […]
U.S.-Mexico rail bridge to be operational this year
The railway bridge connecting the U.S. and and Mexico is expected to be operational by the second half of 2015. […]
First track segment laid for Rio de Janeiro light rail
The first track segment of a new VLT light rail system in Rio de Janeiro has been laid. A 400-metre […]
Peru to launch tender for USD 2 billion rail tunnel project
Peru’s Transport and Communications Ministry (MTC) has decided to build the trans-Andean tunnel, BNAmericas reports. A tender for technical studies […]
Alstom to maintain Trensurb metros for the Porto Alegre Metro line 1
Alstom signed a contract with Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre (Trensurb) to provide preventive maintenance for 15 metro […]
Brazil to rise rail infrastructure investments until 2018
Brazil’s national development bank BNDES is expecting infrastructure investments in 2015-2018 to be 30.6% higher than in 2010-2013, reports Bnamericas. […]
Rail companies launched a new international procurement initiative
Six companies in the railway industry, Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and SNCF, launched on […]