Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The system will be implemented at Nashville's Music City Central transit center and at bus shelters along the city's new bus rapid transit line.

Products ordered include Mobitec electronic information display systems, Mobitec voice announcement systems and Mobitec global positioning satellite control units.

The environmental assessment and preliminary engineering work, which is under way, is slated to be completed in summer 2010.

The Urbalis solution will significantly increase train frequency and transport capacity while ensuring optimal safety, flexible operations and heightened passenger comfort, according to Alstom.

Valued at approximately $60 million, the order will be assembled at company's Plattsburgh, N.Y., plant.

Early construction is expected to begin during late spring 2010. The replacement bridges are slated for completion in 2017.

Maintenance activities will take place at RENFE's depots in Spain and work is predicted to start in 2010, after the conclusion of the train's homologation process.

Construction of the station is scheduled to begin in February 2010.

The project's total construction value is approximately $708 million.

Responsible for upgrading the automatic train control system, which includes replacing switches and signals and upgrading eight interlockings from mechanical relays to Microlok II solid state controls.