Railway Gazette Tenders

Tender No. 42233 For the Manufacture and Supply of Filters for Diesel Locomotives for Israel Railways (“Tender”)

Organisation: Israel Railways Ltd.Location: Israel

Commercial Public Tender – Preliminary Announcement “Leasing of multi-system motive power units”

Organisation: ZSSK CARGOLocation: Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary

DB awards Alstom contract to roll out ETCS on Rhine-Alpine Corridor near Düsseldorf

GERMANY: DB InfraGO is pressing ahead with the ETCS rollout along Germany’s Rhine-Alpine Corridor, commissioning Alstom to equip a further 43 km of the key line near Düsseldorf by the end of 2029, the French supplier’s first call-off under DB’s €6.3bn digital signalling framework.

Rail suppliers reject EU claim that ‘limited competition’ is driving ETCS cost surge

EUROPE: Rail industry trade bodies UNIFE and UNISIG have pushed back against a European Commission-backed study into spiralling onboard ETCS costs, rejecting the idea that limited supplier competition is to blame, arguing instead that the real problem lies with market fragmentation.

Hitachi to develop Portugal’s second translator tech for ETCS trains on legacy lines

PORTUGAL: Hitachi Rail has won a contract from Portuguese infrastructure manager Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to develop the country’s second Specific Transmission Module (STM), an onboard signalling interface that will allow ETCS-equipped trains to operate on lines still using legacy train protection systems during Portugal’s transition to ERTMS.

First major contract for the Hamilton LRT project awarded

CANADA: Greater Toronto area transport agency Metrolinx has selected the Hamilton Transit Alliance to undertake the first major package of work for the Hamilton LRT project to develop a 14 km tram light rail line.

Canadian high speed line corridor details to be announced this year

CANADA: Project promoter Alto expects to make an announcement this autumn setting out more precise details of the high speed rail corridor planned to link Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières and Québec City.

KAI, SURGE, and HUAWEI Sign Strategic Tripartite MOU to Accelerate 5G+AI Innovation in Indonesia’s Railway System

US army wagon tracking and monitoring contract awarded

USA: The US Army Transportation Command has awarded AssetLink Global its Rail Car In-Transit Visibility contract to provide tracking and remote monitoring of wagons owned by the Department of War. This includes load and impact detection sensors.

Swiss 200-train framework contract signed after legal challenge dropped

SWITZERLAND: A framework contract for Siemens Mobility to supply Swiss Federal Railways with up to 200 six-car Desiro double-deck electric multiple-units was finally signed on April 30, after Stadler abandoned a legal challenge to the selection of the German company for the order.

Union Pacific and Rocky Mountain Steel agree seven-year rail contract

USA: Union Pacific and Rocky Mountain Steel Mills have agreed a seven-year contract for the domestic production of steel rails, which the railway said underscores its ‘clear commitment’ to buying the majority of its rail from a US manufacturer.

New York Subway Fulton Avenue corridor CBTC contract awarded

USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Siemens Mobility and LK Comstock a design-and-build contract to deploy communications-based train control on the Subway’s A and C lines serving the Fulton Avenue corridor in Brooklyn and Queens.

Bohr Electronics introduces ultrasonic locomotive Fuel Monitor

USA: Locomotive onboard system manufacturer Bohr Electronics has launched its P/N F3661 Fuel Monitor, a supplier-agnostic unit designed to deliver accurate, real-time fuel-level measurement and integrate with onboard data acquisition systems across mixed fleets.

Swiss 200-train framework contract signed after legal challenge dropped

SWITZERLAND: A framework contract for Siemens Mobility to supply Swiss Federal Railways with up to 200 six-car Desiro double-deck electric multiple-units was finally signed on April 30, after Stadler abandoned a legal challenge to the selection of the German company for the order.

Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the

First tendered in March 2024, Lisbon’s Violet Line was conceived as part of the LIOS package to develp more urban rail corridors around the capital. It has been procured under a single contract coveri

Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the

Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid. Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid. Mota-Engil was the only consortium to submit a bid just below the project promoter’s €600m budget, something its rivals failed to do, essentially giving the Chinese-linked group a major edge over the other EU companies in potentially winning the bid. However, due to the size of the tender and CRRC’s involvement, the Mota-Engil bid was duly passed on to the Commission for scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with the EU now examining the bloc’s largest public tenders involving partners with non-EU state backing. Following a preliminary review, the Commission decided in November 2025 to open an even wider investigation into CRRC’s role in the bid.

Tender No. 42232 For the Manufacture and Supply of Various Types of Mono-Block Wheels

Organisation: Israel Railways Ltd. Location: Israel Deadline: 23.59 IST 18 March 2026

Public Tender Nº2/20025: Concession for the Operation, Management, and Maintenance of the Namibe Corridor

Organisation: Ministry of Transport of The Republic of AngolaLocation: Namibe, Huíla, and Cubango (southern provinces of Angola)Deadline: 15:00 WAT 4 May 2026

Timetabling & Track Possession System (“Tender”)

Organisation: Israel Railways LtdLocation: IsraelDeadline: 23.59 IST 26 March 2026

Tender for the Manufacture and Supply of Track Motor Vehicle with Cranes and Track Electric Vehicle with Cranes

Organisation: Israel Railways Ltd Location: Israel Deadline: 23.59 IST 01 July 2026

Tender No. 42244 For the Manufacture and Supply of Turnouts and Tracks Geometry Measurement Trolley (“Tender”)

Organisation: Israel Railways LtdLocation: IsraelDeadline: 23:59 IST 20 May 2026

EU clears Lisbon light rail contract after CRRC dropped from bid over Chinese subsidies

PORTUGAL: The European Commission has authorised Metropolitano de Lisboa to move ahead with awarding the contract for Lisbon’s Violet light rail line, but only after a Mota-Engil-led consortium replaced its original subcontractor, China’s CRRC, with an EU-based company following Brussels’ finding that the initial bid had been distorted by foreign subsidies.

Oradea tram-train receives EU funding as vehicle tenders called

ROMANIA: Project promoter Bihor judet (county) signed a contract with the Ministry of Investments & European Projects on April 15 to allocate 1.376bn lei of non-reimbursable co-financing towards the development of a 33.4 km tram-train network around Oradea.

Union Pacific and Rocky Mountain Steel agree seven-year rail contract

USA: Union Pacific and Rocky Mountain Steel Mills have agreed a seven-year contract for the domestic production of steel rails, which the railway said underscores its ‘clear commitment’ to buying the majority of its rail from a US manufacturer.