Etihad Rail is inviting companies to apply for prequalification to be shortlisted for tendering, on a competitive basis, for the supply of railway maintenance equipment.

ABB won an order worth US$85mn from AlFanar Construction Co. to supply 380 kV indoor gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) that are a key component of new substations that will power the 444km long high-speed Haramain rail line currently under construction in Saudi Arabia.

The design of the US$3mn Baghdad metro has been awarded by the Baghdad Municipality to the French company Systra.

Bombardier Transportation was awarded a contract worth US$96 million with Saudi construction firm, Saudi Binladin Group, to design, build, operate and maintain its Innovia APM 300 automated people mover system for the King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) Development Project in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Railways Organisation awarded 9.38 billion Saudi riyals (US$2.5 billion) in contracts to two consortiums, which include Germany's Deutsche Bahn and Italy's Astaldi, to build four railway stations in the kingdom, it said recently.