Railway PRO: Recent Episodes
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Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean asked Transport Minister Andrei Spînu at the beginning of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting to present the [...]
The Slovenian state-owned project company 2TDK signed a EUR 203.8 million contract with a consortium of SŽ – Železniško gradbeno [...]
The European Commission has published on September 8, 2023, a package of the revised TSIs (Technical Specifications for Interoperability) to [...]
Société du Grand Paris awarded Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Nokia a contract to supply the IP network to power the Grand Paris [...]
PKP Intercity awarded its subsidiary Remtrak a contract to repair and modernise a railcar fleet comprising 330 vehicles including the [...]
Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (BMZ), part of Transmashholding, has delivered the first four 2TE25KM mainline locomotives to the national rail company [...]
Amtrak has selected Clark Construction/Stacy and Witbeck joint venture as the first of the three major construction contractors for the [...]
DB and ÖBB agreed to expand their cross-border long-distance services expecting to provide new day and night train connections from [...]
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT) has put into service the new Turin bespoke trams manufactured by Hitachi Rail at the factory [...]
DB Netz and Vossloh agreed to extend the cooperation for 2024 in the field of preventive rail maintenance with high-speed [...]
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin have launched the fourth Moscow Central Diameter [...]
Danish State Railways (DSB) has announced that three bidders have been pre-qualified for the supply of Copenhagen S-Bane fleet. The [...]
The newly installed digital signalling system on the Northern City Line is ready for passenger service between Finsbury Park and [...]
The Via Carpathia and Rail2Sea initiatives should be rethought to include the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, says Moldova’s Minister [...]
The European Union, the United States, India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on Saturday at [...]
Four people lost their lives and three were injured on Sunday evening in a train accident in Spain, in Catalonia, [...]
There is no doubt that since its invention, railways have played an important role in the economic development of [...]
Austria is preparing its rail infrastructure to decarbonise the transport system and achieve climate neutrality a decade earlier than the [...]
Iraq’s prime minister inaugurated construction work on the Iraq-Iran rail link. It would become the first railway line linking the [...]
Graz, September 2023: DB Cargo optimises the loading process of bulk cargo and equips 100 EAOS wagons with PJM’s [...]
Thales and Orascom Construction have signed a new contract in Egypt with the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to upgrade the [...]
Graz, September 2023: The AAR WABL Committee (Association of American Railroads) has voted to approve PJM for performing strength [...]
Norway’s Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård inaugurated on august 29, 2023, country’s greenest rail freight terminal located in Nygårdstangen. In [...]
Gulf & Atlantic Railways has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rail assets of Pinsly Railroad Company (Pinsly), [...]
Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MPMRCL) has received the first train for Bhopal – Indore metro, which was “built [...]
In the heart of modern urbanization, the efficient and reliable operation of tram, metro, and transit systems is of paramount [...]
Summer season is travel season and trains are the greenest means of public transport. The latest trends in railway coatings [...]
European rail freight has to cope with great challenge. Due to demographic change, the already existing shortage of manpower will [...]
Current situation of the cargo market and the CPK Railway Programme • Since the beginning, CPK has been following and [...]
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced that Siemens Mobility won the framework agreement for the supply of a Mireo [...]
Suburban Connect consortium is the preferred bidder for the tunneling contract of Melbourne East Suburban Rail Loop (SRL East), the [...]
The Government of the State of Victoria has launched the Melbourne Tram Plan, with an investment of AUD 3.8 billion [...]
India is starting a rail station development programme called ‘Amrit Bharat Railway Stations’, launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi [...]
Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has announced that an investment of EUR 47 billion will be provided [...]
Changes have been made to the management of Keolis, a subsidiary of French rail transport company SNCF, with the executive [...]
BNSF Railway opened the new Sandpoint Junction Connector rail bridge making an inaugural trip at the beginning of August to [...]
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will provide a USD 139 million federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for rail [...]
Alstom has opened its first bogie centre in Astana, Kazakhstan, to produce and maintain bogies for all types of railway [...]
A consortium led by Alstom will build the first monorail in the Dominican Republic, a contract worth EUR 500 million. [...]
The European Commission has provided more than EUR 52 million through the Cohesion Fund to support Romanian train procurement project [...]
HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct 40-metre span has been completed and following the viaduct construction, it will be the longest railway [...]
Martinus North America has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Bottom Line Company LLC headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, [...]
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the Prime Minister, Ana Brnabić, have presented a EUR 12 billion development strategy [...]
The first Avenio LRV for Copenhagen has arrived in the Denmark capital, Hovedstadens Letbane (Greater Copenhagen Light Rail) announced. Siemens [...]
The Czech rail infrastructure manager Správa železnic (SZ) has begun the procedure to identify an architectural company to design the [...]
HS2 has completed the first of 32 giant piers for the first Water Orton Viaducts in Warwickshire as work ramps [...]
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) has been issued for the procurement of California high-speed train fleet able to run at [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe and a consortium of Mosty Katowice and Arcadis signed a contract for the design and construction [...]
Siemens Mobility launched on August 23 the construction of its USD 220 million Lexington rolling stock manufacturing and rail services [...]
Slovenske Železnice has opened the 3.7 km Počehova – Pesnica rail section as part of the project to upgrade the [...]
The three contractors will now develop their final design and construct tender submissions for the Inland Rail Beveridge to Albury [...]
The rail infrastructure managers of Great Britain and the Netherlands, Network Rail and ProRail respectively have signed a Memorandum of [...]
Polish National Railway Programme has been updated with a perspective until 2032, from its previous version which was in force [...]
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens Mobility signed a EUR 400 million framework agreement for ETCS trackside expansion to [...]
Amtrak ordered 10 additional Airo trainsets from Siemens Mobility exercising an option under the contract signed in 2021 and in [...]
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) awarded Egis a four-year project covering the modernisation of the existing signalling, electrical, and telecommunications (SET) [...]
Škoda Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian company Tata AutoComp Systems for the establishment of a strategic [...]
Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann, IE) awarded Alstom a contract to deliver and install cutting-edge signalling technologies comprising the Smartlock Computer-Based [...]
The Astra Imperio tram number 50 entered the route of line 1 in Bucharest on Tuesday, starting from the [...]
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Minister of Transport and Road Safety Miri Regev, Minister of Finance, Bezalel [...]
Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS), the Central Saxony transport authority, and Alstom have presented the new Coradia Continental BEMU in Chemnitz. A [...]
Adif has launched a tender for the modernisation and upgrade of the Madrid-Vicálvaro terminal, a project that will create additional [...]
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has completed the first phase of Forest Park Branch Rebuild project which will make transport service [...]
Webuild has completed the new Facchini 1 tunnel part of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi – Genoa Junction rail project [...]
The construction of Eisack River underpass of the Brenner Base Tunnel has been completed by the consortium of companies led [...]
The California Transportation Commission has approved funding for one Stadler battery-electric train (BEMU) and related maintenance and charging facility upgrades, [...]
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin have launched on august 17, 2023 [...]
EFE Trenes de Chile, the state-owned railway company of Chile, announced that CRRC Sifang and Temoinsa won the contract for [...]
The Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) announced a budget allocation of EUR 12.5 billion for German railways [...]
The British rail operator Northern has unveiled six train simulators from Poland-based firm SIM Factor which will be installed at [...]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia has carried out searches at numerous locations, in an investigation into two [...]
Sinara Transport Machines presented a prototype of the Lastochka ES104 EMU manufactured at the Ural Locomotives plant during the international [...]
The first of the 20 Cityjet Desiro ML trains has arrived in Tyrol and will enter passenger services from October [...]
Czech rail infrastructure manager, Správa železnic, (SŽ) has signed a design contract for the modernisation and construction works of a [...]
PKP Intercity has launched a tender for the purchase of 46 new single-system electric locomotives for domestic rail routes. The [...]
Alstom has been awarded a EUR 28 million contract to provide a train charging facility for Irish Rail’s new Battery [...]
Texas Central Partners and Amtrak are seeking opportunities to advance planning and analysis work associated with the proposed Dallas – [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Logistic Centre Varna, part of Buildcom Group, signed an agreement for a EUR 50 [...]
Senior representatives of the United States, the European Union, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania are discussing alternative routes [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German affiliate of UniCredit, HypoVereinsbank, are providing credit lines totalling up to more [...]
Siemens Mobility was awarded a EUR 300 million contract for the supply of 28 three-car Mireo trains for Baden-Württemberg for [...]
Aurora, a 100-metre-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun excavating the 2 km Grottaminarda tunnel on the Apice – Hirpinia [...]
British rail operator Northern Trains Limited (NTL) launched a procurement process to renew its train fleet by purchasing 450 trains [...]
The Governor of Connecticut Ned Lamont has announced that the state’s Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is purchasing 60 single-level coaches [...]
The consortium of Škoda Group and Titagarh Firema won a EUR 732.5 million contract for the supply of up to [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, RFI, has awarded a EUR 170 million contract for the design and construction of Salerno air-rail connection [...]
The Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called for a USD 872 million federal grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to implement [...]
Beacon Rail, a rolling stock leasing company, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a [...]
ČD Cargo has ordered 12 additional Traxx 3 MS locomotives equipped by Alstom’s Atlas on-board system, a solution of ETCS [...]
FS Group has established FS Treni Turistici Italiani, a new company responsible for tourist train services specifically designed as an [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has launched a tender for the design and reconstruction of Gliwice – Katowice rail line via [...]
Adif and Adif Alta Velocidad started the second phase of Spanish rail liberalisation process by launching a survey which will [...]
Five bidders have submitted their proposals for the design and construction of Lisbon Red Line extension between São Sebastião to [...]
Poland’s Minister of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk, and the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Andrzej Bittel, inaugurated the [...]
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines signed an agreement on technical cooperation [...]
Network Rail Scotland has announced a GBP 4.2 billion (EUR 4.9 billion) investment in the Scotland’s Railway under the Control [...]
VIA Rail Canada has announced a CAD 25 million (USD 20.9 million) investment to upgrade London station in Ontario one [...]
Budapest’s Transport Minister János Lázár has announced what Hungary will do to develop its railways over the next ten years. [...]
Britain’s Transport Secretary Mark Harper has inaugurated Portway Park and Ride station, the new Bristol railway station near Avonmouth, north-west [...]
Nordic Re-Finance, the Swedish locomotive leasing company, and SBB Cargo signed a sales/leaseback agreement for 44 SBB’s four-axle diesel AM843 [...]
VIA Rail has started the major upgrade and construction works for its Toronto Maintenance Centre that will provide a state-of-the-art [...]
Siemens Mobility won a more than EUR 2 billion contract to deliver Munich 90 new S-Bahn XXL trains, including an [...]
Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) signed a partnership to deliver a joint vision for Greater Manchester stations [...]
PKP Intercity has relaunched a rolling stock tender to acquire 38 seven-car push-pull double-deck trains and 45 multi-system locomotives. The [...]
All the five consortia that submitted applications for the Rail Baltica singalling and command-control tender have been qualified to enter [...]
CRRC awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to supply complete braking systems for 26 trains of Chengdu metro, a fleet comprising a [...]
The Vice-Chairman of Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP), Carlos Fernandes, has announced that for the Porto – Soure rail section, first [...]
Akiem and Siemens Mobility signed a contract for the supply of 15 additional Vectron AC and Vectron MS locomotives which [...]
Wages have not been paid at the Moldovan Railways for three months, and management says workload has decreased. Representatives of [...]
The first test trains have entered the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, at the South Yarra tunnel entrance and travelled 1.7 km [...]
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water approved the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Inland Rail North [...]
The first two TBMs of HS2 in London – Sushila and Caroline – have completed the first mile (1.6 km) [...]
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has started the progressive deploying of six new trains for North East Line (NEL) which [...]
Amtrak has invested USD 770 million since 2011 to implement its accessibility projects across the U.S. to ensure a safe, [...]
The power industry has for years been discussing the implementation of 2×25 kV AC power for railway lines in Poland. [...]
The Department of Transport of Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure of Northern Ireland published for consultation the final version [...]
Avanti West Coast has started the test running of the new Class 805 bi-mode trains on the route to Chester [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and the Iricav Due consortium signed a EUR 1.82 billion contract to start the executive design [...]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is criticised for his preference for travelling by helicopter instead of train at comparable journey [...]
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced that the Germany Ticket (Deutschland-Ticket or D-Ticket) recorded more than 11 million local public transport [...]
SNCF’s results for the first half of this year are encouraging, despite the numerous strikes that have affected the French [...]
Hitachi Rail’s world-first 360Pass app, connecting Genoa’s entire public transport infrastructure, has been launched and is now available to all [...]
Chiltern Railways has put into service on July 27 the vegetable oil locomotive on its network, the first instance of [...]
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) ordered from Ballard Power Systems additional fuel cell engines for the new hydrogen locomotive programme. [...]
Renfe, the Spanish rail operator, has launched the Madrid – Marseille high-speed rail services on July 28, as part of [...]
Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, François Legault, the Premier of Québec and Valérie Plante, the Mayor of Montréal [...]
The mega tunnel boring machine (TBM) Eileen has crushed through a wall of rock to arrive at the Sydney Airport [...]
ÖBB has started the Koralmbahn tests carried out especially on the rail bridges subjected to a stress test. Trials have [...]
TX Logistik, a company of the Mercitalia Group, acquires the German company Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH, Hamburg, and thus becomes [...]
Network Rail and SBB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the first step by Network Rail to strengthen ties [...]
MSC subsidiary Medway Belgium ordered from Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotives planned to be used for cross-border freight transport in [...]
Wabtec Corporation signed a contract for the modernisation of 60 additional CN’s locomotives (Dash-9 locomotives) which will support rail operator’s [...]
Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant, the Pablo Rodriguez have announced the [...]
As part of its LiBeirut initiative, UNESCO has signed an agreement with the Italian authorities to finance restoration and rehabilitation [...]
The European Union is ready to move almost all of Ukraine’s agricultural exports to “solidarity corridors”, following Russia’s withdrawal from [...]
HS2 Ltd. has started the process to identify a specialist contractor to deliver HS2 platform edge doors for the new [...]
The UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided a GBP 680 million (EUR 781 million) loan to support construction of Mersin-Adana-Gaziantep [...]
Metro in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) , a project in the Philippines and a contract to deliver trams in Philadelphia boosted Alstom’s [...]
The production of 83,000 concrete HS2 tunnel segments has begun on July 24 at a new facility at Hartlepool docks. [...]
The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 250 million loan to 2TDK for [...]
The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved the Hudson River Tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey which will [...]
Alstom and NAH.SH, the integrated transport association in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein signed a contract for the supply of [...]
Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) and Škoda Group signed a contract for the supply of 22 two-way trams for Kassel including an [...]
Simetro consortium, consisting of Siemens Mobility Bulgaria, Siemens Mobility Austria and Newag, has been appointed to deliver 8 additional Inspiro [...]
The inhabitants of Polish city of Łomża and other four Podlaskie communes between Łomża and Białystok will benefit access to [...]
An Alstom-Railpool contract has been signed for the delivery of 50 Traxx Universal multisystem locomotives by the French rolling stock [...]
The Polish Regional Director for Environmental Protection (RDOŚ) in Warsaw issued an environmental decision for the construction of CPK railway [...]
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has awarded Stadler a framework agreement for up to 120 Cityjet battery trains of Flirt model [...]
Alstom’s Chinese joint venture, CRRC Puzhen Alstom Transportation Systems Ltd. (PATS) and Shanghai Shenkai Public Transport Operation Management Co., Ltd. [...]
Ukrzaliznytsia has registered a rail operator in Poland – Ukrainian Railways Cargo Poland – paving its way to enter European [...]
Italian railway operators Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti (ARST) and Ferrovie della Calabria (FdC) have awarded Stadler two framework agreements for [...]
The Spanish rail operator Renfe has launched Barcelona – Lyon high-speed service, company’s first international AVE train beyond Perpignan area. [...]
The French Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, Christophe Béchu, the President of Angers Loire Métropole, Jean-Marc Verchère, and [...]
Škoda Group was awarded a contract to deliver up to 1,120 tram traction motors for Melbourne’s new fleet manufactured by [...]
Île-de-France Mobilités awarded ORA Consortium the contract to operate and maintain Grand Paris Express Line 15 South, scheduled to enter [...]
The City of Hamburg, Deutsche Bahn, and Siemens Mobility signed a cooperation agreement for Digitale S-Bahn Hamburg 2.0 under which [...]
Final track work to connect Melbourne Metro Tunnel to the Sunbury Line has been completed which will now allow the [...]
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced that on July 28 it will begin the final major stage of the first [...]
Colombia’s National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) awarded the maintenance and modernisation contract for La Dorada – Chiriguaná railway line to the [...]
Vale, a global mining company, signed a partnership agreement with Wabtec to supply three FLXdrive battery locomotives and to collaborate [...]
Amtrak has published two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) that will help deliver new and upgraded train maintenance facilities in Boston, [...]
Two 1,066-tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs) – Eileen and Peggy – have started tunnelling works for the Western Sydney Airport [...]
Transmashholding has announced that the class EP2DM electric train, manufactured by TMH in Demikhovo, successfully completed its certification, issued by [...]
Deutsche Bahn (DB), in partnership with other major European operators, draw up a proposal for European high-speed rail expansion aiming [...]
Alternatives for the development of Rail Baltica regional stations on the section from Kaunas to the Lithuanian – Latvian border [...]
A high-speed solar train will be powered entirely by solar energy in California, USA. The announcement was made recently by [...]
Akiem and Alstom have signed a framework contract for 100 Traxx Universal MS locomotives with a firm order for 65 [...]
Správa železnic is continuing Czech high-speed rail plans as recently has selected the contractors for the development of documentation and [...]
Alstom announced it will invest USD 16.67 million (160 million dirhams) to construct a second rail plant in Morocco, which [...]
Rail traffic has been halted on the Russian-built Crimean Bridge due to an “emergency” situation, officials installed by the Kremlin [...]
Škoda Group has been awarded a contract to deliver eight metro trains to the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The value [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 6.7 million grant agreement to support Ukrainian Railways’ activities during Russia’s [...]
The President of Renfe, Raül Blanco, and the CEO of CAF, Javier Martínez Ojinaga, have signed the contract for the [...]
Škoda Group was awarded a contract for the desing and construction of 10 bidirectional trams for Bergamo, Italy, including the [...]
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) selected Siemens Mobility for the supply of 24 S200 light rail vehicles (LRVs) [...]
Huawei Cloud has unveiled its Pangu Railway Model which can accurately identify 67 types of freight cars and over 430 [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending EUR 23 million to support the rehabilitation of two railway [...]
The Eole tunnel in Paris, which will connect the centre of the metropolis from Hausmann-Saint Lazare station to Nanterre over [...]
Alpha Trains has awarded Siemens Mobility a long-term locomotive service and maintenance contract to ensure efficient operation of lessor’s Vectron [...]
Alstom, one of the world’s leading companies in smart and sustainable mobility, on Tuesday revealed the scale of its economic [...]
HS2 Lts is seeking a contractor for the design and supply of the Interchange Station APM (Automated People Mover) allowing [...]
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank have published a study recommending that the European track gauge lines to [...]
Systra has reached an agreement to acquire Atkins entities in Sweden Denmark and Norway which are part of the SNC-Lavalin [...]
The European Commission has unveiled its proposals to boost EU rail freight transport and make freight sector more efficient and [...]
Tver Carriage Works (TVZ), part of TMH, has started the construction of Ivolga 4.0 train, the new generation of rolling [...]
Wabtec entered into a multi-year parts agreement with PT Imeco Inter Sarana (PT Imeco) that will support Indonesian locomotive fleet [...]
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the director general of Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (Fonatur), [...]
TransPennine Trains Limited and Angel Trains have awarded Hitachi Rail an eight-year contract to continue maintenance of 19 intercity Class [...]
Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV) and Stadler have signed the framework agreement that covers the manufacture and supply of up to [...]
CDPQ has announced that the first section of Montreal REM system between Brossard and Gare Centrale stations will be opened [...]
The Norwegian Railway Directorate (Jernbanedirektoratet) and the national operator Vy Group signed contracts for the operation of Eastern Norway rail [...]
The CBH Group is Australia’s largest co-operative and a leader in grain industry, has signed two contracts for new standard [...]
Martinus Rail has been awarded a AUD 403.5 million (USD 267.7 million) contract to design and construct enhancement works for [...]
SBB and Stadler have presented the newest Kiss double decker multiple unit at the Zurich Central Station which will enter [...]
Victorian Minister for Ports and Freight, Melissa Horne, and the CEO of Intermodal Terminal Company, Mishkel Maharajwas, launched the construction [...]
Stadler awarded Wabtec a contract for the supply of passenger information systems (PIS) and pantographs for up to 504 Citylink [...]
A rail strike in Italy has been announced for Thursday and Friday by six unions demanding higher wages and better [...]
Two Italian cities awarded CAF rolling stock contracts covering the supply of new trams and metros. Ente Autonomo Volturno, the [...]
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has unveiled the concept design for the CPK multimodal transport hub, illustrating the terminal, main railway [...]
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) ordered 35 new double-decker multiple units from Stadler, exercising an option under a framework agreement [...]
PJ Messtechnik GmbH (PJM) has conducted approval tests for two types of rail inspection vehicles owned by Geismar Italia, to [...]
The University of Birmingham and a consortium of Welsh universities have been awarded a GBP 15 million (EUR 17.5 million) [...]
Trainline, a European independent rail platform selling tickets welcomes the findings by the German Federal Cartel Office (BKartA) that Deutsche [...]
Knorr-Bremse has signed an important service agreement with Swedish operator A-Train AB covering the brake control units for Arlanda Express [...]
Koleje Mazowieckie, the regional rail operator in the Mazovian Voivodeship awarded Alstom a contract to carry out P5 maintenance of [...]
The construction of related infrastructure at Riga International Airport – the Rail Baltica passenger terminal – is underway including reinforced [...]
Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ), part of TMH, has been delivered Russian Railways the newest diesel shunting locomotive Class TEM23 which [...]
Six out of 12 Flirt EMUs manufactured at the Stadler Polska factory in Siedlce were handed over to the Polish [...]
Construction works for Piazza San Marco tram extension on the Florence T2 tram has been launched, the Councillor for Major [...]
Dry run has been launched on South Shore section of Montreal Réseau express métropolitain (REM) consisting of simulating the future [...]
The Italian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, inaugurated the first section of [...]
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Alstom has delivered PCC Intermodal four new Traxx MS3 multisystem locomotives fulfilling the contract for these new vehicles, together with [...]
The final investigation report into the June 2, 2023 rail accident in India, the worst in the country’s history, has [...]
VTG announced an investment of “tens of millions of euros” to build its first carbon-neutral maintenance workshop for its freight [...]
Passenger service on the first section of Honolulu Skyline, the first fully autonomous metro in US, was inaugurated on June [...]
RB Rail AS has announced that the three selected consortia are now entering the second stage of Rail Baltica high-speed [...]
Britain’s Department for Transport announced the completion of the works for sea wall protection on the Dawlish rail route, due [...]
Transport for London (TfL) has exercised its option to acquire 11 additional state-of-the-art DLR trains from CAF for a value [...]
Talbot Services has presented the first of the 35 converted Alstom Coradia Continental trains on behalf of Alpha Trains. The [...]
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has agreed on a seven-year deal with Caledonian Sleeper Ltd to continue hauling the Caledonian Sleeper coaches. [...]
Dozens of large tenders and smaller procedures. Hundreds of bidders and contractors. Numerous contracts and framework agreements. Centralny Port Komunikacyjny [...]
The General Council of Bucharest (Romania) voted on Thursday on an opportunity study for 250 new trams in Bucharest. These [...]
Alstom, Northrail (Germany) and RIVE Private Investment (France) sign a framework contract for 50 Traxx Universal locomotives including services. Alstom [...]
Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, announced that the rail incumbent Deutsche Bahn “is in violation of competition law due [...]
The Board of Directors of Renfe has confirmed its decision to make use of the option to extend the amount [...]
ARST, the regional transport company in Sardinia, Italy, has recently awarded the tender for the supply of the first 6 [...]
Arriva Group has been awarded South Moravian rail contract in the Czech Republic following a competitive tender process. The contract [...]
The Alstom Coradia iLint made its first North American passenger trip between Parc de la Chute-Montmorency in Quebec City and [...]
The European Investment Bank has under appraisal the project to upgrade Gdynia port rail connection with Koscierzyna. EUR 480 million [...]
An ASFR-ERA cooperation agreement for Romania’s compliance with the Technical Pillar of the Railway Package IV was signed on Tuesday [...]
Hitachi Rail has completed the first phase of its production of the so-called tribrid train – the Masaccio train – [...]
Arriva Group’s train operating company, Arriva Rail London (ARL) was granted a two-year extension contract as the delivery partner for [...]
An agreement between the government in Chișinău and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Commission was [...]
Spain’s Council of Ministers authorised Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) to tender, through Adif, the contract for [...]
The Brenner Base Tunnel project has received a EUR 700 million financing through the second call for proposals of the [...]
Egyptian National Railways (ENR) and Škoda Group signed a contract for the maintenance of a 250 electro-diesel locomotive fleet at [...]
Brightline celebrated the completion of Orlando rail extension allowing the transport service between Central and South Florida this summer, connecting [...]
Spanish rail freight transport is supported by the government as the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda (Mitma) [...]
Île-de-France Mobilités opened the T10 tram line in Paris region connecting La Croix de Berny (Antony, in southern Paris) and [...]
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has confirmed the decision of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to create a [...]
The refurbished railway service in South Moravia, Czech Republic, one of the largest EU-funded investments in the Czech Republic, was [...]
The European Commission has awarded Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) a PLN 290 million (almost EUR 64 million) funding from the [...]
Adif has launched a tender for the construction of Parla Norte new station under the plan to improve transport services [...]
The British Rail Minister, Huw Merriman, has launched the latest First of a Kind (FOAK) competition under which the companies [...]
A GBP 32.7 million (EUR 38.1 million) contract has been signed to upgrade the Class 700 Thameslink fleet to the [...]
A EUR 928 million is the Rail Baltica financing from the CEF second call, which combined with national co-financing from [...]
Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, the public transport company of Milan, and Stadler have signed a framework contract for the supply of [...]
107 new European transport projects have been selected for a EUR 6.2 billion CEF financing of which 82% concerns infrastructure [...]
Israel can obtain a financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) which is currently assessing the Tel Aviv Green LRT. [...]
The government in Chișinău has approved the new Moldova-Ukraine rail transport protocol, which simplifies transit procedures for freight trains. The [...]
PKP Intercity ordered from Newag 5 additional multi-system electric locomotives, exercising its option under a contract signed in October 2021 [...]
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) and a South Korean consortium signed the design contract for a 70 km section of the [...]
5G technology in a rail freight terminal brings outstanding value for transport, operations and connections and builds safer and more [...]
LTG Link, Lithuanian railway operator, awarded Stadler a contract for the supply of 15 Flirt multiple units with plans to [...]
The first passenger train officially crossed the 33 km twin tube Koralm tunnel in Austria, after 15 years of construction, [...]
The Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, has relaunched the Baltimore Red Line project which was canceled in 2015, now seen [...]
Black and Caspian Freight Forum 2023: corridors, cargos, infrastructure is an in-person event for the professionals from the Black and [...]
Siemens Mobility and Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs (SWEG), the rail operator in southwest Germany, opened battery train depot in Offenburg, in the [...]
The bustling city of Budapest is gearing up to host one of the most highly anticipated events in the [...]
Ermewa has established its first successful partnership with LTG Cargo Polska for the lease of 40 container wagons which were [...]
The Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha and the governor of Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand Pakapong Sirikantaramas have [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR 175 million loan for the modernisation of a [...]
The X-Wagen metro made by Siemens has started passenger service on the Viennese metro lines. After undergoing extensive tests and [...]
A weekend protest against the Lyon-Turin railway project in the French department of Savoie, on the border with Italy, resulted [...]
Alstom has successfully completed the first tests of a hybrid electric-diesel-battery train on the Toulouse-Mazamet and Toulouse-Rodez lines in the [...]
Alstom has unveiled the design of the Coradia Stream train for Renfe at its industrial site in Catalonia in the [...]
For the first time in ten years, a new brand identity has been unveiled for SNCF (an acronym for Société [...]
Siemens will invest EUR 2 billion for a new global plan, the German engineering and technology group announced Thursday, as [...]
Renfe has completed the registration of its Lyon (France) branch in the neighbouring country’s trade register, thus obtaining permission from [...]
The planning certificate on the basis of which the Belgian state railway company SNCB will renovate the Jubilé bridge in [...]
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded the consortium of CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Singapore CRRC Sifang Railway Vehicles Service (CRRC [...]
Slovenian Railways Director – Passenger Transport Darja Kocjan and Stadler Group representative Željko Davidović signed on Wednesday the contract for [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has completed the modernisation of Radom – Warsaw railway line which now allows trains to run [...]
An SNCF Réseau-Haropa Port collaboration has been established as part of the PERL (French acronym for Performance Régularité Lignes) line [...]
Poland’s Office of Rail Transport (UTK) has issued the certificate granting the approval to Pesa hydrogen locomotive to enter operation. [...]
Alstom and Air Products, world’s largest supplier of hydrogen, signed a cooperation agreement to promote the development of zero-emission transport [...]
The European Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean and Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories [...]
There will be four months of testing between November 2023 and February 2024 for the Automatic Train Operation system in [...]
Poland’s rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK has completed the construction of the last of the three rail bridges in Krakow [...]
The organisers of Rail Live! have unveiled the agenda for this year’s conference on 29 November – 1 December at [...]
Amtrak has submitted applications for approximately USD 716 million in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 16 proposed long distance [...]
Swedish open-access rail operator Snälltåget awarded Sqills, a Siemens Mobility subsidiary, a contract to implement S3 Passenger system, an inventory [...]
Arriva Netherlands, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, wants to launch a Netherlands-France rail link on the Groningen-Paris North route via [...]
The Australian Rail Track Corporation has announced that Inland Rail Beveridge – Parkes rail section have been prioritised for completion [...]
Trenes Argentinos reinstated the Justo Daract – Palmira rail services on June 2, following a 30-year closure. The line is [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a EUR 200 million loan for Ukraine rail upgrade projects [...]
The French rolling stock manufacturer has revealed what Alstom’s trams for Quebec will look like, which will be delivered under [...]
Infrabel reached the ETCS milestone following the installation of the digital system on 127 km of Brussels-Midi – Halle rail [...]
Hitachi Rail is “disappointed” by findings of the provisional investigation of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) related to [...]
Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel awarded British Steel’s Rail business a four-year contract to supply 40,000 tonnes of high-quality rails. [...]
An investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that the EUR 1.7 billion Hitachi-Thales GTS merger [...]
Sydney Metro has opened Central station concourse part of upgrade works of Australia’s busiest railway station. The North-South concourse is [...]
Stadler and local Swiss operator Pilatus Bahnen have marked the start of operation of new rolling stock on the Pilatus [...]
Amtrak has submitted applications for nearly USD 7.3 billion in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 14 proposed Northeast Corridor [...]
CFF, Switzerland’s state-owned railway company, has bought back a minority 35% stake in CFF Cargo from Swiss Combi. With this [...]
Caltrain electric trains entered trials under power from the overhead contact system (OCS) for the first time. Initial tests will [...]
Stadler has presented the new six-car Kiss double-decker EMU for Slovakian rail passenger operator ŽSSK at Rail Business Days in [...]
VTG is now offering wagons for last-minute and short-term capacity requirements in France which is part of company’s plans to [...]
The Victorian Ministry for Public Transport has awarded a consortium led by John Holland Group the contract for the construction [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) awarded the consortium of Webuild (leader) Ghella, Seli Overseas and TunnelPro a EUR 1.3 billion contract [...]
An electric-hydrogen train entered tests in Spain developed by a consortium made up of CAF, DLR, Toyota, Renfe, Adif, CNH2, [...]
Swiss start-up Sun-Ways has announced that it will install solar panels between railway tracks near a railway station as part [...]
Dozens of leaders of global public transport sector joined the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and signed the Barcelona [...]
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications is launching a tender for rolling stock worth BGN 2.8 billion excluding [...]
Pärnu City Government has issued a building permit for the Rail Baltica Pärnu passenger terminal which will allow the construction [...]
Siemens Mobility has completed the acquisition of Optrail S.r.l., an Italian-based technology company, that provides unique algorithms for Traffic Management [...]
Alstom and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have unveiled the first 16 of the 106 six-car high-capacity trainsets to enter service [...]
The governments and local authorities should do everything is possible to support sustainable urban mobility and should bring their contribution [...]
The European Commission has approved a EUR 300 million state aid for ERTMS for Italy to remove technical barriers to [...]
Urban public transport is recovering from pandemic and plays a more and more important role in the definition of the [...]
Four hundred kilometres of railway track in the Republic of Moldova will be rehabilitated in cooperation with Ukraine’s state railway [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) started the construction of Florence high-speed bypass running which includes the railway under-crossing of the city [...]
Île-de-France Mobilités appointed Keolis to operate Paris lines 16 and 17 scheduled to be opened in October 2026. The EUR [...]
V4SIL, a company jointly founded by V-Híd (60%) and AŽD Praha (40%) awarded AŽD a contract for the supply of [...]
SNCF and Hitachi Rail signed a new framework agreement worth EUR 77 million to provide on-board digital signalling equipment (bi-standard [...]
Transpennine Trains Limited awarded Siemens Mobility a contract extension for the maintenance of 51-strong Class 185 train fleet serving TransPennine Express routes operating [...]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of Philippines signed a JPY 17.4 billion (USD 124.78 million) loan [...]
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) awarded Alstom a EUR 667 million contract to deliver 130 full low-floor Citadis LRVs, including [...]
The Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽ has announced the tender for the reconstruction of Brno-Královo Pole station, the second busiest [...]
Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽ has announced the completed of ETCS Level 2 installation on Usti nad Orlici – Lichkov [...]
Yes, it can. Just meet our design. The character of a city is shaped by its public transportation [...]
Systra Prime L22 consortium signed the contract to deliver preliminary engineering, architecture and geological studies for the São Paulo metro [...]
Railway infrastructure is critical for enabling mobility, and as transport demand continues to grow modernizing and expanding the railway network [...]
RailNetEurope (RNE) and the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster an integrated, high-capacity European [...]
Serbia’s Ministry of Transport has selected the consortium of Deutsche Bahn and Systra (50/50 association) to deliver management services for [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe announced a tender for the development of design documentation for the electrification of the Lukow – [...]
Parisian metro rail company Transilien in Paris, France, is innovating with a new information service available on platform screens, namely [...]
The founders of European Sleeper, Elmer van Buuren and Chris Engelsman, and the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Georges Gilkinet, have [...]
The former chairman of the state-owned Spiros Pateras and two other directors have been charged in connection with the February [...]
The World Bank will provide a USD 25 million grant to support the reconstruction of Ukrainian railway infrastructure and the [...]
Kiwi Rail has announced that the 2023 budget will provide an investment of NZD 569.2 million (USD 345.8 million) to [...]
Under a cooperation agreement signed with Tesmec Group, facilitated by Tesmec Rail, Škoda Group will equip company’s vehicles with advanced [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) has announced that work is progressing on the modernisation of Szczecin rail agglomeration by [...]
An ambitious plan to build an Iraq-Turkey railway and road link has been unveiled by the authorities in Baghdad. The [...]
East West Rail Company (EWR Co) has announced the preferred route for the Oxford – Cambridge rail services, part of [...]
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Washington Union Station expansion [...]
Rail + Metro Asia 1 – 3 November ICE – Indonesia www.railmetrochina.com Rail+Metro 2023 ( leading exhibition and [...]
Works are advancing at Caltrain stations following the awarding of a contract at one facility and entering the final construction [...]
Alstom’s Chinese joint venture, Alstom NUG Propulsion System Co., Ltd (ANP) has started the passenger operation with a pilot train [...]
A consortium of Impresa Milesi geom. Sergio, G.C.F. Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie, Skoda Transportation and Impresa Edile Stradale Artifoni has been [...]
Tbilisi City Hall has begun the process of terminating the agreement with Russia’s Metrovagonmash, which was supposed to supply rail [...]
WMTA has started public consultation on the new Washington metro fleet inviting customers to visit a pop-up exhibit at Gallery [...]
Rail passenger transport in the Republic of Moldova increased by 42.3% in January-March 2023 compared to the same period last [...]
An ONCF-DB partnership agreement has been signed in Berlin to strengthen cooperation between the two railway companies for the development [...]
The representatives of the consortium of Gulermak, Alstom and Arcada has signed the contract for the construction of Cluj-Napoca Metro [...]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) appointed DB ESG, the UK representative of Deutsche Bahn consultancy and engineering service unit, to [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) awarded a EUR 189 million contract for construction works to quadruple the Milan – Pavia railway [...]
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) has approved the agreement on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) by 33 votes [...]
Pesa – Poland’s largest rolling stock manufacturer – has introduced the first certified hydrogen shunting locomotive to be approved for [...]
Already a frontrunner on the French rail market, the Saarstahl Rail plant in Hayange has signed a EUR 200 million [...]
Pomorskie Voivodship and Newag signed a PLN 128 million (EUR 28.5 million) contract for the supply of four electro-diesel Impuls [...]
A better balance between extensive works on the railway network and ensuring a sufficient quantity and quality of capacity to [...]
The 5th edition of Big 5 Construct Egypt 2023 to bring the inaugural editions of Egypt Infrastructure & Water Expo [...]
By 2040, freight transport on the Brenner route (Austria’s border with Italy across the Austrian Alps) will be predominantly by [...]
Network Rail has completed the major refurbishment of Severn and Carno viaduct near Caersws, Powys, as well as a large [...]
Metro do Porto has launched an international tender for the construction of Ruby metro Line which will connect Casa da [...]
The decree banning short flights in France on routes that can be covered by train in less than two and [...]
Alpha Trains and Green Cargo have signed a long-term lease agreement for five Vectron locomotives for Scandinavian corridor. The locomotives [...]
Wabtec Corporation and MTR Corporation have signed a contract for the modernisation of 25 Mk3 battery-electric locomotives that will extend [...]
TX Logistik announced it will acquire further 115 double pocket wagons of the type T3000 produced by the Slovakian manufacturer [...]
Adif has launched the renewal programme of the 38.5 km conventional line that connects the Chamartín-Clara Campoamor and Príncipe Pío [...]
Ten thousand train tickets will go on sale on Tuesday 23 May 2023 from 7am in a promotion at SNCF, [...]
Conduent Transportation’s subsidiary – a partnership of Conduent and Convergint – was selected by the Victoria’s Government to provide the [...]
The Estonian Transport Administration, in collaboration with Rail Baltic Estonia, has announced a tender for the construction of the Kangru [...]
Network Rail has announced a GBP 44.1 billion (EUR 50.7 billion) investment under the five-year plan (Control Period 7 – [...]
The European Commission signed high-level agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to adapt Western Balkans rail [...]
The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) awarded the Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium (HTSC) a contract for the supply of [...]
The German company will allocate approximately EUR 2 billion for the purchase of new long-distance trains. This is the second [...]
Alstom and Export Development Canada (EDC), country’s export credit agency, have signed a Sustainable Global Corporate Partnership agreement to promote [...]
An Iran-Russia agreement has been signed for the construction of an Iranian railway that political leaders in the two countries [...]
The Catalan Minister of Territory, Juli Fernàndez i Olivares and the president of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), [...]
Professor Mariana Mazzucato, named as “one of the most important thinkers on innovation” by the New Republic, will take the [...]
Webuild and NGE has completed the excavation of a tunnel of Paris Line 16 of Grand Paris Express after the [...]
Nevomo and GATX Rail Europe entered into a partnership to develop MagRail Booster to innovate and significantly develop the rail [...]
Transport for Wales (TfW) and GCRE Limited have signed heads of terms for TfW to become a major commercial client [...]
The Government of Denmark authorised Danish State Railways (DSB) to launch the procurement process for automated S-bane trains to operate [...]
The Government of New Zealand announced it will provide financing for the acquisition of 18 tri-mode trains to replace the [...]
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) awarded Hübner group a contract to supply 172 gangway systems for the new generation [...]
Sellar, MTR and Network Rail submitted a joint planning application to the City of London Corporation for a GBP 1.5 [...]
The European Commission on Wednesday launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility, making EUR 790 million available [...]
PKP Cargo has taken delivery of 5 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility bringing its entire Vectron MS fleet to [...]
The entire rail sector needs to design a common strategy to address the challenge of transitioning from fossil diesel, a [...]
Stadler Valencia and Captrain España signed a contract for the supply of eight EURO6000 multi-voltage electric locomotives which will be [...]
The Swiss railways CFF has started these days the last phase of the preparatory work on the underground extension of [...]
A French company has a research project underway to develop a drone dedicated to the inspection of railway tunnels. In [...]
Alpha Trains entered a partnership with Low Cost Rail and Stadler Valencia for the purchase and lease of three EURO6000 [...]
The Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) is a comprehensive multimodal transport project based on three main pillars: an airport hub, a [...]
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) awarded the two USD 937 million contract packages for the Philippines North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) [...]
New South Wales is making history for the first time trains are running deep below Sydney Harbour as the Sydney [...]
ÖBB has completed the improvement works on Golling line after two and a half years of construction including a new [...]
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Renfe may have abused its dominant position in the [...]
All information boards at Swiss railway stations will have a new design, after this project has already been implemented at [...]
ÖBB awarded Škoda Group a contract to modernise six Nightjet couchette coaches expected to be delivered by 2024. The activities [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe launched tenders for the preparation of design documentation and obtaining the necessary approvals and building permits [...]
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) launched a new rail safety programme issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with a [...]
The tram line to Bordeaux Mérignac Airport has become operational after it was inaugurated over the weekend. Trams have already [...]
Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM) awarded Alstom a contract to provide full maintenance services, including repairs and periodic inspections of rail [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is proposing a EUR 299 million financing for the modernisation of the third section of [...]
Alstom won EUR 54 million contracts to design, manufacture, supply, install, test, and commission the train control and signalling solution [...]
Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova Lilia Dabija and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Development [...]
Alongside the contracts in Italy and Denmark, the contract with ARF, signed in Romania, strengthens Alstom’s position in the EMU [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) and the Centre for EU Transport Projects (CEUTP) signed a PLN 4 billion (EUR [...]
Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu and the TCDD General Manager Hasan Pezük, [...]
Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin (TELT) the company responsible for the construction of the international section of the Lyon-Turin railway line [...]
A strategic partnership to switch locomotives from diesel to hydrogen has been signed between HDF Energy (Hydrogène de France), a [...]
Ugandan government signed a 199 billion shilling (USD 53.2 million equivalent) contract with China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to [...]
The 107 km long Chisinau-Ungheni railway segment will be modernised with the support of the French Government. The funding comes [...]
The rolling stock market is expected to reach an estimated USD 84 billion by 2029. The global rolling stock market [...]
Alstom has been awarded a EUR 900 million contract to design and supply 34 Citadis LRVs for Quebec, including their [...]
Buckinghamshire Council has approved the design of the HS2 Small Dean Viaduct which will allow trains to run across the [...]
SNCF Voyageurs awarded Alstom a contract to supply 60 additional RER NG trains or lines D and E of the [...]
The French state-owned SNCF rail group has been named France’s best employer by professional social network LinkedIn. This makes SNCF [...]
The Finnish Ministry of Communications and Transport has published a report which shows that switching the entire rail network to [...]
Banedanmark, the Danish rail infrastructure manager, has completed the ETCS installation on Copenhagen – Ringsted high-speed line. Following the deployment [...]
The trains are part of a major programme to re-equip the national carrier on long-distance routes. Transmashholding (TMH) has won [...]
Three French cities – Besançon, Brest and Toulouse have launched a joint order for 22 trams manufactured by Alstom. These [...]
The Victorian government has unveiled the designs for a new Melbourne tram facility in Maidstone, 10 km north-west of city’s [...]
Great Western Railway (GWR), Eversholt Rail, and Hitachi Rail signed an extension of their maintenance partnership to maintain 36 Class [...]
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRCL) awarded Siemens Mobility, as part of a consortium with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, two [...]
A report by a special commission of inquiry appointed by the Greek government to investigate the conditions that led to [...]
Amtrak has launched the procurement phase of the rehabilitation of East River Tunnel with a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for [...]
Île-de-France Mobilités signed a financing agreement with Transilien SNCF Voyageurs to deliver EUR 590 million for the modernisation of Villeneuve [...]
The Danish rail company DSB ordered 8 additional Talgo 230 intercity trains associated services and spare parts for their maintenance, [...]
Traffic blocked between Florence and Bologna following a derailment. Italy’s rail network faced a huge disruption on Thursday morning. This [...]
Thales won a EUR 2 million the automation and monitoring contract for Port of Marín rail system which will be [...]
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued Requests for Proposals (RFP) for Ontario Line two major contracts covering the Pape [...]
The turnover of Getlink, the joint French-British company that manages Eurotunnel, increased by 126% in the first quarter of this [...]
The Board of Directors of Belgium’s rail infrastructure manager approved Infrabel’s financial results for 2022 these days. Infrabel recorded a [...]
Morley-Ellenbrook railway project achieved the most significant milestone with the first tracks being laid north of the future Whiteman Park [...]
Turkey has manufactured its first own electric locomotive, the result of a close collaboration of local industry. Manufactured with local [...]
Spanish Ministry for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) has approved the informative study for the construction of Nogales de [...]
Hitachi Rail and the UK’s Global Centre for Railway Excellence (GCRE) have signed an agreement to test the latest rail [...]
Serbia’s Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, has announced two tenders for the reconstruction and modernisation of two [...]
The Association of Hungarian Logistic Service Centres (MLSZKSZ) has announced that it will be developed Szeged intermodal terminal located on [...]
A rail strike in Germany will take place on Friday 21 April after the rail unions have so far [...]
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its extensive TransNET network and is now offering fast, reliable transport solutions [...]
Eurometropole of Strasbourg and Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) signed a framework agreement with Alstom for the supply of a [...]
Belgian train punctuality increased slightly in March this year compared to February 2023, but remains below the 90% threshold. The [...]
Alstom CFO Laurent Martinez has decided to continue his career outside the company, the rolling stock manufacturer has announced. He [...]
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Stadler have signed an agreement under which Stadler Rail Services will be responsible for all aspects [...]
The Members of the European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) adopted the position on the review of TEN-T Regulation [...]
Newag handed over PKP Cargo the first batch of 12 dual-voltage Dragon 2 electric locomotives manufactured at Nowy Sącz plant, [...]
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded two Cross Island Line system contracts comprising the for the provision of four key [...]
Thales has been awarded the project for the development of new functionalities for the security installations of the Huelva port [...]
Adif is advancing the renewal of Ourense – Lugo rail line with the installation of an energy remote control system [...]
TX Logistik announced a new expansion of its intermodal network with Duisburg – Padua connection linking Germany and Italy. The [...]
CAF has secured contracts to manufacture 18 Coradia Polyvalent regional trains totalling EUR 161 million. These are the first contracts [...]
Transmashholding and Russian Railways signed a contract for the supply of 42 EP2D and EP3D trains manufactured by the Demikhov [...]
29 Chicago rail stations are expected to be improved by the end of 2023 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced as [...]
South Korean rolling stock manufacturer Dawonsys awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to supply complete braking systems to equip a fleet of [...]
Czechia’s Minister of Transport, Martin Kupka, and Austria’s Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Leonore [...]
Commuters traveling to the Aintree Festival and Grand National will be able to experience Liverpool City Region’s brand new publicly [...]
Local and regional authorities have set a EUR 100 million investment envelope for rail transport in Provence by 2026. This [...]
Hanoi Metro carried 2.65 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023 on its first line, Cat Linh – Hà [...]
Union Pacific announced it will transfer the commuter rail services to Metra, the company which operates in Chicago and its [...]
TBM Virginia excavated 14 km of tunnel on the Mules 2-3 section (on Italian side) of the Brenner Base Tunnel [...]
Femern has launched a tender for the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel tracks, with an expected tender price of around [...]
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has started to sell Deutschland-Ticket (D-Ticket) from April 3, when passengers were able to purchase a EUR [...]
The public transport company of Warsaw ZTM has announced a tender for the construction of the city’s first underground tram [...]
Spanish State Secretary for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA), David Lucas, has presented an updated plan to develop Asturias [...]
Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) awarded Alstom an operations and maintenance contract (O&M) for MARC train [...]
The European rail freight associations (ERFA and CER), together with the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways [...]
Moscow tram fleet is in continuing renewal, the municipality’s authorities announced, mentioning that modern low-floor vehicles are operating on 90% [...]
The Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure, Alenka Bratušek, and the Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić proposed the [...]
As announced, following the necessary approvals, Central Port Komunikacyjny has finalised an agreement for the purchase of a controlling [...]
Société du Grand Paris has awarded Colas Rail – Alstom consortium a contract to supply and lay 10 km of [...]
Rail Baltica Estonia and GRK Eesti – GRK Suomi signed a EUR 27.2 million contract for the reconstruction of Ülemiste [...]
Knorr-Bremse started DAC testing in real-world conditions on a freight train operated by Trafikverket CFL on the Swedish rail network [...]
RB Rail announced that five international companies and associations have submitted applications for the 1st stage of the tender on [...]
The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking has announced that eight projects worth EUR 13.1 million were selected under its 2022-2 Call [...]
The Government of Serbia and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a second EUR 174.5 million grant for the [...]
Rotterdam Line B metro extension to Hoek van Holland Strand station has been put into commercial operation on March 31, [...]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of India signed an agreement of JPY 300 billion (USD 2.24 [...]
Stadler and Transport for Wales (TfW) have put into operation the first brand-new South Wales Metro train at an event [...]
Poland’s Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Bittel has inaugurated Polregio maintenance centre, located in Skarżysko-Kamienna, northern Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in south-central [...]
Transport for Wales (TfW) has deployed the first Class 230 battery-hybrid train on the Borderlands Line between Wrexham and Bidston. [...]
Over the two days of March 22-23, WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2023 brought together logistics professionals and associated delegates for a [...]
It is obvious that when talking about mobility, infrastructure is essential and a modernised and expanded one can meet future [...]
Pomeranian Voivodeship ordered from Newag a 29 Impuls EMU fleet exercising the full option stipulated by the framework contract signed [...]
Siemens Mobility announced it will expand by 30,000 m2 its Munich-Allach manufacturing facility to meet the growing demand for locomotives [...]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Government of the Republic of India signed on March 29, loan agreements to [...]
In March SŽ – VIT, a Slovenian supplier of rolling stock maintenance, opened a new maintenance shop in the immediate [...]
While implementing the investment plan, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) not only cooperates extensively with science but also creates and develops [...]
Alstom has delivered the 300th WAG12B electric locomotive to Indian Railways which is to haul heavy freight trains at high [...]
Brightline has unveiled its USD 100 million train maintenance facility in Orlando, which is “the most advanced in the region”, [...]
The first Barcelona metro train has been put into commercial operation by Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona (TMB) on the Line [...]
The EU targets to shift intermodal freight transport from road transport to rail and inland waterways in 2030 and 2050 [...]
Bryansk Machinery Plant, part of Transmashholding, is investing in the production of sustainable diesel locomotives and has launched local treatment [...]
Irish Rail, Alstom and the Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, unveiled the full-size model of DART+ carriage prototype at [...]
TX Logistik successfully launched an international triangular service for intermodal transports in mid-March, in and effort to shift more goods [...]
The president of Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, and the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, inaugurated Malaga Metro [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a sovereign loan of up to EUR 23 million to [...]
The Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽ launched a tender for ETCS installation on the Kralupy nad Vltavou – Hrobce railway [...]
MTR Corporation awarded Alstom a contract to supply signalling system on the Hong Kong’s Lantau extension (LAR extension) project comprising [...]
The Board of Directors of Renfe awarded CAF a EUR 197.2 million contract for the supply of 29 Cercanías EMUs [...]
The Australian and Australian Capital Territory governments begin public consultation for Canberra LRT phase 2A for which the designs and [...]
The Australian and Victorian Governments and the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) have signed the Memorandum of Cooperation to improve national [...]
Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) has extended the contract for Avanti West Coast for a further 6 months after significant [...]
EVG, the largest railway and transport union in Germany, started a massive strike on March 27, 2023 with more than [...]
The President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, and the Director General of Metro de Panamá, Héctor Ortega, inaugurated the 2 [...]
Western Gateway Partnership, in collaboration with Transport for Wales and the Western Gateway Sub-National Transport Body unveiled the Western Gateway [...]
Excavation work has been launched for the Taormina – Fiumefreddo rail section of the Catania – Messina railway line at [...]
From 9 – 11 May 2023, the rail industry will gather for Railtex 2023 at the NEC in Birmingham. The [...]
Alstom Transport India awarded Wabtec a contract to supply a brake system for the trainsets for Pune metro Line 3. [...]
Transmashholding (TMH) and Minsk Metro signed a contract for the supply of 7 four-car trainsets (28 modern metro carriages) that [...]
Slovakia Railways awarded a consortium led by Kontron Transportation the contract to implement new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS Level [...]
This year, Moscow plans to put into service 14 MCD suburban stations on the lines 3 and 4, following modernisation [...]
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) selected the investor variant for Katowice-Ostrava high speed section meaning that it will end the exclusion [...]
The CER 2025 Ticketing roadmap, published in October 2021 by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) commits [...]
HS2 has unveiled the final designs for the Chiltern Tunnel North Portal, the last of seven key structures for the [...]
Canadian Pacific (CP) announced that the Kansas City Southern (KCS) merger will officially enter force on April 14, 2023 creating Canadian [...]
Britain’s Department for Transport has announced that Derby will become the new headquarters of Great British Railways (GBR) following a [...]
In March, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) has signed several Kolej Plus contracts in Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Lower [...]
The Andalusian Regional Department of Public Works has awarded CAF a contract to supply six Urbos light rail vehicles to [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe and a consortium of Multiconsult Polska and Transprojekt Gdańsk signed a contract for preparation of design [...]
Budapest transport company BKK ordered from CAF 31 additional Urbos trams, 26 of them consisting of 5 modules and another [...]
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim has opened the second phase of Putrajaya Line between Kentonmen and Putrajaya Sentral. [...]
Samskip, duisport and TX Logistik AG signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint operating company of the Duisburg [...]
Stadler and Trenitalia have signed a framework agreement for the supply of up to 50 Eurolight dual locomotives with a [...]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Newark Liberty International Airport awarded Alstom a EUR 250 million [...]
Members of the RMT union at 14 train operating companies across the country have gone on strike today in the [...]
Vienna authorities and Alstom have celebrated the 1000th tram manufactured in the city. “We are proud that we are celebrating [...]
The European Commission announced a EUR 3.4 billion allocation for the modernisation of 178 km section between Fiumetorto and Bicocca [...]
PJ Messtechnik (PJM) has carried overall approval tests of the new 80ft InnoWaggon Sggns of Innofreight, the innovative rail logistics [...]
Singapore’s Minister for Transport S Iswaran launched the 2025 Land Transport Industry Transformation Map (ITM) developed by the Land Transport [...]
TMH has completed its contract for Series 81-765.B/766.B metro cars for Baku Metro. Between 2020 and 2023 the rolling stock [...]
ÖBB ordered from Siemens Mobility Austria 27 additional Desiro ML EMUs to renew its fleet and investing in modern trains [...]
Hitachi Rail signed a USD 200 million contract deliver digital signalling for Chennai metro phase 2 which will allow trains [...]
President Biden’s budget released in March includes more than USD 1 billion investment to support rail safety projects delivering an [...]
PKP Intercity and Newag signed a PLN 551.4 million (EUR 117.2 million) contract to purchase 20 Griffin electric locomotives worth [...]
The future of rail is, based on new investments and continuous developments in the sector, still bright, especially if the [...]
Amtrak and Southern Rail Commission (SCR) entered a partnership to apply for federal funds to develop a study on a [...]
Arsenale Express awarded Knorr-Bremse a “double-digit million-euro” contractrto equip two Orient Express La Dolce Vita trains comprising 11 cars to [...]
Amtrak started the early construction activities as part of the B&P Tunnel replacement project in the Halethorpe and West Baltimore [...]
British Steel won its largest ever order and will provide Guinea Bauxite Company (CBG) 244,000 steel sleepers which will be [...]
Press Release, March 6, 2023 Eurasia Rail Has Been Rescheduled! The rescheduled dates have been announced for the International [...]
Bulgaria celebrated the completion of the first 1 km twin-bore tunnel on the Elin Pelin – Kostenets railway built for [...]
Adif, the Spanish rail infrastructure manager, awarded Thales a contract to coordinate the construction project and carry out the works [...]
Nevomo and SNCF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate MagRail benefits within French railway network to increase [...]
Siemens Mobility announced a USD 220 million investment for the construction of a passenger coach manufacturing and service facility in [...]
The second construction tender for the 4 km CPK Lodz tunnel has been announced by Centralny Port Komunikacyjny covering the [...]
Rail & Truck Strait Union (RTSU), the future operator of Algeciras – Zaragoza rolling highway, and Alpha Trains signed a [...]
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Transport has announced it will accelerate the activities for the development of Plovdiv city rail system, under [...]
Ireland’s Cabinet has approved the DART+ South West rail project to enter the planning stage which when completed will extend [...]
Lokverkstad, the locomotive workshop of Railcare has been commissioned to Nordic-adapt 5 Traxx locomotives for the leasing company Beacon Rail. [...]
Cargounit ordered Smartron locomotives from Siemens Mobility which has also handed over two other Vectron locomotives, under the framework agreement [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced a sovereign guaranteed loan of up to EUR 200 million, consisting [...]
Knorr-Bremse has acquired service provider Westcode from Unipart Rail, which will unlock company’s opportunities to develop its already successful service [...]
CFL multimodal and KLOG Logistics Solutions launched of a new intermodal connection between Sète, in the south-eastern end of the [...]
An international consortium consisting of SBB Cargo, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), and the companies PJM, Voith [...]
Norske tog and Stadler have signed the contract for the supply of 17 8-car Flirt Nordic Express trains including options [...]
“The high-speed railway network has evolved a lot since 2018 [the last UIC High-Speed Rail Congress held in Ankara, Türkiye]. [...]
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded Crosstown Partners consortium a contract to supply modern SelTrac CBTC signalling and [...]
HS2 Ltd awarded voestalpine Turnout Technology UK a contract to supply track switches and crossings for Phase One and 2a. [...]
Mitsubishi Corporation awarded the consortium of Alstom (leader) and Colas a integrated railway system contract for the Philippines’ North-South Commuter [...]
Event Title: Container Shipping Conference Conference Date: 30-31 May,2023 Event Type: Virtual Event Description: Digitalization is the major [...]
Alstom inaugurated Valmadrera plant in Lecco, Italy, that will develop and manufacture power transmission components for railway, metro and tram [...]
Stadler and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) have signed a contract for the supply of 16 Tramlink low floor [...]
Metropolitano de Lisboa (Lisbon Metro) reached a new milestone in the construction of the new Circular Line by completing the [...]
Alstom has delivered the first 8900 series Metropolis train to ViaMobilidade, the concessionaire that manages 8-Diamante and 9-Esmeralda lines of [...]
The President of Russia and the Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin have inaugurated the last section of the Big Circle Line [...]
Sydney Trains awarded Systra the role as a system integrator on the electrical isolations improvement programme (EIIP). Systra will be [...]
The European Commission will provide a EUR 600 million grant to support the modernisation Belgrade-Niš railway line, part of a [...]
Systra SWS and Systra Sotecni have been awarded a contract, as part of a consortium commissioned by Alstom, to renew [...]
Orascom and Arab Contractors awarded NGE, with its rail expertise subsidiary TSO, a contract for the construction of a high-speed [...]
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) received approvals for Inland Rail in NSW projects including the Narromine – Narrabri and [...]
Wabtec, Fret SNCF and regional operator RDT13 (Régie des Transports des Bouches du Rhône) launched the Monitor project which will [...]
The consortium comprising Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat Ve Taahhut – Gülermak Spólka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia – Alstom Transport – Arcada [...]
Wabtec celebrated the delivery of the 500th Evolution Series locomotive to Indian Railways (IR) on February 20, 2023 at its [...]
Leading role of Europe’s emerging countries in the reorganisation of global supply chains It is not a secret that one [...]
Delhi Metro (DMRC) and BEML have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the first phase of Bahrain Metro project to [...]
Arriva Group has been awarded the Twente-ZHO concession for both bus and rail services in the east of the Netherlands, [...]
The Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has reconstructed the line and is currently constructing the traction network [...]
The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al [...]
Łódź Voivodeship ordered from Pesa Bydgoszcz four Regio160 EMUs which will be operated by commuter and regional operator Łódzka Kolej [...]
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a EUR 1.1 billion German scheme to compensate rail transport [...]
The prime minister of France, Elisabeth Borne, has unveiled a “new rail deal” under which EUR 100 billion will be [...]
Alstom has expanded the photovoltaic installation at its Trápaga plant in the Basque Country, by commissioning 30 new solar panels [...]
Luton Rising and Luton Council announced that the Luton DART connection is expected to enter passenger operation by the end [...]
Ontario’s local public operator Metrolinx awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to provide track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance services for the [...]
Moscow Metro opened Nizhegorodskoye depot, the largest among those that will serve the Big Circle Line (BCL), accommodating 40% of [...]
British rail infrastructure manager Network Rail announced it has engaged into exclusive discussions with a private sector consortium to enter [...]
Transport Ticketing Global 7-8 March 2023 Olympia, London, UK Register now >> Returning for its 15th edition, Transport Ticketing [...]
Philippines Department of Transportation (DOTr) has awarded Acciona the contract package Nº2 of the South Commuter Railway (SCR) project, which [...]
Metropolitano de Lisboa has launched the tender estimated at EUR 405.4 million for the design and construction of Lisbon Metro [...]
Philippines Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed loan agreements totalling JPY 377 billion (USD 2.8 billion) which [...]
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) appointed Atkins to deliver the detailed design for the advance works programme for Dublin MetroLink project. [...]
Alstom has retrofitted 36 Flirt EMUs of MAV-Start with the ETCS L2 designed to increase the speed and safety. The [...]
Railpool and Alstom signed a framework contract for the supply of a Traxx locomotive fleet of 27 AC3 and DC3 [...]
Škoda Group has acquired a 93.9% stake in The Signalling Company, a Belgian digital developer of onboard safety software and [...]
The Norwegian rail leasing company Norske tog selected Stadler for the supply of 17 long-distance trains following company’s best bid [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its EIB Global branch, has provided EUR 38 million for the modernisation of Kosovo Rail [...]
The British rail operator Great Western Railway has completed the purchase of a number of assets from emission-free battery and [...]
Algeria’s Minister of Transport, Kamel Beldjoud, the Wali of Mostaganem, Aissa Boulahia and other senior representatives from local authorities have [...]
The Council of Ministers authorised Renfe to create the state trading company Renfe International Projects (Renfe Proyectos Internacionales) as part [...]
The Canadian Government has announced the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Québec – Toronto high frequency rail project which [...]
The transport and logistics industry of Austria and the CEE region join forces again and celebrate the 2nd edition [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 9 February 2023 | Sydney: Sydney Build Expo has confirmed that this year’s event will include [...]
Hessische Landesbahn, the regional transport operator in Hesse, ordered from Siemens Mobility three 2-car Mireo Plus B battery trains for [...]
The Utah State University (USU), the ASPIRE Engineering Research Center and Stadler signed a contract to develop and test a [...]
The Government of New South Wales (NSW) has announced plans for Sydney metro expansion by constructing four new lines in [...]
Construction work is continuing on the new Moscow Yuzhnoye metro depot which will be the largest train facility in the [...]
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has developed a preliminary rail infrastructure plan to renew the heavily used lines and identified 40 such [...]
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) started the major construction works for Tottenham – Albury rail section of Inland Rail [...]
Île-de-France Mobilités, the Société du Grand Paris and Alstom have unveiled the interior design of the future Paris Line 18 [...]
The submission of offers for the PPP contract which will be carried out in a period of 11 years is [...]
RWE, a Germany energy supplier, and VTG signed a Memorandum of Understanding to use rail services for the transport of [...]
Deutsche Bahn and PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe discussed on the development of German-Poland cross-border rail connections during a rail summit [...]
VTG has announced it is terminating its tank container transport and logistics business and will discontinue the relevant activities by [...]
Attiko Metro awarded Thema consortium comprising ATM, the public transport company of Milan and Egis, a PPP contract for the [...]
The Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽ and a consortium of Sudop Praha, Egis Rail and Mott MacDonald signed a contract [...]
Rail Vision has been commissioned to fit passenger trains run by Israel Railways with electro-optical sensor systems, a driver assistance [...]
PKP Energetyka has increased the number of green traction substations by more than 70% from 15 to 360 PV facilities [...]
Lithuania’s rail infrastructure manager LTG Infra has launched the design tender for Vilnius railway node which will be situated on [...]
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) awarded a Webuild-led consortium a EUR 934 million contract to build a rail bypass in Trento [...]
The head of Egyptian National Railways, Mohamed Amer, and the Vice President of Transmashholding (TMH), Sergo Kurbanov, signed a framework [...]
PKP Energetyka and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking signed a partnership agreement to develop projects worth EUR 3.4 million until 2026 [...]
Kris Peeters, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank and Shri Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director of Maharastra Metro Rail [...]
TX Logistik is expanding its intermodal connections between Germany and Italy starting 22 February. The company will increase its number [...]
Hitachi Rail awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to supply coupling systems to equip 46 metro trains designed for Milan under a [...]
Czech private operator RegioJet has awarded Alstom a contract for the supply of 13 Traxx MS3 locomotives which will operate [...]
Renfe and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned entity attached to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation [...]
Hardt, Hyperloop One, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Nevomo, TransPod, Swisspod Technologies, and Zeleros have established the The Hyperloop Association based in [...]
Alstom has opened its Apprentice Training Academy in the UK following a GBP 250,000 (EUR 280,000) investment over the last [...]
RB Rail AS, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe and LTG Infra signed a tripartite letter of intent on the implementation of [...]
Škoda Group Austria GmbH, based in Vienna is the newly subsidiary established by Škoda Group. This company took over 40 [...]
Tracklaying to connect two Sydney Metro lines has been completed, ahead of testing starting later this year. The works consist [...]
Norske tog awarded Alstom a new contract worth more than EUR 230 million to supply 25 six-car additional Coradia Nordic [...]
ČD-Telematika and Alstom signed two agreements covering the supply of the ETCS Level 2 for 7 Pendolino vehicles of the [...]
Amsted Digital Solutions and Ermewa signed a multi-year contract to supply wagon monitoring technology. Amsted will deliver 7,000 IQ Series [...]
MosRegionTrans ordered 400 UWC grain hopper cars 400 which will be also used for milling products from 2023. The delivery [...]
České dráhy (ČD) has launched a tender for the supply of 47 dual-voltage regional EMUs including the provisioning of selected [...]
The Transport Ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia agreed to introduce a new passenger train service on Tallinn – Riga [...]
Birmingham City Council granted the approval for HS2 Washwood Heath Depot, north-east of the city centre. At the facility, HS2 [...]
World Passenger Festival 4 – 5 October 2023 Messe Wien, Vienna The World Passenger Festival is a unique [...]
The President Joe Biden, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg and, Amtrak CEO, Stephen Gardner, together [...]
Moscow Metro and Metrowagonmash signed a contract for the supply of 38 innovative shunting locomotives which are expected to be [...]
Teltronic was awarded a contract to deliver on-board equipment that will provide broadband communication services to the new trains on [...]
The U.S. President Joe Biden announced a USD 292 million grant to Amtrak for Hudson Yards Concrete Casing, Section 3 [...]
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) awarded Metrolink a USD 106.9 million funding to complete three rail projects in Southern [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved on 27 January a EUR 76 million loan of the EUR 80 million [...]
Alstom, in partnership with the Government of Quebec, Chemin de fer Charlevoix, Train de Charlevoix, Harnois Énergies and HTEC, will [...]
The City of Krakow, Gülermak and financial institutions signed a contract for the fourth phase of Krakow Fast Tram extension [...]
Moscow has put into operation the Lesnoy Gorodok suburban station of the Moscow Central Diameter 4 (MCD-4) following reconstruction works. [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is assessing the Abu Qir railway project covering the rehabilitation and upgrade of the obsolete [...]
The development of Europe’s high-speed rail network requires intensive collaborations, massive funding and significant efforts to implement construction plans and [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the region of Valencia have signed a EUR 50 million finance contract for Ferrocarrils de [...]
Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ and Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas signed with a joint venture of DB and Renfe subsidiaries and Ineco [...]
The Victorian Government announced it has three shortlisted three consortia to build the East section of Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop [...]
The Solidarity Transport Hub company launched an open tender for services related to the technical design documentation (DRF – Design [...]
The first two three-section Lajkonik II trams have been delivered to Krakow by Stadler Polska and Solaris Bus & Coach [...]
The Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail has awarded ERTMS engineering services contracts to five companies for three ERTMS corridors. Following [...]
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) awarded Alstom a EUR 177 million contract for the supply of 10 five-car [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a USD 1.4 billion federal funding for rail infrastructure and safety improvement, provided [...]
Hutchison Ports and Terminal Investment Limited Sàrl (TIL), the terminal investment company of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), announced its intention [...]
Knorr-Bremse has acquired DSB Component Workshops from Danish state rail operator DSB for a purchase price of EUR 50 million. [...]
Adif has started the comprehensive renovation of Zaragoza – Canfranc line, an essential connection to promote rail transport between Zaragoza [...]
The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has approved the USD 811 million contract with CAF [...]
The Government of Victoria has delivered the 100th locally built high-speed VLocity train improving connectivity for regional Victorians. Alstom is [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is repurposing a further EUR 98.8 million of an existing loan to [...]
The Buenos Aires Metro concessionaire (EMOVA) awarded Alstom a contract the maintenance of five 5-car trainsets. The maintenance work will [...]
Nevomo has completed the construction the 700-meter-long magnetic levitation testing track for its MagRail system which allows levitating railway vehicles [...]
Interview with Mr. Radosław Kantak, the Board Member of Solidarity Transport Hub, responsible for the rail component Solidarity Transport Hub [...]
Akiem has ordered from Siemens Mobility 65 Vectron AC and MS locomotives as part of the agreement for the purchase [...]
Kaohsiung City Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Taiwan, awarded a consortium of ST Engineering, Stadler, and Siemens Mobility a contract to [...]
Solidarity Transport Hub (STH) will directly change the travel pattern between Warsaw and Łódź integrating the air, rail and road [...]
ALTPRO is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of signalling systems for railway infrastructure and vehicles. The [...]
Owing to its strategical location, Slovenia serves as a transit point for a sizeable portion of freight flows despite its [...]
Rail transit vehicles as well as energy consumption is increasing year by year. Intelligent systems are increasing as well requiring [...]
As a technology company committed to meeting the world’s sustainability challenges head-on, Cummins’ mission is to power a greener, more [...]
The Czech rail infrastructure manager SZ and a Metroprojekt Praha-led consortium signed a contract for zoning decision documentation (DÚR) for [...]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (AMM) a EUR 125 million senior loan [...]
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe and the Marshal’s Office of the Lodz Voivodeship signed a contract for the construction of a [...]
Network Rail has unveiled three concept options for the redevelopment of Troon station to the local community at an event [...]
The works in Melbourne’s south-east have progressed to move more freight onto rail and take more trucks off local roads, [...]
Moscow is building the Testovskaya suburban station on the future MCD-4 which will be the highest and the tallest terminal [...]
Société du Grand Paris awarded a 50-50 consortium of Colas Rail and Eiffage Énergie Systèmes a EUR 26 million traction [...]