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France’s Lyon eyes €160M tram investme...
Tram line to be extended

The municipal authorities of Lyon are aiming to extend the city’s T1 tram line by some 6.7 km...

Debate over railway safety rules incre...
Tank cars of newer style derailed

Pair of recent oil train derailments and fires involving upgraded tank cars has raised fresh...

New rail line between Austin and San A...
Up to 32 trains a day

Texan Lone Star Rail District (LSRD) has launched the federal environmental process on the...

Dallas tram extension expected to begi...
Study funded by a $700,000

After several years interruption, DART announced newly that it would start holding public...

New US rail freight regulations for fl...
TransportCanada has previously adopted new regulations for the transportation of dangerous goods

Regulations relating to the rail transport for crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids...

Serbian railway operator to be divided...
Железнице Србије to become subject of restructurisation

Железнице Србије, Serbia’s national railway operator, will become a subject of restructurisation...

Etihad Rail signs strategic agreement...
For cooperation on development of national rail network

Etihad Rail recently signed a strategic agreement with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)...

Arkady Rotenberg appointed general con...
Arkady Rotenberg receives large-scale contract in Russia

Stroygasmontazh, one of Russia’s largest engineering companies, owned by Arkady Rotenberg, a...

New commuter rail line planned for Gra...
Expected to cost $862 million

For decades, Grapevine residents and tourist has been using city´s historical train for short...

Upgraded U.S. railroads boost agricult...
BNSF spent $5.5 billion on improvements

Agriculture producers who depend on freight trains to transfer their harvest and ethanol have...

State policy sparks protests of Indian...
India’s railway industry on verge of protests

The union of railway workers of India has started massive protests against the attraction of...

Czech ČD awards $50M EMU deal to Škoda...
Has signed a framework deal

Czech state-run passenger carrier České dráhy (ČD) has signed a framework deal with local...

Alstom receives new contract from DMRC
To provide track work for Line 7

Alstom has received a new track work contract worth EUR 25 million from India’s Delhi Metro Rail...

Tata Steel to supply rail for Crossrai...
"Our premium heat-treated rail is produced using a unique patented process which ensures it has exceptional wear resistance”

Tata Steel has recently signed a contract to supply highly wear-resistant rail for the Crossrail...

Russia plans to supply 700 passenger r...
Preliminary agreement was reached during a recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Egypt

Transmashholding (TMH), the largest manufacturer of passenger rail cars and locomotives in...

China in talks with governments of 28...
According to Vayping Yoo, vice president of China CNR Corporation Limited (CNR)

China is in talks with the governments of 28 countries for the building of high-speed rail lines...

Romania’s Metrorex plans €8.5M investm...
Metro line to be completed by 2020

Romania’s metro operator Metrorex has unveiled plans to allocate some RON 38.5 million (€8.5...

Siemens upgrades railway line in Alger...
For double-track operation

The rail automation specialist Estel RA, a joint venture of the Algerian national company for...

PKP Cargo gains full control of PS Tra...
Acquires remaining 44.44 percent stake

Poland’s PKP Cargo has acquired the remaining 44.44 percent stake in PS Trade Trans. The...

Port of Quincy plans to expand intermo...
Project receives widespread support from shippers

The Port of Quincy is requesting $16.2 million in transportation funding from the Washington...

Astaldi to complete Naples new high speed railway station
Designed by architect Zaha Hadid

The Astaldi Group announces to have won orders in Italy for approximatively EUR 61 million, for the completion of the Naples-Afragola High-Speed...

Amtrak launches Amtrak Train Days
To celebrate with local communities why trains matter and reasons to ride

In 2015, America’s Railroad is launching Amtrak Train Days (ATD) to celebrate with local communities why trains matter and reasons to ride.

Alstom to supply four additional Pendolino trains to SBB
Contract worth around €115 million

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around €115 million by SBB - the Swiss federal railway operator - for the supply of four Pendolino high...

Lithuanian railways eye purchases of electric locomotives
Locomotive purchases planned for 2019

Lithuania’s state-run railway company AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai is aiming to acquire new electric locomotives to further expand and modernise its...

New Kiev – Bucharest high-speed railway planned
US$20 million per one kilometer

The project for the building of a new high-speed railway rail line between Kiev and Bucharest, and via Moldavian capital Chisinau, was positively...

Scottish Borders rail installation completed
More than 90,000 sleepers laid

The installation of almost 30 miles of rail on the new Borders Railway was officially ended (Thursday, February 12) when Keith Brown, cabinet...

Balfour Beatty to build Crossrail trains facility
Will be able to handle four ten-carriage trains

Balfour Beatty has secured a £12.5m contract to create a production, testing and office facility for the new Crossrail trains on behalf of...

Alstom presents brand new Régiolis
Regional train for Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Alstom showcased its first new-generation regional train, Régiolis, destined for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region during an inaugural...

EBRD sells its stake in Polish PKP Cargo
A 5.1% stake

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has sold its 5.1% stake of in Polish rail freight operator PKP Cargo. This was declared on...

Network Rail to improve platform safety
Minding the gap

Over the past five years rail passengers have walked on and off trains more than 15 billion times.

New electric trains considered in Latvia
Possible delivery next year

Administration of Latvian Rail Company Pasažieru Vilciens, PV, is planning to acquire new electric trains by using advantages of global economy,...

Vossloh pleased of KB Holding bidding
Rail vehicle maker with 5600 employees

The Executive Board of Vossloh declared recently that the company has taken note of the announcement by KB Holding GmbH to submit a voluntary,...

CSX opens community center for West Virginia derailment
The center will be open starting Tuesday

A train carrying crude oil derailed in southern West Virginia, USA, on Monday, sending at least one tanker into the Kanawha River and sparking a...

Helsinki-Vantaa airport rail link opens in summer
A long-awaited rail link

In the Helsinki region, a long-awaited rail link to the airport is to open on July 1st. However, there are still some difficulties along the way...

New railway tunnel to connect Helsinki and Tallinn
The tunnel will allow to reduce travelling time between the cities to only half an hour

A new railway tunnel, which will be built under the Gulf of Finland will link Helsinki and Tallinn. The commissioning of the tunnel will allow to...

New regional train for Trenitalia supplied by Alstom
The train is 95 % recyclable

The new Alstom train “Jazz” can now be observed at the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station in Toscana region.

Railway communication between Ukraine and Russia declined by 60% in 2014
According to data of the Ukranian national railway operator Ukranian Railways.

Railway communication between Ukraine and Russia in 2014 declined by 60% compared to 2013, to 2 million passengers, according to data of the...

DB eyes €700M rail infrastructure projects in Nordrhein-Westfalen
New rail upgrade projects in Germany

Deutsche Bahn has unveiled plans to invest about €700 million in a wide range of projects aiming to modernise and overhaul the rail infrastructure...

Indian Railways plans RFID tags for rolling stock
Increased security of women passengers

Indian Railways is expected to propose the use of radio­frequency identification tags in its upcoming budget for tracking and tracing of wagons,...

New Angolan railway linkage completed
Built with help of $500 million credit

China Railway Construction Corporation has constructed a 1344-kilometer long railway for Angola. The line was newly completed and opened to...

Chinese CRCC claims $3.75 billion from...
Construction of the high-speed rail line in Mexico should have been the largest foreign tender in the history of China

Chinese CRCC corporation has demanded from the Mexican government to pay...

Kiev – Chișinău - Bucharest high-speed...
Collaborative project between Moldova, Ukraine and Romania

The ministries of transport of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania are considering...

Finnish rail passenger services opens...
Recently extended right

EU has in recent years decided to increase competition in rail transport....

Sorl has become qualified supplier to...
Will supply energy absorbing systems for two new bullet trains

Sorl Auto Parts, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems...

STIF orders 10 additional trains from...
For the RER A line in Paris

The French transport agency STIF has ordered a further ten MI09 double-deck...

Rail freight transport between China a...
A threefold increase in 2014 compared to the previous year

Rail container traffic between China and the EU via Belarus registered a...

Germany’s Leipzig awards tram order to...
New German tram contract

The municipal authorities of Leipzig have awarded a contract for the supply...

Electra Boegl to build Jerusalem fast...
Moving ahead rapidly

A US$195m contract to design, build and maintain track and electrical,...

Finnish – Estonian rail tunnel would b...
Cost between 9 and 13 billion euro

A recent survey shows that tunnel and a rail link under the Gulf of Finland...

Putin orders immediate resume of subur...
Without waiting for formal solutions

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered the national government to...

Hollysys Automation Technologies recei...
To supply Automatic Train Protection (ATP) equipment and system

Hollysys Automation Technologies has received a new high-speed rail...

Ukrzaliznytsya to buy 1,700 freight ra...
This is by 9 times more than in 2014

Ukranian railway operator Ukrzaliznytsya plans to buy 1,700 freight rail...

Ukranian government plans to raise tar...
By 1.2 times this year

The Ukrainian government plans to raise tariffs for passenger railway...

Iowa rail line reopens after train der...
Transporting flammable goods

A rail line in eastern Iowa reopened on Saturday 7th of February following...

SNCF launches unlimited travel pass
Unlimited travel to the 50 cities

Everyone who hasn’t had the chance to explore all of France's far away...

Romania to privatise rail freight oper...
State-run operator to be put up for sale

The Romanian government has unveiled plans to privatise railway freight...

Ethiopian light rail project successfu...
Convey 7500 passengers daily

China-funded light rail project is considered as a big change for Ethiopia...

Transdev gains Florida Tri-Rail mainte...
The Florida east coast line to be updated

The board of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) has...

Bombardier expands presence in China
New signalling joint venture has been established

Bombardier Transportation and the New United Group (NUG) have finalised...

British firm takes over German city tr...
A blow to DB

A British rail operator is set to take over the S-Bahn commuter rail system...

Perryville railroad station as lifelin...
Amtrak tributes historic escape route

During ongoing Black History Month, the U.S. rail company Amtrak is...

TGV France-Italy high speed train will...
Will add a stop at the high speed route for the duration of the world fair

The TGV France-Italy high speed train that connects Paris and Milan will be...

Alstom supplies Audi with two H3 locom...
Use up to 50 % less fuel

Alstom will deliver two H3 hybrid shunting locomotives for Audi’s freight...

Focus on Rail Topics at South Caucasus...
$245mln invested in Armenia's railways

The 2nd South Caucasus Infrastructure & New Energy Investment Summit was...

Bombardier Traxx AC3 LM in use at Swis...
Now it's possible to bridge the gap between place of arrival and the multi-modal freight terminal

At the begining of January, Swiss Rail Traffic took over a new locomotive:...

New Canadian Rail Trend Report publish...
10-years review of statistic

The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) announced the publication of the...

Inauguration of Gysev Cargo locomotive
Will run both in Hungary and in neighbouring Austria

The first advertising locomotive of Gysev Cargo was ceremoniously unveiled...

Vossloh sold twelve EURO 4000 locomoti...
Will rise to 40 locomotives in France

Several railway operators have ordered twelve units of the EURO 4000...

Alstom to supply 25 Coradia Nordic to...
Regional train operator in Southern Sweden

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around €150 million by the Swedish...

Building of a bridge across the Kerch...
Due to a need to coordinate the project with Ukraine

Building of a rail and auto bridge across the Kerch Strait is on a threat of...

Russia’s Evraz to start rail supplies...
Two contracts have been signed

Evraz, one of Russia’s largest metallurgical companies, has signed two...

Greek government may suspend privatiza...
As well as Thessaloniki sea port

The newly elected Greek government may consider the possibility of...

VR centralizes maintenance of rolling...
Saves significant amounts of money

Finnish railway company VR Group finishes its operations at the depot in...

EIB offers financial support for Itali...
Approves loan of approximately EUR 1 billion to Italian Economics and Finance Ministry

European Investment Bank will provide a loan of EUR 1 billion to the Italian...

European Commission approves loan of E...
To enhance sustainable transport services

The European Commission has approved a loan of EUR 293 million from the...

Newag signs locomotive deal with Freig...
New locomotives to be supplied by end of July 2016

Polish rolling stock producer Newag has signed a contract with local rail...

Largest Czech rail deal in Germany to...
Contract period between 2018 and 2030

Škoda Transportation is going to supply 38 single-deck electric units to...

CAF to supply 27 trams to Utrecht, Hol...
For the new Uithof Line

CAF will supply 27 trams for the new Uithof Line connecting the Central...

Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plan...
One of Russia’s largest producers of electric locomotives

Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, one of Russia’s largest producers...

Ukranian Railways cuts investment pro...
Comparing to 2014

Ukranian national railway carrier Ukranian Railways plans to invest about 2....

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