North Carolina to order new coaches for Piedmont servicesrailjournal.com THE United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) a $US 76.8m grant to upgrade …
Tendering begins for Bogota RegioTram West concessionrailjournal.com TENDERING for a 26-year PPP concession to design, build operate and maintain the Bogota RegioTram West tram-train line was officially launched by the …
Norway Norway reviews overnight services as sleeper train fleet agesrailjournal.com THE Norwegian Railway Directorate is undertaking a review of the country’s night train services as Norske Tog’s current fleet of 20 sleeper coaches …
Two delivery partners shortlisted for Auckland light railrailjournal.com THE New Zealand government has selected two preferred delivery partners for the Auckland light rail project. NZ Infra, a joint venture between the New …
Auckland - Hamilton commuter service funding approvedrailjournal.com A new passenger service between Auckland and Hamilton will launch in June 2020 following the New Zealand government’s confirmation it will provide …
Slovenia secures EU funding for Maribor - Šentilj upgraderailjournal.com THE European Commission confirmed on August 22 that Slovenia will receive €101m from the European Union Cohesion Fund towards the upgrading of the …
Bombardier awarded Dresden LRV contractrailjournal.com DRESDEN Public Transport (DVB), Saxony, has signed a contract with Bombardier to supply and maintain 30 Flexity LRVs, which will be equipped with the …
Network Rail awards five-year technical and support contractsrailjournal.com BRITISH network manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded contracts to Altran and Aecom to support the delivery of work within its Safety, Technical and …
Siemens presents first Vienna U-Bahn Type X bodyshellrailjournal.com SIEMENS Mobility and Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien presented the first completed bodyshell for the third-generation fleet of Vienna …
Russia Russian wagons for DB on testrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd GERMANY: The first of 160 articulated flat wagons which Deutsche Bahn has ordered from United Wagon Co’s Tikhvin factory in Russia have been sent for …
Tender favours state incumbent, new entrants’ group claimsrailwaygazette.com SLOVAKIA: The ALLRAIL group of new entrants to the rail market has expressed concerned about tender for the operation of passenger services on the …
Switzerland BLS and SBB agree to share long-distance concessionrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways and BLS AG have reached ‘an amicable solution’ to share the operation of long-distance services, the Federal …
Amtrak FRA announces state of good repair grantsrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd USA: The federal government has approved more than $272m of funding for 10 ‘state of good repair’ projects, the Federal Railroad Administration …
UK railway news round-uprailwaygazette.com Network Rail has caught and moved 200 endangered white clawed crayfish as part of works to reinforce the 173-year-old Grade II listed Docker Garths …
Freight Chinese Intermodal freight struggles to keep pace with rapid infrastructure development - International Railway Journalrailjournal.com Despite China's investment in railways and waterways, 76% of freight in China moves by road, which the government now realises is much more carbon …
Transmashholding begins production of Egyptian coachesrailjournal.com TRANSMASHHOLDING-Hungary, a Russian-Hungarian consortium, has received approval to begin production of prototype third-class coaches for Egyptian …
Trudeau commits $C 1.2bn to Quebec City public transport projectrailjournal.com CANADIAN prime minister, Mr Justin Trudeau, visited Quebec City on August 19 to announce a $C 1.2bn ($US 900m) federal commitment to the city’s …
Pakistan Railways achieves record income in 2018-19railjournal.com PAKISTAN Railways (PR) has announced its highest ever revenue of Rs 54.6bn ($US 340.5m) for the 2018-19 financial year which it says is Rs 10bn more …
Dutch to increase train frequency with 2020 timetablerailjournal.com DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has completed the planning for the 2020 timetable 2020 which comes into force on December 15. This will be the …
Bombardier wins East Midlands train maintenance dealrailjournal.com ABELLIO, which took over the operation of the East Midlands Railway (EMR) franchise in Britain on August 18, together with rolling stock leasing …
EU grants €114 to Naples - Cancello line upgraderailjournal.com THE European Union (EU) has announced a €114m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to upgrade a 15.5km line between Naples and …
Terms of independent HS2 review releasedrailjournal.com BRITISH secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, announced the terms of an independent review into the High Speed 2 (HS2) project on August …
Transportation Lithuanian Railways to establish passenger subsidiaryrailjournal.com THE passenger operations of Lithuanian Railways (LG) will be transferred to a new subsidiary under plans approved by the company’s board earlier this …
Flirting Alpha Trains upgrades Flirt EMUs for Keolisrailjournal.com ROLLING stock leasing company Alpha Trains has completed a project to upgrade 44 Stadler Flirt EMUs used by Keolis on the Teutoburger Wald and …
Berlin DB breaks ground on Berlin ICE depot expansionrailjournal.com GERMAN Rail (DB) held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 21 to officially launch construction on a €260m project to expand Berlin Rummelsberg ICE …
Switzerland SBB and ÖBB to strengthen overnight servicesrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd EUROPE: Citing a significant increase in demand for international passenger services during the first half of 2019, Swiss Federal Railways announced …
Coal cut-off line approvedrailwaygazette.com INDIA: The government has approved the construction of a 108 km rail link between Kolhapur and Vaibhavwadi, for completion in 2023-24 at an estimated …
Consultation on trans-Pennine route modernisationrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd UK: Network Rail is to begin public consultation this summer on plans to rebuild and electrify a 13 km section of the trans-Pennine corridor between …
Ankara Tehran – Ankara passenger service relaunchedrailwaygazette.com - DVV Media International Ltd AISA: The Transasia Express passenger service between Tehran and Ankara has been relaunched after a four-year suspension. The first departure left the …
