INDIA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inspected the first of the 9 000 hp EF-9K electric freight locomotives being ...

Île-de-France tram-train line T14 has been launched, taking over the 9·9 km Esbly – Crécy-la-Chapelle suburban rail branch to ...

UK: South Lanarkshire's second Rail Skills Academy has been launched to equip 11 young people with the skills and experience ...

POLAND: A consortium led by Porr has been awarded the 1·76bn złoty contract to build the high speed rail tunnel under Łódź as part of the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny programme.

INDIA: The new Pamban railway bridge in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district was inaugurated when Prime Minister Narendra Modi operated the vertical lift span to facilitate the passage of a naval ...

Stated-owned logistics business Transnet is seeking a private sector partner to help establish a rolling stock leasing company as part of the opening of the rail freight market to competition.

TAIWAN: Rapid Transit System Bureau of Taichung City Government has awarded an international consortium a NT$60·8bn turnkey contract to supply the rolling stock and electrical systems for the MRT Blue ...

ROMANIA: Greenbrier is to close its Arad wagon factory, and concentrate production at its Caracal and Drobeta-Turnu Severin sites.

UITP Secretary General Mohamed Mezghani looks ahead to the 2025 edition of the UITP Summit in Hamburg, Germany (15-18 June ...

INTERNATIONAL: The operators of the Madrid and Delhi metros have agreed to co-operate to assess how far their networks could ...

Czech turnout manufacturer DT-Výhybkárna a Strojírna will complete a major contract to supply permanent way specialist ...

ITALY: Ferrovie della Calabria has ordered three custom-made 950 mm gauge diesel-electric multiple-units from Stadler.