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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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

AUSTRALIA: Gemco Rail and supply partner CRRC Qiqihar Railway Rolling Stock have delivered the first of 100 iron order wagons which are to be produced in Western Australia for Rio Tinto.

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 ...