Railway Gazette - News

Peoplemover cars ordered to support Denver airport growth

USA: Alstom has been awarded a $69m firm contract to supply a further 19 Innovia...

Transdev prepares to launch Marseille – Nice services

FRANCE: Transdev has unveiled the first of 16 Alstom Omneo Premium electric mult...

Japanese expertise to boost Filipino railway efficiency

PHILIPPINES: JICA is supporting a programme to use Japanese expertise to improve...

Modi flags off Indian Railways WAG D9 electric locomotive

INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the first of the 9 000  hp e...

Rebuilt KiwiRail mechanical workshop officially reopened

NEW ZEALAND: The modernised Hillside Workshops site in Dunedin has been formally...

Yellow Rail to move to Alstom’s Derby site

UK: Buckland Rail’s rolling stock engineering services business Yellow Rail is t...

Czech car parts take the Trans-Caspian route to Kazakhstan

INTERNATIONAL: Nurminen Logistics has started a regular block train service carr...

‘Time to seize the opportunity for profound and lasting...

UK: Women in Rail has launched a business plan for 2025-27, setting out how it a...

Oslo metro station construction contract signed

NORWAY: Skanska has signed a NKr1·7bn contract to build the underground Skøyen s...

TransGuinéen iron ore railway locomotive rolled out

GUINEA: The first of the Evolution Series ES43ACi diesel locos ordered for the 6...

Autonomous tamping machine demonstration

GERMANY: Plasser & Theurer showcased its progress in achieving autonomous operat...

Freight: Satellite technology seeks to add value in tel...

French private freight operator Europorte has joined forces with IoT and satelli...

Freight: Satellite technology seeks to add value in fre...

French private freight operator Europorte has joined forces with IoT and satelli...

West Midlands Trains capacity boost as Class 730/2 unit...

UK: West Midlands Trains has confirmed that the much-delayed entry into service ...

Flix orders Talgo 230 trains to support European expans...

GERMANY: Rail and coach group Flix has ordered up to 65 Talgo 230 push-pull trai...

Ugandan railway financing agreement signed

UGANDA: The Islamic Development Bank has signed a US$800m financing agreement to...

Japanese expertise to boost railway efficiency in the P...

PHILIPPINES: JICA is supporting a programme to use Japanese expertise to improve...

UK should join the Single European Railway Area, says A...

EUROPE: Taking the UK into SERA would ‘embrace a forward-looking, practical part...

Ontario issues Hamilton LRT request for proposals

CANADA: Four consortia are to submit proposals for the Package 1 Civil & Utiliti...

‘More and better trains’ to be provided under first Bou...

FRANCE: National operator SNCF Voyageurs has been awarded the Bourgogne-Franche-...

Work begins on Madrid airport metro extension

SPAIN: Metro de Madrid announced on May 19 that work had started on the construc...

First operator transfers to public sector under UK rail...

UK: South Western Railway becomes the first contracted passenger train operator ...

Arriva awarded Plzeň train operating contract

CZECH REPUBLIC: Arriva Vlaky has been chosen to operate Plzeň - Domažlice region...

Italy – Germany high speed train service to launch in D...

EUROPE: An agreement for the operation of direct Frecciarossa high speed train s...

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