Railway Gazette - News

UNIFE calls for research funding to ’keep the European ...

EUROPE: Supply industry association UNIFE has called for the EU budget to includ...

ETCS tested on steam locomotive

UK: Testing is underway with what is thought to be the first installation of Eur...

Narrow gauge hybrid train order confirmed

FRANCE: Stadler has signed a contract to supply eight customised diesel-battery ...

Indian Railways unveils 9 000 hp electric locomotive

INDIA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inspected the first of the 9 000 hp...

Rail Skills Academy strengthens the future of the indus...

UK: South Lanarkshire’s second Rail Skills Academy has been launched to equip 11...

Replacement Pamban Bridge inaugurated

INDIA: The new Pamban railway bridge in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district was...

Partner sought for proposed South Africa rolling stock ...

SOUTH AFRICA: Stated-owned logistics business Transnet is seeking a private sect...

Łódź high speed rail tunnel contract awarded

POLAND: A consortium led by Porr has been awarded the 1·76bn złoty contract to b...

Greenbrier to close Romanian wagon factory

ROMANIA: Greenbrier is to close its Arad wagon factory, and concentrate producti...

Western Australia produced iron ore wagon rolled out

AUSTRALIA: Gemco Rail and supply partner CRRC Qiqihar Railway Rolling Stock have...

Guidance on traction power changeover locations updated

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated industry standards and the Rul...

Ferrovie della Calabria orders custom DMUs

ITALY: Ferrovie della Calabria has ordered three custom-made 950 mm gauge diesel...

Czech rails delivered to British specifications

UK: This month Czech turnout manufacturer DT-Výhybkárna a Strojírna will complet...

Madrid and Delhi metros join forces to study urban frei...

INTERNATIONAL: The operators of the Madrid and Delhi metros have agreed to co-op...

Signalling and electrical control training hub opens

UK: Network Rail has opened what it says is its only facility able to offer trai...

KTMB to operate inland port on Thai border

MALAYSIA: National railway KTMB has signed a strategic agreement for the operati...

Rigid Overhead Catenary System ordered for Turkish tunnel

TURKEY: Electrification contractor RESA Yapi Elektromekanik has awarded Alstom a...

Egyptian loco modernisation contract signed

EGYPT: Egyptian National Railways has awarded Progress Rail three long-term cont...

CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility dies in ...

INTERNATIONAL: Agustin Escobar, CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, ...

RIA-led partnership proposes fresh approach to station ...

UK: A Stations: Engines of Communities discussion paper published by the Railway...

Kuwait railway design contract awarded

KUWAIT: Turkish engineering group Proyapı Mühendislik ve Müşavirlik has been awa...

German coalition agreement includes rail reform and ele...

GERMANY: The incoming coalition government plans to reform state-owned Deutsche ...

Hydrogen loco commercialisation in sight after successf...

USA: Californian short line Sierra Northern Railway has completed testing of a h...

Polish intermodal hub looks to grow rail traffic as shi...

POLAND: The Baltic Hub Container Terminal in the port of Gdańsk expects its capa...

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