The New Silk Road

The New Silk Road the revival by train of the old Silk Route between China and the West that has been an important trade route for centuries…

ScotRail Alliance Achieves Sixth Consecutive Period of Year on Year Performance Improvement

The ScotRail Alliance has confirmed that it achieved a sixth consecutive period of year on year train service performance improvement.

UK: Hundreds of New Jobs Created to Maintain Pioneering Intercity Trains

Hitachi Rail Europe, the company building and maintaining new intercity trains, is on schedule to employ 250 people at the newly built Donca…

Revenues Grow at Transmashholding

Transmashholding (TMH), the largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment in Russia, reports it increased revenues by 22% in 2016 t…

Final Bids in for Melbourne Metro Tunnel

The bids for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel and five new stations are in, as work ramps up on the biggest public transport project in Victoria’s…

First UK to China Rail Freight Service Departs

The first ever UK to China rail freight service departed on Monday, April 10th, laden with containers of British goods. The train will...

Union Pacific to Invest $180 Million in its California Rail Infrastructure

Union Pacific is boosting safety and efficiency with an approximately $180 million investment in its California Rail Infrastructure this yea…

American Railway Boss Praises London’s Railways

American railway boss praises ‘life-changing’ investment in London’s railways after fact-finding mission. From moving record numbers of pass…

SNCF Mobility Orders Additional Trains for Intercity Services

Alstom is to supply SNCF Mobility with 30 trains from its Coradia platform, for an amount worth approximately €250 million. The order was pl…

Vlexx Orders 21 New TALENT 3 Trains for Saarland

Bombardier Transportation and emerging transport company vlexx GmbH have signed a contract to provide 21 three-car BOMBARDIER TALENT 3 train…

Network Rail and Rail Freight Industry Collaborate to Increase Railway Capacity

A massive timetable shakeup is being implemented after Britain’s rail freight industry collaborated over a two-year, industry-wide review in…

Deutsche Bahn Orders Additional Double-Deck Intercity Trains

Alstom to Supply Coradia Continental EMUs for Nuremberg

Alstom has been awarded two contracts from Deutsche Bahn Regio AG to supply 53 Coradia Continental EMUs (electric multiple units) for a tota…

CRRC to Supply Double-Deck Coaches for Regional Rail in Philadelphia

The SEPTA Board recently approved the purchase of double-deck coaches for Regional Rail, a key part in the Authority's efforts to meet the n…

27 Additional INNOVIA Metro 300 Trains for Kuala Lumpur

...announced that they will deliver an additional 27 BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Metro 300 trains for the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line i…

Arriva Reports Continued Growth and Investment in 2016

Arriva, a leading European transport provider, today released annual results showing growth of around 5% on the prior year, representing...

CRRC to Build New L.A. Metro Rail Cars

...Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has contracted with China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation to build 64 new L.A.…

Transport for West Midlands to Take Over Midland Metro Services

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is to take over the day-to-day running of its Midland Metro trams from October 2018 when the current conc…

Richard Lutz to be New CEO of Deutsche Bahn

The new CEO of Deutsche Bahn has been announced as Richard Lutz when the Supervisory Board met on 22 March, following Rüdiger Grube's resign…

Siemens to Modernise VTA Light Rail System

Siemens has been chosen by VTA) to provide innovative electrification technology to power the Guadalupe Corridor light rail line. VTA’s infr…

DB Cargo and GE Transportation Expand Rail's Digital Footprint in Europe

DB Cargo and GE have agreed to digitise 250 locomotives using GE's Asset Performance Management Solution. This is GE's first European digita…

Hector Rail Orders 15 Siemens Locomotives

All of the Siemens locomotives will have a maximum output of 6,400 KW and a top speed of 200 km/h. All Vectron AC locomotives are equipped w…

HVLE Orders Electric-Diesel Locomotives from Stadler

Stadler and German rail freight operator Havellian Railway, have announced a purchase agreement for the supply of six-axle Electric-Diesel l…

Lithuanian Railways and DB Cargo Rail Polska Sign Rail Freight Agreement

Lithuanian Railways and DB Cargo Rail Polska (DB Cargo company in Poland), have signed an international rail freight agreement through the..…