New Chinese Signalling Joint Venture Wins First Contract

Bombardier Transportation announced yesterday that its Bombardier and New United Group (NUG) Signalling Solutions Co. Ltd. (BNS) joint ventu…

Alstom Delivers Ahead of Schedule the First Lucknow Metro Trainset

Alstom has delivered ahead of schedule the first Metropolis trainset to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC). On 01 December, 2016, the met…

Brazil: Salvador Metro Line 2 Opens

Less than two years after the work order that authorised the beginning of the works, Salvador Metro Line 2 received its first passengers. On…

Bombardier to Supply 52 Additional Commuter Trains to STIF and SNCF

Vehicle Testing Marks Major Milestone for O-Train Confederation Line

A major milestone in the O-Train Confederation Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) project was celebrated as the first light rail vehicle (LRV) as…

COMLAB Equips Tunnels Between Nuremberg and Erfurt With the BOS Digital Radio System for Public Authorities

As part of the VDE 8.1 sub-project, COMLAB was awarded the contract to equip 22 tunnels between Nuremberg and Erfurt with the BOS digital ra…

NSW Announces 'More Trains, More Services' Investment Programme

More Trains, More Services is a $1.5 billion capital investment programme that will boost capacity through hundreds of extra services, bette…

Chicago: Freight Rail Industry Improves Train Management

Freight rail roads operating in Chicago are better prepared to manage rail traffic going to, from and through the Chicago region, thanks to …

Alstom Obtains Certification for its Concrete Slab Track Solution

Alstom has received recognition from the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA), the German Railway Federal Authority, for NBT, its concrete slab track s…

Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase III Approved

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase-III. The estimate…

Hitachi Rail Italy Awarded €108m Maintenance Contracts

Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded three Service contracts for a total amount of 108 million Euros. They are for the provision of maintenan…

French Government and Alstom Present the Progress of Belfort Site

The Government and CEO of Alstom, presented the progress of the commitments made by the Government and Alstom for the activities at the Belf…

Progress Continues on Union Pacific's Positive Train Control Implementation

Union Pacific continues its Positive Train Control implementation progress, having equipped more than 3,200 locomotives, installed 4,600...

Renfe Selects Talgo for High-Speed Trains Contract

Spanish railways operator Renfe has awarded Talgo a contract for the supply of 15 very high-speed trains with a maximum commercial speed of …

Metro de Santiago Awards €46million Station Construction Contract

Strukton International has been awarded a contract by Metro de Santiago S.A. to construct five underground stations at Line 3, one of...

Platform 'Gap Fillers' Trial Reduces Incidents at Platform/Train Interface

A trial by Heathrow Express to use platform gap fillers has significantly reduced the number of incidents at the platform / train interface.…

Tram-Train Link Between Glasgow Airport and City Centre Proposed

The £144m Glasgow Airport Access Project, which is the flagship project for the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City deal...designed tram-…

SNCF Orders 40 Premium Double Deck EMUs for Normandy Region

Bombardier Transportation today announced it has received an option order for 40 OMNEO Premium double deck EMUs from SNCF on behalf of the N…

Melbourne High Capacity Metro Trains Contract Signed

Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan recently announced that a consortium led by Downer Rail will build the 65 High Capacity Metro Tr…

Bombardier Wins Montréal Fleet Operations and Maintenance Contract

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced that it has been awarded an eight-year contract by Montreal’s Agence Métropolitai…

China's High-Speed Maglev Test Line to Complete in 2021

A high-speed maglev test line in Qingdao, with a length of no less than 5 kilometres, is expected to be completed by 2021. Shandong province…

Alstom Awarded Shanghai Traction and Monitoring Contract

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth 31 million euros to supply traction systems and train control monitoring systems (TCMS) for 156 met…

Thales to Sell Transport Ticketing and Revenue Collection Business

Thales has entered into negotiations with the private equity firm Latour Capital with a view to divesting its business that provides transpo…

India Train Crash: Track Fracture Suspected as Cause of Fatal Derailment

The cause of the India train crash is not yet known, however, according to the Times of India, it is thought that a track fracture could be …