New York City Transit Announces Major Subway Station Upgrades

New York City Transit has announced that, as part of its recently announced modernisation plan, it is commencing structural repairs and impr…

German Unification Transport Project: New Marshalling Yard Opens in Halle

The German Unification Transport Project is made up of major transport infrastructure projects for road and rail and water to improve transp…

UK: Railway Industry Association Announces 2018 Conference

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has announced the themes and keynote speakers for its 2018 Conference in London, 22 October. The 2018…

EU: European Court of Auditors Criticises Policies and Infrastructure on High-Speed Rail

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a report which is highly critical of high speed rail services in the European Union.The EC…

Canadian National Announces $40 Million Investment in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Canadian National Railway has announced plans to invest $30 million in its New Brunswick operations in 2018. The investments, part of CN’s 2…

Australia: New South Wales Announces $14.4 Billion Budget for Public Transport in 2018-19

The government of New South Wales, Australia has announced a budget of $14.4 billion to develop the infrastructure of the state’s public tra…

New Bombardier Assembly Hall Opens in Saxony, Germany

The German division of Bombardier Transportation has opened a new final assembly hall in Bautzen. The production spectrum at the Bombardier …

Open Competition to Develop Design Guidelines for Rail Baltica Announced

RB RAIL AS has announced an open competition to develop the design guidelines for the Rail Baltica Global Project.The competition is co-fina…

INTERVIEW: Iain Peacock on TransPennine Express’s Sustainable Development Plan

Sustainability is one of the main focus points of news stories in the rail industry around the world. Railway-News speaks to Iain Peacock, t…

Saudi Arabia: Alstom Testing Performance for Riyadh Metro Project

Alstom is currently completing initial dynamic tests on its contribution to the Riyadh Metro Project in Saudi Arabia. The company is providi…

Canadian National to Invest $340 Million in its Operations Across British Columbia in 2018

Canadian National (CN) has announced plans to invest approximately $340 million in its infrastructure across British Columbia. The plans are…

Slovenia: EU Funding for Upgrade of Divača-Koper Railway Line

The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), has signed an agreement within the Connecting European Facility (CEF) Transport framewo…

Beyond HS2: Greengauge 21 Publishes Report on Transforming the UK's Rail Network

Greengauge 21 has published a report, Beyond HS2, which advocates a specific strategy to shape the railways of Great Britain in the next few…

Amtrak Installs Mamava Lactation Suites in Five Major Stations in 2018

Amtrak has announced that it will install five Mamava Lactation Suites in Five of its Major Train Stations: Washington, DC, Baltimore, Phila…

Railway Industry Association: The government must keep an open mind about rail electrification

In this article Darren Caplan, Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Industry Association, explains why his organisation is campaigning to …

Rail Industry Association Responds to Jo Johnson's Appearance at House of Commons Inquiry

The Rail Industry Association in the UK has issued responses to Jo Johnson MP's statements to Transport Select Committee Inquiry on funding …

Union Pacific: $2.1 million Investment in Montana

Union Pacific, one of the largest railroad companies in the United States, has announced $2.1 million of investment to improve its lines in …

Alstom-led Consortium Signs Contract for the Extension of Dubai's Red Metro Line

The Alstom-led consortium Expolink, has signed a contract with RTA for the extension of Dubai’s Red metro line and upgrade the system of the…

Alstom Achieves a World First, with Successful Test of ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3 Application in Denmark

Alstom and Banedanmark have successfully tested an ETCS (European Train Control System) level 2 baseline 3 application for the first time ev…

Opening of Abuja-Kaduna Railway in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Abuja-Kaduna Railway was opened at a ceremony attended by almost 1000 people, including Nigeria’s President Buhari.

Gotthard Base Tunnel – A Ground Breaking Project

A look at the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel running beneath the alps.

UK: HS2 Headquarters Open in Birmingham

New High-Speed Line Opens in Germany