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Railway-News Industry Insider: 20 Must-Read Rail Stories This Week

Railway-News Industry Insider: 20 Must-Read Rail Stories This Wee...

The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 24–28 September 2018: all the latest railway news from Europe, China, India, the United Kingdom, North Africa and...

Canada: Early Prohibition of Unjacketed Tank-Cars for Transportation of Dangerous Goods

Canada: Early Prohibition of Unjacketed Tank-Cars for Transportat...

The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) has welcomed the federal government’s decision, Protective Direction No. 39, to accelerate the prohibition of older, non...

Weekly Railway News Bulletin: 17–21 Sep 2018

Weekly Railway News Bulletin: 17–21 Sep 2018

The weekly railway news roundup for the week 17–21 September 2018: all the news from the rail industry with a focus on InnoTrans 2018, as well as the latest dev...

USA: Ian Jefferies Appointed CEO of Association of American Railroads

USA: Ian Jefferies Appointed CEO of Association of American Railr...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced Ian Jefferies as the new CEO of the organisation. He will succeed Edward R. Hamburger in the position ...

US: FRA Publishes Funding Opportunities for Positive Train Control

US: FRA Publishes Funding Opportunities for Positive Train Contro...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the remaining grants for the installation of Positive Train Co...

California: Caltrans Publishes 2018 State Rail Plan

California: Caltrans Publishes 2018 State Rail Plan

Caltrans has published the 2018 State Rail Plan for California. The plan is designed to enhance multimodal travel across the state and improve freight services....

Canadian National Orders 60 Further Locomotives from GE Transportation

Canadian National Orders 60 Further Locomotives from GE Transport...

Canadian National Railway Ltd have ordered 60 locomotives from GE Transportation (GE).The units in the order include GE’s Tier 4 Evolution™ Series locomotives. ...

Vancouver: TransLink Solicits Expressions of Interest for LRT Line

Vancouver: TransLink Solicits Expressions of Interest for LRT Lin...

TransLink is soliciting expressions of interest (EoIs) from contractors for the delivery of the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project. The 11-year ...

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