Track & Infrastructure Categories
-
Buildings & Structures
This category covers suppliers involved in the design, construction and maintenance of railway buildings and structural assets. These include stations, depots, control towers, platforms, bridges and tunnels. Solutions may involve civil engineering, prefabricated structures, accessibility design and structural safety systems.
-
Infrastructure
This category includes suppliers involved in the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure. It covers key structural elements such as stations, depots, bridges and tunnels, as well as systems for electrification, signalling and train control. These solutions form the physical and operational backbone of the rail network.
-
Railway Depots
Railway depots are facilities where rolling stock is housed, maintained and repaired. Suppliers in this category provide depot buildings, safety systems and workshop equipment such as lifting systems, inspection pits and access platforms. The category also includes service providers who carry out maintenance, cleaning and other depot-based operations.
-
Track Maintenance
Track maintenance involves the ongoing inspection, repair and renewal of rail infrastructure to ensure safe and efficient train operations. This includes activities such as ballast tamping to correct track geometry, rail grinding to remove surface defects, welding for rail joints, vegetation control and sleeper replacement. Effective maintenance reduces wear, prevents faults and extends the lifespan of the infrastructure. For systems that monitor track condition, see our <a href="https://railway-news.com/products-services/railway-condition-monitoring/">condition-monitoring section</a>.
-
Track Materials & Equipment
Track materials and equipment include the essential components and tools used to build and maintain railway track infrastructure. This covers rails, sleepers (ties), ballast, rail fasteners and switches, as well as heavy machinery and specialist tools for track construction and repair. These materials and equipment are fundamental to ensuring a safe, stable and long-lasting rail network.
-
Works Vehicles & Machines
Works vehicles and machines are used in the construction, maintenance and inspection of railway infrastructure. This includes track construction equipment, tamping machines, ballast regulators, rail grinders and track geometry cars. These specialised vehicles are essential for ensuring the safe and efficient upkeep of the railway network.
Track & Infrastructure News
-
Crossing Repair and Replacement using TrackTex
Geofabrics TrackTex anti-pumping geocomposite resolves recurring mud pumping at a Dekalb, Illinois road crossing for Union Pacific.
-
Why Condition-Based Maintenance Still Needs Better Planning Data
Rail BI explains why maintenance planning needs connected data, not just condition scores, for better asset decisions.
-
AtkinsRéalis Awarded Key Riyadh Metro Contracts
AtkinsRéalis has been awarded a set of engineering services and supervision contracts for the development of the Riyadh metro.
-
Alstom to Modernise Key Section of Romanian Railway Corridor
Alstom has been awarded a contract to modernise the Craiova–Caransebeș Lot 2 railway section in Romania, between Filiasi and Igiroasa.
-
Coos Bay Line Tunnel 21 Rehabilitation
TrackTex helped rehabilitate Tunnel 21 on Oregon's Coos Bay Rail Line, tackling mud pumping with its geocomposite solution.
-
Voestalpine Railway Systems JEZ Celebrates Its Centenary as an International Pioneer in Railway Solutions
Voestalpine Railway Systems JEZ celebrates 100 years as a global railway infrastructure solutions provider based in Llodio, Spain.
-
GreenSteel4Rails: Goldschmidt Supports EU Project for Low-Emission Rail Steels
Goldschmidt company Elektro-Thermit joins the EU funded GreenSteel4Rails project to test welding for low emission rail steel.
-
S-Bahn, Siemens & Stadler Awarded Major Tender for Berlin S-Bahn
S-Bahn Berlin, Siemens Mobility and Stadler Deutschland have been awarded a major tender for the Berlin S-Bahn.
-
What Better Asset Maintenance Planning Looks Like on a Live Rail Network
Rail BI explains how joined-up data helps rail teams plan asset maintenance with more confidence on a live rail network.
-
ORR: Network Rail Improves Efficiency, but Must Keep Renewals High
The ORR has stated that Network Rail must demonstrate how it will mitigate the effects of cuts on future rates of renewal.
-
TÜV SÜD Is Supporting the Generalitat de Catalunya in the Development of the Catalonia Railway Plan 2040
TÜV SÜD backs Generalitat de Catalunya's Catalonia Railway Plan 2040, providing technical support for rail network expansion.
-
Val Venosta Railway Enters the Electric Era
GCF has helped electrify Italy's Val Venosta Railway, delivering a smart 25kV AC system with monitoring and predictive maintenance.
-
Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line
GEOfabrics' TrackTex geocomposite tackled mud pumping on Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line, cutting cost and build time.
-
Rail Safety Is Entering the Survivability Era
Rail safety is moving from prevention to survivability, with tools such as Safe-T-Punch aiding resilient emergency evacuation.
-
Goldschmidt Receives Approval from the German Federal Railway Authority for the LRB®26 Road-Rail Vehicle
Goldschmidt Sweden AB secures EBA approval for its LRB®26 road-rail vehicle, strengthening the group's German market position.
-
Digital Twins vs Rail Simulation Software: Which One Actually Helps You Test What-If Scenarios?
Rail simulation software lets teams test what-if scenarios in a duplicate workbank, compare outcomes and sync changes back.
-
The Smart Evolution of Track Inspection
ROBEL Rail Automation and Vogel & Plötscher launch ROSPECT, a lightweight self-propelled rail and turnout inspection platform.
-
Remote Signal Sighting Inspection: Day 5 of Rail Safety Week 2026
AIVR from One Big Circle lets teams carry out remote signal sighting, cutting trackside exposure and risk.
-
170,000 Visitors in Four Days: voestalpine Railway Systems Presents Digital System Solutions at InnoTrans in Berlin
voestalpine Railway Systems presents digital system solutions and new product innovations ahead of InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin.
-
Terminal Yard Switch Installation Using TrackTex
Geofabrics: TrackTex geocomposite helped Norfolk Southern finish a switch installation at Conway Yard in under ten hours.
-
HS2 Completes First 'Green' Tunnel on London Section of High-Speed Railway
HS2 has completed construction of its first cut-and-cover, 'green' tunnel in the delivery of Britain's new high-speed railway.
-
Infrastructure & Tunnel Construction Sectors Strengthen Their Presence at InnoTrans 2026
Both the Railway Infrastructure and Tunnel Construction sectors are set to showcase continued growth at InnoTrans 2026.
-
Transport Secretary to Invoke Japanese Inspiration for HS2
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has expressed ambitions for HS2 to match levels of success previously set by Japan's bullet trains.
-
HS2 Engineers Assemble 1.5-Mile Pre-Cast Tunnel in Northamptonshire
The last of 5,020 reinforced concrete segments making up one of HS2's longest 'cut and cover' tunnels haven been lifted into position.



