Track & Infrastructure Categories
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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>.
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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.
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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
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Portugal: Tender Launched for First Section of Lisbon-Porto High-Speed Line
Infraestruturas de Portugal has opened the international tender for the first portion of the high-speed rail line between Lisbon and Porto.
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Italy: Regional Trains Return Between Tortona and Novi Ligure
A section of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi/Genoa Junction One Project has been inaugurated.
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Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) explored
Sensonic explores Safety Integrity Levels, a measure of the reliability and availability of safety functions in a safety critical system.
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FirstGroup Applies to Operate New London to Sheffield Service
FirstGroup has applied to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to run a new open-access rail service between London and Sheffield.
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Amtrak Seeks Public Ideas for Chicago Union Station
Amtrak is calling on the public to contribute their ideas for the improvement of Chicago Union Station in Illinois.
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Rail Baltica Announces Tender for Estonian Railway Construction
Rail Baltic Estonia has announced a set of tenders for the construction of underlying infrastructure for a 52.6-kilometre extension of its m…
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Sydney Metro West Celebrates Historic Twin Tunnel Breakthrough
Sydney Metro West's tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have become the first TBMs in the southern hemisphere to complete a double breakthrough.
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Contract Awarded for Construction of Rail Baltica Mainline in Latvia
Rail Baltica has awarded a contract to Eiffage Génie Civil, Budimex, and Rizzani de Eccher to construct the mainline railway in Latvia.
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Canada: AECOM to Deliver Extension for Eglinton Crosstown LRT
AECOM has been selected by Metrolinx to deliver a 9.2-kilometre extension for the upcoming Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) line.…
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HS2 Ltd Presents Construction Plan for 2024
HS2 Ltd has provided insight into how the delivery of its high-speed rail network between London and Birmingham will advance throughout 2024…
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UK: Final Track Installed to Eliminate Hope Valley Bottleneck
Network Rail has installed the final pieces of track to relieve the Hope Valley bottleneck with a passing loop between Bamford and Hathersag…
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Amtrak Awards Contracts for Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Replacement
Amtrak has awarded contracts to Flatiron/Herzog, AECOM and Fay Construction for the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Replacement Program.
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UK: Government Aims to Grow Rail Freight by 75%
The UK Government has announced it aims to grow the use of rail freight in the country by at least 75% by 2050.
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Marleen Van De Kerkhof Wins IRJ’s Young Rail Leaders Award
Marleen van de Kerkhof from Dual Inventive is one of the winners of the International Railway Journal’s Young Rail Leaders Award for 2023.
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Vienna to Get 2-Line S-Bahn Ring
Austria: A feasibility study has been published outlining how Vienna could get a 2-line S-Bahn ring by 2032.
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Green Light for Mid Cornwall Metro
Cornwall Council has given the green light to the Mid Cornwall Metro project, agreeing to provisionally accept £50m of Levelling Up Funding.
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Romania: Alstom to Equip Caransebes-Lugoj Railway Line with New ERTMS Signalling System
Romania: Alstom has won a contract to upgrade the Caransebeș-Lugoj railway line, equipping it with ERTMS and electrification infrastructure.
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Railway Security – Types of Track Trespass
Sensonic explains the diverse types of track trespass and how to use that information to develop targeted prevention strategies.
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TBMs Progress for Sydney Metro West
Two tunnel boring machines have made significant progress in the excavation of two tunnels for Sydney Metro West.
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GSF RailInfra Looks Back on Its First German Symposium
GSF RailInfra GmbH (GSF) and its partner Rail Power Systems GmbH (RPS) hosted a two-day seminar for the German rail market.
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UK: Second HS2 TBM Ready for Excavation
A team of 90 engineers recently completed the assembly of HS2's second tunnel boring machine (TBM).
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More than 50,000 Engineers Use Roxtec Transit Designer
There are now more than 50,000 registered users of the Roxtec Transit Designer software all over the globe.
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$8.2 Billion in Federal Funding for US Passenger Rail Network
The US DOT's Federal Railroad Administration has announced 8.2bn USD in funding for high-speed rail and pipeline projects across the US.
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Poland: CPK Awards Construction Contract for HSR Tunnel in Łódź
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has signed the second of three contracts to construct a high-speed rail (HSR) tunnel in Łódź, Poland.




