The Canadian city of Ottawa has moved to commence construction of Stage 2 of the Confederation line before Stage 1 of the new light-rail metro has even been completed. The CAN$2.1 billion east-west cross-city line […]
The list of bidders to build the new fleet of trains for Tyne & Wear Metro has been narrowed to just three firms, operator and manager Nexus has announced. CAF, Hitachi Rail and Stadler will […]
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the order for the design, manufacture and supply of a fleet of 43 trains for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has been awarded to Spanish manufacturer CAF. The […]
West Midlands Metro – the tram service between Wolverhampton and Birmingham – is 20 years old this month (May 2019). The service was officially launched on 30 May 1999 on the line which, at that […]
Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail has announced the start of a process to procure up to 600 electric / battery-electric powered carriages over a 10-year timescale. Supported by the National Transport Authority (NTA), Iarnród Éireann, […]
Virgin Trains launched its #RideWithPride season over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend as its Pride Train arrived in Birmingham. The train operator joined tens of thousands of revellers at Birmingham Pride for its biggest celebration […]
Sydney Metro Northwest, stage one of Australia’s biggest public transport project, has opened to the public. Delivering over 36km of new metro rail for Sydney’s growing north-west, the AUS$8.3 billion project will improve travel time […]
A new freight service, from the Port of Felixstowe to iPort Rail, Doncaster, has been announced by GB Railfreight as it continues to expand its intermodal business. The service, which will run five days a […]
As spring moves into summer, increased rates of growth and volumes of leaves can obstruct signals on the railway and pose a risk to the safe running of trains. Network Rail therefore has to remove […]
The first of 30 new trains being supplied by Alstom for Lyon’s line B metro has arrived at the La Poudrette depot, having covered 5,000km during more than five months of testing at Valenciennes. It […]
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