Advances in rail fastening system design and installation methods are helping contractors to meet rising demand for new infrastructure despite a shortage of skilled track technicians, explains Cédric ...

No less than 1 444.9 km of Chinese high speed lines opened between June and the end of September. Reflecting the challenging topography now facing builders, bridges and tunnels account for 88% of the ...

EUROPE: Virgin Group confirmed on October 9 that an order for 12 Avelia Stream high speed trains had been signed with Alstom, including 30 years of maintenance. It also announced Virgin Atlantic ...

GERMANY: In a ruling issued on October 7, a federal administrative court in Köln has rejected an earlier regulatory measure intended to facilitate market entry by private operators to the ...

INTERNATIONAL: The demand for railway products and services is expected to continue growing steadily over the next five years, according to the 11th World Rail Market Study commissioned by European ...

INTERNATIONAL: Plasser & Theurer has announced a restructuring of the investments held by the Max-Thuerer family, affecting the holding company model for the track machine producer as well as the ...

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has awarded Alstom a €460m contract to supply additional Metropolis driverless metro trainsets for used on lines 3 (Orange), 4 (Yellow) and 6 (Purple). Alstom said ...

TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has commissioned Systra to lead a feasibility study for a proposed three-line monorail network in Dar es Salaam, where the rapidly growing population is projected to ...

EUROPE: The European Union Agency for Railways has acknowledged that ERTMS specifications were put into EU law before they were mature, contributing to repeated changes and national variants. ‘It’s ...

UKRAINE: A roadmap for gradually opening the rail freight and passenger markets to competition has been approved, setting out the next steps in the long-running reform of national railway ...

POLAND: The partly underground fourth phase of Kraków’s fast tram network opened to passengers on September 26 after an inauguration ceremony the previous day. The 4.5 km extension from Wieczysta ...

GERMANY: An agreement in principle has been reached for defence company Rheinmetall to acquire Alstom’s locomotive factory in Kassel, the two companies have told. Alstom currently produces Traxx ...