Bangkok’s Blue Line and Purple Line to be connected
The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) board contracted Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc (BEM) to connect Bangkok’s Blue Line and […]
August 2016
Turkey: BTK railway to have new terminal in Kars
A new international terminal for the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is being built in the Turkish province of Kars. With this […]
India: rail stations in Southern Region to have CCTV systems
Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in all stations belonging to the A1, A, B and C categories […]
Israel: Haifa-Beit Shean line finalized
Israel Railways has finalized the Jezreel Valley railway line between Haifa and Beit Shean. The line is scheduled to start […]
Korea to implement LTE-R on railway line
Korea Rail Network Authority (KR) will set up the high-speed, long-term evolution (LTE)-based railway mobile communication system (LTE-R) on the […]
SBB awards Lausanne railway station expansion contract
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has appointed Pöyry, as part of the engineering consortium 4G, for the “Galette – Bâtiment Voyageur” […]
Great Western Railway orders additional Hitachi trains
Great Western Railway (GWR) confirmed that it has ordered seven additional bi-mode Intercity Express Trains as part of a new […]
Alstom to supply 150 regional trains in Italy
Trenitalia has awarded Alstom a EUR 900 million frame contract for the delivery of 150 new medium-capacity regional trains. The […]
Second Tel Aviv light-rail line to be built
The Green Line is a light rail line to be operated in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area mass transit system. […]
SAR to start Riyadh – Qassim passenger service
Test running has started on part of Saudi Railway Company’s (SAR) 2750km North-South Railway in preparation for the launch of […]