The future of mobility – How rail can make it greener
On 28 November, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), with the kind support of the Slovak Presidency […]
November 2016
Kuwait prepares rail tenders for early 2017
The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) has announced it will be releasing tenders for bidding in early 2017 for […]
Glasgow Airport tram-train link sets budget
Glasgow Council leaders have set out plans to build a direct rail link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley and the city […]
French Government and Alstom present the progress of the commitments for Belfort site
Christophe Sirugue, French Secretary of State for Industry and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman of Alstom, presented the progress of the commitments […]
Stadler to supply new trains in Switzerland
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn AG (WSB), a narrow-gauge railway in Switzerland’s Aargau canton, has ordered five new three-car trains from Stadler. […]
‘Ashgabat Statement’ endorsed at first-ever UN conference on sustainable transport
The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference was held in the Turkmen capital, between November 26-27, with more than […]
Montreal to connect light rail and metro lines
The Caisse de Depot is bolstering its plans to build a light-rail network throughout the Montreal area, Canada, by saying […]
China’s MagLev train, ready for testing by 2021
In October, a Chinese company announced that it had started work on developing a MagLev train capable of operating at […]
Turkmenistan signs agreement on Trans-Asian Railway Network
Turkmenistan has joined the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network as well as the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports, […]
First section of TAT rail corridor commissioned
The first section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) – [Atamyrat-Imamnazar-Akina (Afghanistan)] railway has been commissioned on November 28. An 85-kilometer rail […]