Metra appoints Illinois Constructors to replace Fox River rail bridge
Metra’s Board of Directors approved a USD 21.6 million contract to replace a 136-year-old rail bridge over the Fox River […]
September 2017
RZD Logistics and UNICON 1520 sign logistics agreement
RZD Logistics has reached an agreement with Russian container company UNICON 1520, part of United Wagon Company, on joint transport […]
Amtrak Service moves to new multimodal center in Alton
Amtrak passenger trains have started using the new Alton Regional Multimodal Transport Center located northwest of the former station. The […]
“Keep it Clean” Initiative launched for New York metro
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled recently the “Keep It Clean” initiative to discourage metro littering, a significant underlying cause of […]
Metro Trains Melbourne wins seven-year franchise
Victorian Government awarded a new seven-year franchise to Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) to operate and maintain the Melbourne train system. […]
Ukraine prepared for rail electrification tender
Ukrainian Railways will launch in the fourth quarter of 2017 the tender on the electrification of Dolynska-Mykolaiv-Kolosivka rail section. The […]
Beijing awards metro extension contract
Sapphire Corporation has secured a RMB 276 million (USD 57 million) rail engineering contract for the second phase of the […]
Greenbrier produced 50,000th covered hopper railcar
Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced that it has completed production on its 50,000th covered hopper railcar. This milestone follows Greenbrier’s announcement […]
Ontario to award Stouffville Corridor improvement contract
Ontario’s Ministry of Transport closed, on September 8, the Request for Proposals (RFP) stage for the Stouffville Corridor stations improvements […]
FS Italiane acquires full ownership of Trainose
FS Italiane has acquired full ownership of Trainose, Greece’s leading railway operator, for EUR 45 million . The transaction was […]