New app allows passengers to charge Oyster card with their smartphone
Transport for London (TfL) launched a new app which allows Oyster card users to check their “pay as you go” […]
September 2017
Poland achieves the best rail freight result for the last 6 years
In the first half of 2017 freight railway undertakings in Poland saw a 10% increase as far as weight of […]
EIB to support Latvia’s EMUs procurement
The European Investment Bank has under appraisal the rolling stock acquisition project launched by Latvia’s rail passenger operator, Pasažieru vilciens. […]
Alstom improved its score in the Dow Jones Sustainability indices
Alstom has been selected in Dow Jones Sustainability indices (DJSI), World and Europe for the seventh consecutive year, which recognises […]
Jakarta Airport railway link to be completed in November
Currently, the progress of works for the Soekarno-Hatta airport railway line has reached 82 percent, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya […]
Progress Rail and Seeing Machines’s partnership moves to commercial phase
Computer technologies specialist Seeing Machines has signed a new extended partnership agreement with rail products and services supplier Progress Rail […]
Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan to cooperate for rail ferry operations
Ukrzaliznytsia, Georgian Railway and Azerbaijan Railways have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the joint operation of a permanent rail-ferry […]
London: public consultation to stop using paper tickets for trams
Transport for London (TfL) has begun an eight-week public consultation on plans to remove existing cash ticket machines selling paper […]
Transnet plans new heavy haul rail lines
Transnet is looking for funding to build a heavy haul railway line to link South Africa and Swaziland. The South […]
Railway line project to Sakhalin Island under consideration
Russian authorities are closely considering the possibility of building a railway line to the Far Eastern Sakhalin Island, Russian President […]