Renfe bids for California high speed rail project
Renfe announced the submission of a bid for the first part of the contract to develop the first high speed […]
September 2017
JV formed for rail ferry services between US and Mexico
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to own and operate […]
China to build a “flying train”
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has announced plans to build a ‘flying train’ that will be able to […]
Construction of the first station of Koralm line launched
Austrian Minister for Transport, Jörg Leichtfried, and ÖBB Chairman of the Board of Management, Andreas Matthä, launched the construction of […]
Thales signs contract for a new LRT in Taipei
China Steel Corporation awarded Thales a new contract for the future Ankeng light rail transit project in Taiwan, as part […]
TransPennine Express unveils its first “ultramodern” carriage
FirstGroup announced that its rail operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has presented the first carriage from the second fleet of its […]
Tver Carriage Works finalizes railcars delivery to Kazakhstan
Tver Carriage Works, part of Transmashholding, has fulfilled a contract for the delivery of 45 passenger coaches to private operators […]
Bulgaria and Greece signed agreement for a railway corridor
Update: The Prime Ministers of Greece and Bulgaria, Alexis Tsipras and Boiko Borisov signed, on September 6, in Kavala, the […]
Bombardier exits bid for New York metro contract
Bombardier said that its bid submitted to New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority in December won’t make it to the final […]
New York introduces new real-time train arrival displays
The New York City Transit Authority (MTA New York City Transit) has improved passenger information with new real-time train arrival […]