Catalan Railways put into service the first new trains
The first two trains of the five acquired by Catalan Railways – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) from the Alstom-CAF […]
Regions
Bombardier supplies more trains to STIF and SNCF
Bombardier Transportation won an order to supply 42 Regio 2N train sets to the Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF) and […]
Four consortia express interest in Capital Metro project
“Four private sector consortia, consisting of local, national and international companies, have submitted an expression of interest for the first […]
Russia to launch tender for Moscow – Kazan HSR project
For implementing the Moscow – Kazan high-speed rail project, the immediate task is to hold a tender in 2015 to […]
Chicago: newly rehabilitated Damen Blue Line station reopened
Damen, California and Western are among the first of 13 stations receiving significant renovations as part of USD 492 Million […]
RZD introduces locomotives running on compressed natural gas
The first serially produced mainline gas turbine GT1h-002 has hauled a train weighing 9,000 tons on Moscow Railways. Its first […]
Pendolino introduces high-speed transport in Poland
The Pendolino train, manufactured by Alstom, the first high-speed train to operate in Poland, was put into operation on 14 […]
World’s first application of new in-line rail hardening goes commercial at Baotou
Siemens Metals Technologies has received notice from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. that the in-line “Injector Dual-phase Rail […]
Successful test run through Eurotunnel
DB Systemtechnik has conducted the first test runs for the new Velaro Eurostar e320 through Eurotunnel between Calais and Folkestone […]
SNCF considers buying UK government’s Eurostar stake
French rail operator SNCF is considering using its pre-emption purchase rights on the Eurostar train service to block certain bidders […]