India: mobile app for purchase of tickets to be extended
The mobile application for the purchase of tickets for the suburban trains in Chennai, launched by Southern Railway, has encountered […]
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Belgian Transport Agency De Lijn buys 40 additional FLEXITY 2 trams
Bombardier Transportation has won an order to supply 40 additional Bombardier FLEXITY 2 trams to the Flemish transport operator De […]
Vietnam: north-south express railway project to be revised
Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has asked its subordinated agencies to revise the plan for the construction of a north-south […]
Wiener Linien orders 119 Bombardier FLEXITY trams
Bombardier Transportation and the Vienna transport authority, Wiener Linien, have signed a contract for the manufacture of 119 FLEXITY Vienna […]
SNCB invests in the refurbishment of its fleet
Over the next few years the railway operator will continue to invest in rejuvenating and developing the fleet (expanding it […]
UK: three companies shortlisted for East Anglia rail franchise
UK Department for Transport has announced that three companies are in the running for the next East Anglia rail franchise. […]
Amtrak to complete PTC installation by December 2015
Amtrak announced that implements Positive Train Control (PTC). ”Safety must continue to be our highest priority ,”Amtrak President Joe Boardman […]
CN invests USD 16 million in expansion of cold supply chain reefer capacity
CN announced a C$20 million (USD 16 million) investment in the expansion of its cold supply chain capacity to help […]
CNR Corp in talks with UK authorities for HS2 project
China CNR Corp is interested to deliver high-speed trains to UK, as the HS2 project is an opportunity for the […]
Melbourne plans to run trams on solar power
Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world and it could soon be running on solar power. One initiative […]