Hokkaido Shinkansen to be launched in March 2016
Hokkaido Railway Co. and East Japan Railway Co announced that Hokkaido Shinkansen Line will be put into commercial service on […]
2015
Bombardier-Alstom-Indra consortium wins control contract for Madrid-Lisbon HSR
Spain’s Administrator of Railway Infrastructure (ADIF) awarded Bombardier- Alstom – Indra consortium a EUR 164 million contract on the supply […]
Hitachi eyes EUR 4.5 bn in annual railway business sales
Japanese company Hitachi will aim to boost annual sales at its British-based railway business 1.5-fold to around 600 billion yen […]
China opens new HSR linking borders of North Korea and Russia
A new section of high-speed railway in Northeast China’s Jilin province officially opened to traffic, ChinaDaily reports. The line brings […]
Addis Ababa LRT officially opened
The capital of Ethiopia Addis Ababa officially opened the first light rail network in Sub-Saharan Africa, after several months of […]
Great Western Railway unveils rebranded trains
Rebranded Great Western Railway (GWR) trains have been unveiled by the firm formerly known as First Great Western. Starting with […]
Qatar Rail sets Guinness record
Qatar Rail on entered the Guinness Book of World Records for simultaneously operating the maximum number of tunnel boring machines […]
Moscow-Minsk-Berlin by train will be available starting 2016
Plans have been made to offer rapid travels by train along the route Moscow-Minsk-Berlin in 2016, Vadim Morozov, First Vice […]