Garco Construction to build new Tacoma Amtrak Cascades station
Construction on the new Tacoma Amtrak Cascades Station starts next month, following a contract award to low-bidder Garco Construction, Inc., […]
May 2016
Japanese railways attract record number of passengers
Passenger numbers among 16 Japanese rail companies not affiliated with the Japan Railways group exceeded 10 billion people in the […]
MoU for Kuala Lumpur-Singapore rail line to be signed by July
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to facilitate the high-speed rail project between […]
Plans unveiled to revamp Tazara railway line
An ambitious plan to revamp and extend the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) to four other countries is on the agenda. Government […]
Rail Baltica Phase 1 completed
Phase 1 of the Rail Baltica Project has already been completed by Lithuania and involved the construction of the 1435 […]
San Francisco’s MUNI expands rail fleet
By the end of 2016, Muni expects the first of its USD1.2 billion fleet of new Metro cars to start […]
MTA Metro-North Railroad purchases track geometry vehicle
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad announced that it will enter into a contract with Ensco Inc. to design, build […]
Transmashholding unveils new shunter for Russian Railways
Transmashholding subsidiary Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ) has unveiled a prototype six-axle shunting locomotive for Russian Railways (RZD). The six-axle TEM28 […]
Stadler and Mitron to deliver modern vehicles to Norwegian State Railways
Mitron, Finnish provider of public transport information systems and modern display solutions, and a member of Teleste Group, announced that […]
Scotland reveals plans to develop rail freight transport
The Scottish Government, in its latest rail freight strategy, says it will “consider the barriers to innovation and attracting new […]