Iran assigned USD 572 million for rail expansion projects
The government in Tehran has earmarked 18.5 trillion rials (USD 572 million) to complete a set of ongoing rail projects, […]
January 2017
Northern Latitudinal Railway financial model presented to the Government
„The Northern Latitudinal Railway is one of the primary and promising projects for the development of the Arctic zone. This […]
Besides an integrated logistics, MEPs request a support for the European rail supply industry
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors. The […]
Two tenders for Sydney Metro’s twin tunnels
Two tenders have been received for the construction of Sydney Metro’s new twin railway tunnels under Sydney Harbour and through […]
India to set up a USD 5 billion rail fund
Indian Railways issued a draft cabinet note for setting up a USD 5 billion Railways of India Development Fund (RIDF). […]
Turkey to complete BTK within next months
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project will be completed in the first half of 2017, said Ahmad Arslan, Minister of Transport, […]
UK: Hackney Wick Overground station set for transformation
Works are underway on a £25 million (€29 million) scheme to transform Hackney Wick Overground station and deliver major improvements […]
Solar to power Melbourne tram network
Melbourne tram network will be powered by a new large scale solar plant to be built in regional Victoria. The […]
Alstom awarded its first tramway contract in Taiwan
China Steel Co awarded Alstom a contract for the supply 15 Citadis trams for Kaohsiung tramway project phase 2, which […]
MTA tests new portable vacuum prototypes
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tests two prototypes of portable vacuum systems to keep clean metro infrastructure. For MTA […]