Kansas: KCSA to acquire additional trams
The Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KCSA) received approval from City Council to purchase two additional trams for the existing downtown […]
July 2017
Sound Transit builds East Link bridge section across Lake Washington
Sound Transit currently carries out the construction of a light rail section in the center lanes of the Homer M. […]
Passengers prefer Virgin Trains’ smartphone payment option
A fifth of Virgin Trains customers have switched to mobile digital tickets after their launch on the West Coast route […]
UK: new railway siding in Maidenhead for GWR
A new railway siding in the constituency of Maidenhead was officially opened by Prime Minister Theresa May. This will allow […]
Victoria’s Ballarat Line project to begin
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the Lendlease, Coleman Rail and SMEC consortium is the preferred bidder for works to […]
Swedish operator buys Romanian locomotives
Swedish rail logistics operator Green Cargo and Romanian company Softronic signed an agreement for the acquisition of two Transmontana Co-Co […]
Ukraine to launch electrification on 253 km of railway line
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development allotted Ukrzaliznytsia a EUR 150 million loan for the electrification of 253 km railway […]
Gdańsk central station modernisation contract awarded
Polish Railway Lines and Intercor Sp. z o.o. signed a PLN 62 million (EUR 14.68 million) contract for the modernisation […]
Two companies to collaborate for Automatic Pantograph manufacturing
Sensys Gatso Group and Ricardo Rail have signed a strategic agreement for sales and manufacturing of the APMS product (Automatic […]
Bangalore awards metro construction contract
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in a joint venture with URC Construction has been awarded a Rs 7.9 bn (EUR 108.3 […]