Automatic train test to be carried on Betuweroute in the Netherlands
Alstom, the Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) signed an agreement to perform Automatic Train Operation (ATO) […]
January 2018
Rwanda and Tanzania sign agreement on SGR construction
Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, and his Tanzanian counterpart, John Pombe Magufuli, signed the agreement on the construction of a standard […]
Port of Marseille and Haropa to initiate new rail service
Starting from mid-March 2018, the Port of Marseille Fos, Haropa – Port of Le Havre, in association with the French […]
French company interested in TransContainer
French container transport and shipping company CMA CGM Group has expressed an interest in the controlling stake in Russian intermodal […]
Ukrzaliznytsia liberalizes rates for railcar rent
Ukrzaliznytsia approved on 17 January a new pricing methodology for freight railcar use. Earlier, prices for railcar use were regulated […]
4 bids for Klang Valley MRT Circle Line
Three Malaysian consortiums and a Chinese JV have submitted their turn-key tenders with financing for the MRT Circle Line. The […]
China to open a new rail link
A new railway line connecting Chongqing and Guiyang in southwest China will be opened in January, China Railway Chengdu Group […]
New BART cars enter services
The California Public Utilities Commission has released the authorization to San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit to put into commercial […]
Iran to open two railway lines
In February, Iran will put into commercial operation two railway links connecting Malayer-Firouzan-Kermanshah and Mahabad-Urmia, the Deputy Head of Construction […]
Lendlease to electrify Adelaide’s commuter line
South Australia’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure appointed Lendlease as the contractor for the design and construction of the […]