DB Cargo orders hybrid locomotives
Following a successful feasibility study, DB Cargo has ordered the first 50 Toshiba hybrid locomotives, which will replace 61 legacy […]
January 2020
Melbourne’s refurbished Comeng train enter services
A Comeng test train fitted with upgraded communications equipment is carrying passengers on Melbourne’s network, before a progressive roll-out to […]
Operail container transport sees record increase
The Estonian rail freight operator Operail has registered a 46% increase in rail container transport, from 52,428 TEU in 2018 […]
System engineering contract signed for South Korea’s Great Train eXpress
Ricardo was appointed by SG Rail, the special purpose company that will finance, design and build the Seoul GTX-A railway […]
Tunneling under Sydney centre completed
Sydney Metro tunnelling was completed under the city centre, breaking through a wall of rock at the new Barangaroo Station. […]
India approved the MoU with the UK for rail energy-related projects
India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) […]
RZD modernised 420 km of tracks
In 2019, Russian Railways modernised 422.7 km of tracks, as part of its infrastructure development programme. RUB 264.7 billion (USD […]
4th latin America Rail Expansion Summit
4th latin America Rail Expansion Summit 2020 March 4&5 Mexico City www.latinamerica.railexpansionsummit.com Multiple countries in Latin America are investing […]
Moscow to open nine more metro stations
Moscow Municipality announced that nine more metro stations will be opened this year on the Nekrasovskaya and Big Circle lines. […]
Toulouse inaugurates the new ‘XXL’ Line A
Tisséo Collectivités, the public transport authority of the greater Toulouse, inaugurated the new ‘XXL’ trains on metro Line A, by […]