Trenitalia orders Frecciarossa train fleet for operation in Spain
Trenitalia awarded Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transportation a contract for the supply of 23 Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed trains to be […]
August 2020
Sydney Metro Northern Connection enters construction works
Construction works have begun for Metro North West Line, known as the Sydney Northern Connection, on 5 August at Chatswood, where […]
Technical study for Ningbo-Zhoushan line completed
The technical proposal of the Ningbo-Zhoushan railway, China’s first high-speed rail line with an undersea rail tunnel has been completed […]
EUR 4 billion tender for tram-train procurement launched
Under the VDV-Tram-Train project, six German and Austrian public transport companies have launched a common EUR 4 billion tender for […]
The first two Flexity trams arrive in Karlsruhe
Bombardier Transportation handed over the first two of 20 Flexity trams to Karlsruhe public transport company AVG from Vienna under […]
Atkins to analyse electrification cost reduction in the UK
Network Rail awarded Atkins a ten-month contract to analyse dynamic behaviours of overhead line equipment (OLE) and develop new OLE […]
EU funding for Warsaw urban transport development
Under the 2019 CEF transport calls for proposals, Warsaw integrated transport system development is supported by the EU funding. The […]
Winner announced for Porto Metro expansion
The Ferrovial – Alberto Couto Alves consortium won EUR 288 million contracts for Porto Metro expansion by a total length […]
GBRf and DB Cargo UK secure biomass transport extension contracts
Drax, a British electrical power generation company, has signed two contracts to transport sustainable biomass from UK ports to its […]
Prima T8 locomotives enter validation tests in Azerbaijan
Alstom has launched a validation test campaign for the Prima T8 AZ8A freight locomotives in Azerbaijan on the main freight […]