Dubai to use drones for metro inspection
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will start a trial-run of drones to inspect city’s metro tunnels extending 14 km […]
2020
Bristol – Cardiff electrification completed
Balfour Beatty has completed the electrification of 77 km Great Western Railway line between Bristol and Cardiff, a milestone which […]
Hitachi Rail awarded major CBTC contract in the US
Bart, San Francisco Bay Area transport authority awarded Hitachi Rail STS USA a USD 798 million contract to design and […]
Elizabeth line central section to be opened in summer 2021
Crossrail Ltd has announced that the Elizabeth line central section between Paddington and Abbey Wood will be opened in summer […]
Singapore to open the first TEL section
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority is preparing the opening of the first section of Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), scheduled for 31 […]
EUR 68 million loan for Naples’ train procurement
The Campania Region’s railway management authority, Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV), and the European Investment Bank signed an agreement for the […]
Alstom delivers the 5th Pop train to Sicily
Alstom has delivered the fifth of the 43 new Coradia Stream trains, called ‘Pop’, to Trenitalia for commercial operation in […]
Feasibility study on Nagpur–Secunderabad modernisation completed
Russian Railways has completed the feasibility study for the modernisation of the India’s Nagpur–Secunderabad line with a length of 581 […]
Serbia awards Niš – Brestovac modernisation contract
Serbia’s Ministry of Finance awarded Trace Balkantel joint venture a EUR 59.8 million contract for the modernisation of Niš – […]
Nine bids submitted for Volujak – Dragoman rail section
Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) has announced that 9 bids were submitted for the modernisation of Volujak – Dragoman […]