Discussions continue for Budapest-Belgrade rail line
Talks on the upgrade of the Budapest-Belgrade rail line continued, as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó met […]
Infrastructure
Morocco to open high speed line in 2018
The 183km high-speed line under construction between Tangiers and Kenitra/Port Laoti will open in 2018. The project has a value […]
Trafikverket announced new cost estimates for high speed projects
Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) announced new estimates of the costs of high-speed rail. They show lower total costs than those […]
Great Western Main Line electrification reaches two milestones
Network Rail has announced that the Reading- Didcot section has the majority of the overhead line equipment installed, including the […]
Helsinki to open a new tram route
Starting with June 20, a new tram route (5) will operate in Helsinki. The tram will run from Rautatientori to […]
Transnet invites companies to build and operate new Gauteng inland port
Transnet has issued a request for proposals (RFP) inviting private logistics companies to design, build, operate, maintain and eventually hand […]
China-Mongolia standard gauge line construction launched
The construction of the first China-Mongolia unified standard gauge railway has begun. The line will pass through Ceke, the second […]
Japan to support early opening of JR Central’s maglev line
According to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s government will support the early opening of a privately built magnetic-levitation train line […]
India: Mau-Tarighat railway project approved
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for a new broad gauge line between Mau Station of […]
India: Sky bus project to be abandoned
Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) has abandoned its Sky bus project, a suspended railway system, because it was not considered […]