Poland to launch EUR 1 billion tender for rail access to sea ports
Starting with this spring, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe will invest PLN 4 billion (EUR 937 million) to modernize rail connections […]
Infrastructure
First of Helsinki’s west metro extension to be launched in August
Länsimetro Oy announced that 8 stations and 14 km of metro extension from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä in in the Helsinki […]
Ferrovial signs contract to build 35 km of California’s high-speed railway
Ferrovial through subsidiary Ferrovial Agroman, has signed an agreement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to design and build […]
ERTMS / ETCS level 2 is fully authorised in Poland
President of the Railway Transport Office (Urzędu Transportu Kolejowego) issued the first authorization in the history of Polish railways for […]
Rotterdam makes major rail investment
Rotterdam Port has unveiled a EUR 275 million (USD 302 million) project to reroute 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) of rail […]
China: first successful run for Xiangyang-Ningbo-Zhoushan Port train service
The regular train service Xiangyang-Ningbo-Zhoushan Port completed its first run at the beginning of March. 20 containers loaded with automobile […]
Ukraine: Air Express project to be modified
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has obtained consent of its Chinese partners to modify the Air Express project to build […]
Serbia: Zeleznice Srbije to resort to lay-offs
Serbian railway operator Zeleznice Srbije will lay off approx. 2,000 people within the next 12 months and another 4,000 in […]
Maryland chooses partners for the Purple Line Light Rail
Maryland has selected the partners to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Maryland Purple Line Light Rail Project (26 […]
UK: CMA suggests encouraging rail competition
In a new report, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called for rail franchising to be overhauled and possibly […]