UK: coastal railways could suffer from climate changes
Hundreds of miles of railway lines around Britain’s coast are becoming increasingly vulnerable to waves, landslides and storms triggered by […]
Infrastructure
Joint development company for Indian Railways and Punjab authorities
The Indian Railways and the Punjab government have decided to form a joint company to speed the construction of rail […]
RZD seeks USD 8 billion in state subsidies
Russian Railways (RZD) has warned that it will need 460 billion rubles (USD 8 billion) in state subsidies through 2020 […]
The UK Parliament says HS2 is too expensive
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee argues that the government has not yet made a convincing case for why […]
Bid race starts for £900m HS2 works
HS2 Ltd, the company developing a new high speed rail network, has launched the procurement process for £900m of enabling […]
Spanish authorities endorse reducing TACs
According to the requests posed by the potential new entrants on the railway market, the Spanish Minister for Public Works, […]
Jacobs awarded contract for rail link to London Heathrow
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it was awarded a contract by Network Rail to support its proposed new rail […]
Beijing-Seoul high-speed rail line could open by 2030
A high-speed rail line between Beijing and Seoul could become a reality by 2030, according to the Korean newspaper Daily […]
EC investigates public financing for Spanish HSR test centre
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether the public financing of a test centre for high-speed […]
Russia to participate in tenders for railway projects in India
”We want to participate in tenders for railways electrification and asked the Indian side for the conditions,” Alexander Misharin, first […]