UK: Three companies will compete for West Midlands franchise
The Department for Transport has announced the train companies that are in the running for the next West Midlands franchise […]
Policy
EC adopts new rules for access to rail infrastructure
The European Commission has adopted rules to create fair conditions for new train services making better use of the available […]
Cairo Metro seeks for consultancy services
Cairo Metro company invites interested firms or group of firms to submit expressions of interest for the developing and improving […]
Indian government approves rail MoU with Sweden
The Indian government approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between India and Sweden on 15 February 2016 on technical […]
Virgin Trains to offer cash compensation for delays
All Virgin Trains customers across both its east and west coast routes who apply for compensation after experiencing delays of […]
Russia and Azerbaijan will develop the North–South Transport Corridor
RZD Logistics and Azerbaijan Railways will develop the International North–South Transport Corridor. The partners agreed on a pass-through rate aiming […]
U.S. House Transportation chief opposed to CP Rail and Norfolk Southern merger
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced his opposition to Canadian Pacific’s proposed rail merger with […]
DB merges its engineering business in a single company
Deutsche Bahn has reorganised its infrastructure engineering business. As of 1 April, DB ProjektBau and DB International had been merged […]
China keeps its rail investment target
China’s Vice Premier Ma Kai announced that his country will continue a “relatively large” scale of railway investment in the […]
Slovenia’s Parliament gives green light for privatisation of rail company affiliates
Slovenia’s National Assembly has paved the way for the arrival of a strategic partner into subsidiaries of the state-owned railway […]