Nine bidders shortlisted for HS2 major engineering contracts
HS2 Ltd announced a shortlist of 9 bidders for between £7.1 (€9 billion) and £11.8 billion (€15 billion) worth of […]
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Green Cargo expands services in Norway
Following Cargolink’s exit from the Norwegian market, the Swedish rail freight haulier Green Cargo will launch four new regular country-wide […]
Siemens and Huawei finished CBTC over LTE test
Huawei announced that Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) over Long Term Evolution (LTE) joint solution validation passed the interoperability testing […]
UK: preferred corridor announced for East West Rail Central Section
The Bedford – Sandy – Cambridge corridor was announced as the preferred option for the Central Section of East West […]
UK: partnership to build Ordsall Chord in Manchester
Network Rail has formed an official construction partnership to build the new Ordsall Chord in Manchester, which will help improve […]
AVG orders more LRVs from Stadler Rail Valencia and Vossloh Kiepe
German railway operator Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) has ordered a further 25 light rail vehicles of the type Citylink NET 2012 from […]
Alstom will deliver Prima H3 locomotives to DAL
Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply four Prima H3 hybrid locomotives and four other refurbished locomotives to DAL […]
Denmark: Hector Rail achieves speed record
Hector Rail, on behalf of the Danish infrastructure authority Banedanmark, conducted a train test, during which the highest achieved speed […]
Michael Cramer, TRAN Committee: Final vote of Romania’s General Transport Master Plan is a positive aspect
“We have received the report of the Romanian Ministry of Transport on the General Transport Master Plan and its vote […]
Luxembourg awards GSM-R contract
Luxembourg Railways (CFL) has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom the contract to implement a countrywide railway communication network based on GSM-R, that […]