Russia: loan for improving freight rolling stock
Russia’s Alfa-Bank will provide 70 billion rubles (945 million euros) for the consolidation of the country’s freight rail car fleet, […]
Rolling Stock
Chicago Transit Authority to renovate Quincy Loop Station
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)’s Board of Directors approved a contract for renovations of the historic Quincy station, one of […]
Deutsche Bahn to launch automated trains in future
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn plans to launch automated trains in the future. “I estimate that by 2021 or so, […]
Alstom and NTL inaugurate T6 tram underground section
Alstom and NTL inaugurated the underground section of line T6 of the Ile-de-France tramway. 28 Translohr STE6 trams on tyres […]
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad acquires Locust Valley Line
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN), the largest privately owned railroad company in Pennsylvania, acquired the 5.5 mile Locust […]
Ottawa prepares for LRT extension
Mayor Jim Watson announced that the City of Ottawa will begin the planning work that is needed to extend light […]
Alstom to turn Barcelona facility into first railway factory 4.0 in Spain
Alstom intends to transform its industrial site of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona) into the first factory 4.0 of the […]
ADY and RZD to launch transport corridor from Mumbai to Moscow
Azerbaijani Railways (ADY) and Russian Railways (RZD) will initiate a new multimodal project. ADY chair Javid Gurbanov has stated that […]
UNIFE Director General, Philippe Citroën: “European rail supply manufacturers are under significant competitive pressure from emerging Asian industrial giants”
A surge in low-cost EU imports of rail supplies such as engines or signals from non-EU countries, including China, is […]
Riyadh Metro completes Green line tunneling excavation
ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) has completed the end of tunnel excavation works for Line 5 (Green Line), one of the […]