Go-Ahead orders 45 Flirt3 EMUs
Stadler Pankow GmbH and Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland GmbH signed a contract for the delivery of 45 EMUs for the Stuttgart […]
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UK: Public consultation for InterCity West Coast franchise
The UK Department for Transport has launched a government consultation, inviting passengers to offer their views on how the InterCity […]
Manufacturing of Lucknow metro coaches begins
Starting with 9 May, Alstom has begun the production of metro trains for Lucknow metro trains, the Lucknow Metro Rail […]
UK sees increase in rail journey numbers
Rail passengers in Britain made approx. 1.7 billion train journeys during the past year, according to the Rail Delivery Group. […]
Czech Republic: train tender could be cancelled
According to the press, the minister of transport, Dan Ťok, is set to demand the cancellation of a tender launched […]
Izmir starts to test the new trams
Production of Hyundai Rotem low-floor tram sets, to be used on two tram lines in Izmir, has been completed at […]
India: Wi-Fi at 400 railway stations to be completed next year
Working on providing Wi-Fi at 400 railway stations across India will be completed next year, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said. […]
First Chinese maglev line begins operations
The first domestically produced middle-to-low speed magnetically levitated (maglev) rail line began operating in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan […]
Keolis to operate Shanghai’s first automatic metro line
Shanghai Shentong Metro Group has announced Shenkai as the future operator of the phase 3 of Shanghai’s existing metro line […]
MERMEC to deliver diesel-electric track-recording vehicle to RATP
Parisian transport operator RATP has awarded MERMEC a contract for an innovative multi-function diesel-electric track-recording vehicle. This will be the […]