Rail Business

The two-car trains, which are converted London Underground D78 Stock, will be used on London Northwestern Railway services between Bedford and Bletchley from December.

Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a contract to supply 50  unmanned light rail vehicles as well as rail systems for the Northeast Busan City Railway project in South Korea. 

Once the Hong Kong section is opened the country will be linked to China's network of some 25,000km of high-speed lines. 

The locomotives will be assembled at Bombardier’s site in Kassel, Germany, with the carbodies coming from Wroclaw, Poland and the bogies produced in Siegen, Germany.

Greenbrier CEO William Furman described Turkey and the Mediterranean region as "a key corridor within the global freight railway system."

Russian rail freight car manufacturer United Wagon Company says it has become the only company outside the EU that has the right to supply cars to companies in Europe.

Phase 1 of a major electrification programme stretching to 2030 has been launched.

Global Infrastructure Group’s core capabilities are in rail infrastructure design and build and telecommunication network maintenance services, while ATEC Rail Group develops and manages open access freight railways.

A project to design innovative freight wagons, which is being financed by Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), DB Cargo and VTG, is producing 'very promising' results.

The contract was signed with KeolisAmey, which will take over the running and development of both for 15 years from October 14.