Infrastructure

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced a $1.09 billion funding package for Stage 2 of Ottawa's fast-growing light rail network. Last week's announcement will be backed up with similar funding contributions from the Province of Ontario and the City of...

Next year will mark the 170th anniversary of the opening of the first cross-border railway between Austria and Slovakia. The histories of the two countries are closely intertwined and the arrival of the railway in 1848 coincided with political...

Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels has renewed its confidence with Thales with two new contracts for fare collection systems on the Cairo metro. The French firm was previously awarded contracts to upgrade the fare collection systems on Lines 1 and 2...

Passenger train operator Amtrak has announced plans to build a locomotion service facility in Seattle, Washington, USA. Amtrak - which operates across 46 states - said that it is the third major investment in its Seattle maintenance facility, which services the Empire...

Polish railway operator PKP is to spend 641 million zł (around €153 million) modernising a section of track for Rail Baltica. Work will be conducted between Sadowne and Czyżew as part of the trans-European programme, which aims to build a standard gauge railway...

In New Mexico, the United States, freight operator Union Pacific (UP) is targeting the line between Fort Bliss and Carrizozo as part of a wave of network upgrades. Between the army installation and the small town, UP will replace more...

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario has announced a wave of major upgrades for the Barrie line in order to ease congestion. Plans include the electrification of the line, a double track expansion and an upgrade to track and signalling....

Union Pacific is to spend $68 million on Iowa's railway infrastructure. The rail operator will devote $55 million to track maintenance and $10 million to bridge maintenance. Key projects include spending $5 million on the rail line between Garden City and Bradford to...

Italferr, the consulting subsidiary of Italian state-owned railway infrastructure and service provided FS Group, has been awarded an initial contract for the Trasandino tunnel, Peru, in association with other engineering companies. Worth €1.6 million, the contract covers a transport study, a...

Construction has begun on the last phase of the Koralm railway in Carinthia, Austria. The 130km double-track, high-speed railway is now fully under construction after work began on the final 10km section between Aich and Mittlern. This section will include four new railway bridges with...