International

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) to revolutionise rail travel and mobility on the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) network. The project, set to enhance the rail service within the Cork metropolitan area, will...

Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a charging facility for Irish Rail’s new Battery Electric Multiple Unit (BEMU) trains that will operate between Drogheda, Dublin City Centre and...

evo-rail has today announced that they have signed a contract with leading Spanish infrastructure provider COMSA, and subsequently successfully installed its innovative rail-5G solution in mainland Europe.  Following successful trials in the UK, evo-rail’s rail-5G solution has been installed on the...

Trainline has launched its latest campaign to attract US tourists onboard trains while they are visiting the UK and Europe, by creating a rail style guide with TV personality and professional stylist Tan France to mark the summer tourism...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be among the technologies that Network Rail and Swiss railway company SBB will be working on as part of an agreement signed by the companies today (24th July). The agreement, in the form of a Memorandum...

Transport Secretary Mark Harper is today (17 July) visiting the West Midlands with his Australian counterpart Catherine King to see the construction of HS2's iconic new Curzon Street Station taking shape. In the next decade, the new station will welcome...

An innovative new solution from Hitachi Rail will radically reducing testing times on Queensland Rail’s network. Hitachi’s ‘Over and Back’ testing solution will enable fast and seamless switching between existing interlocking (a railway signalling system) and the soon to be...

Eurostar Group will be the official travel partner of The British Olympic Association, the National Olympic Committee behind Team GB, providing its travel to Paris for the Olympic Games next year. “We are all preparing to welcome our customers to...

Trainline, Europe's leading official rail and coach retailer, has held a two-day immersive event in New York City to promote rail travel in the UK and Europe to American visitors and tourists.  The exhibition, based in the Vanderbilt Hall at...

Hitachi Rail has signed a new framework agreement, worth up to €77 million with SNCF, to provide on-board digital signalling equipment (bi-standard ERTMS/TVM) for the latest generation of TGV (TGV-M) and existing TGV trains that operate across the French...