Light Rail

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's Kids Go Free summer Subway promotion has proved a big success with families and ticket sales are up by £68,000. During the eight-week offer period, 25 June - 21 August, there were an additional 57,000 adult...

Plans to ‘retire’ Metrolink’s oldest trams have been approved by Greater Manchester’s transport leaders today, in a move that will lead to significant improvements for passengers. More than 60 new yellow and silver M5000 Bombardier trams have already been ordered,...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff joined with Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx at Central Piedmont Community College to award the City of Charlotte with nearly $25 million for a streetcar line that will improve...

Skanska has signed a contract to build the Second Avenue Subway line’s 86th Street Station structure in New York. The project is a joint-venture between Skanska and Traylor Bros Inc., with a 70% share awarded to Skanska. The contract value for...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has become the first metro rail and rail based system in the world to get carbon credit from the UN body. The metro will earn 6.3 lakh carbon Credits for reducing Green House Gas...

Light rail has a future in this country if capital costs can be reduced Local Transport Minister Norman Baker said yesterday as he published a review looking at how trams can be more cost effective in the future. Despite tram...

Ansaldo STS has won a contract worth €46 million from Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) for the new East West Line in Kolkata, West Bengal India. Under the contract, Ansaldo will undertake the design, construction and implementation into service of the...

Resourcing Solutions are launching Resourcing International at the 2011 MENA Rail conference in Abu Dhabi taking place on 20th – 21st September. As the talent landscape changes, organisations need to be ever more innovative in identifying and attracting the best...

Ansaldo STS has recently been awarded a contract by the Danish Ministry of Transport and the Municipalies of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg to supply the the city’s new metro line, called Cityringen, with new trains. The option to provide rolling stock was featured...

TramForward has welcomed Scottish Ministers' intervention in the project management of Edinburgh Tram. The Scottish Government and 'all parties have shown a pragmatic approach to the management of this project'. By directing Transport Scotland to oversee the execution of the project it is hoped...