Light Rail

The Scottish Government has today announced that it will help oversee the final delivery of the Edinburgh trams project. Ministers have also confirmed that the remaining £72 million Scottish Government grant will be reinstated to the project now that the...

Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has installed a simulator at their depot located in DN Nagar to provide in-house training to metro train drivers. The simulator will replicate various environmental conditions and emergency situations. Speaking to Rail.co, a spokesperson for...

Work to divert over 200 utility pipes and cables away from the routes of Metrolink lines through Oldham town centre and at Oldham Mumps is continuing, with the next major phase of work concentrated in King Street. As part of...

The much awaited Mumbai Metro Line 1 will be fully operational by 2012. The Metro will ease the burden on the suburban rail networks 'drastically' and act as the East/West connectivity between the two existing suburban rail services. The Mumbai Metropolitan...

Bombardier's Flexity 2 tram was unveiled yesterday in Blackpool. Blackpool and Lancashire County Council purchased the world’s most advanced tram technology from Bombardier to 'revitalise Britain’s most traditional tram system' and will operate 16 new, ultra-modern Flexity 2 vehicles on...

Invensys Rail has successfully commissioned the latest phase of the Oslo Metro T-Bane signalling programme on behalf of infrastructure owner KTPAS. This latest scheme was commissioned on 15 August 2011, and saw the opening of a two kilometre extension to...

With the public consultation on plans for a new Metrolink line through Manchester city centre drawing to a close this week, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is urging people to have their say on the proposals before it's too...

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 76 additional Bombardier MOVIA metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC). The contract is valued at approximately €84 million ($120 million) and is a follow-on to...

TramForward has welcomed the decision of Edinburgh City Council to review its recent decision to terminate the Edinburgh Tram at Haymarket and to now re-extend and terminate the line at St Andrew Square (York Place). TramForward said that terminating the line...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has signed an agreement committing $1 billion to Denver’s Eagle P3, a 30-mile two-pronged commuter rail project that will significantly expand transportation choices in the greater Denver area, create jobs and cut by nearly...