Light Rail

Czech Railways (CD) have awarded contracts to Škoda Vagonka to supply new single-floor EMUs. The contract consists of the supply of fifteen three-carriage and four two-carriage units. The new trains will be used for public transport in the Usti, Pardubice,...

The All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group has announced they are working with a leading architect who is advising them about the potential for regeneration and opportunities for developers. An architect from national practice DLG Architects was invited to provide expert opinion...

At the end of February 2011, after long negotiations, Stadler Pankow GmbH and regional transport provider Veolia Verkehr Regio GmbH signed a contract for the supply of 35 electric multiple-unit trains for the E-Netz Rosenheim rail network. The total order...

Harris County Metropolitan Transit Authority voted in favour of purchasing 19 Siemens light-rail cars for METRO’s current rail system. The first car could be delivered as early as October of 2012, a full year earlier than expected. Currently METRO Rail...

Mott MacDonald, the leading global management, engineering and development consultancy, has been appointed by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation as technical and general consultant for the forthcoming Jaipur metro project in India. The INR 100,000 million (US$ 2.2 billion), 35km...

A joint funding scheme between Transport for London (TfL) and the London Borough of Croydon which will enable TfL to lease up to 10 new trams was applauded by the Mayor Boris Johnson and Croydon Leader Mike Fisher today. A...

A groundbreaking ceremony took place last week that marked the start of work to build a $5.5billion commuter rail line between Honolulu and the West Oahu region of Hawaii. The Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project has been the subject of...

London Overground runs more trains on time than any of the other national operators, latest figures show. The service saw 96.4 per cent of its trains arrive on time for the period 9 January - 5 February, according to Network...

A crucial rail link that will allow passengers to move swiftly between north London, the City, Docklands and the south of the Capital was opened three months ahead of schedule today by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The 2.1km...

Alstom and its two Chinese joint ventures have been awarded two contracts by Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corp., totalling €140 million, to provide both advanced traction and signalling systems for the new Line 6 of the Beijing metro. Beijing Line...