Rail News

Evolution Rail - a consortium comprising Downer Rail, China's CRRC, and Plenary - has been announced as the preferred bidder to supply 65 'High Capacity Metro Trains' (HCMT) for the state of Victoria. It has been described by the state...

HS2 Ltd, the company charged with designing and building the UK’s new high-speed rail network, has made two major announcements today. The first is the resignation of chief executive Simon Kirby. Simon, who joined the project from Network Rail two and a half years ago, will be taking up the position of chief operating officer […]

Fahad Rage, an engineering student from Walthamstow studying for a Masters in Mechanical Engineering at University College London, has won a Future Industry Leaders Award at a recent ceremony at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London. Having undertaken...

A new initiative from Amey and Great Western Railway aims to give apprentices a more rounded view of what railway engineering involves. As in any endeavour, railway engineers rely heavily on experience. In their careers, exposure to previous challenges prepares...

SNCF and Alstom plan to launch the next generation of high-speed TGV trains in 2022. On September 7, the two companies announced the creation of a joint programme to develop the new trains. The project "will lead to the definition...

The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) which will begin excavation of Scandinavia's longest tunnel, Queen Eufemia and Queen Ellisiv, have been launched by Norway's Prime Minister, Erna Solberg. Four TBMs will be used by the Acciona/Ghella joint venture delivering...

Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS (LNS) has been appointed by Jernbaneverket to construct a new passing loop on Norway's Ofotbanen. Jernbaneverket said work would begin on the new 7.8 - 9.3-kilometre section of railway between Narvik and Straumsnes station straight away...

TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced a £230 million deal for 25 new trains. The new fleet, which will be maintained by Alstom at Longsight depot, will consist of 12 five-car Civity EMUs from CAF - financed by Eversholt Rail - and...

The addition of new rail operations in Germany have contributed to an 11 per cent rise in total revenue for National Express at the start of 2016. In a Q1 Interim Management Statement, National Express said all divisions had recorded...

Hyperloop One has completed the first live open air test of the technology behind its new ultra high-speed transportation system. In front of the world's media, Hyperloop One, one of two organisations looking to turn the conceptual drawings of Tesla...