Rail News

Dutch national rail operator NS has named Alstom as the preferred bidder to supply 80 new 200 km/h intercity trains. NS said Alstom’s bid scored highest for reliability, maintainability of trains, energy efficiency, design and after sales support. Unsuccessful bidders now...

An extension of the Midland Metro to Birmingham New Street station will open next month, Centro has announced. The full length of the extension from Snow Hill Station to New Street, via Bull Street and Corporation Street, will go into service on May...

MTR has launched the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will construct the southern section of Hong Kong's Shatin to Central Link (SCL). Named after the Greek goddess Athena, the TBM will construct three of the four tunnels that will make...

Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) have confirmed that London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be closed for eight months while electrification works are carried out. The Gospel Oak to Barking Line, sometimes referred to as GOBLIN,...

MTA has awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corporation a contract to test and verify its CBTC system with those already being developed by Siemens and Thales. MTA is looking to increase its pool of potential suppliers and has given Mitsubishi the chance...

Network Rail has issued a £112 million tender for the redevelopment one of Scotland's busiest stations, Glasgow Queen Street. Due to be completed in 2019, the project will include extending platforms to accommodate longer, eight-car trains and enlarging the concourse. The...

Alstom is to supply 70 additional metro cars for Metro de Panama. As well as six new trains, the new vehicles will be used to extend the current Line 1 fleet from three to five-car sets. The six new sets, which...

Stadler and Siemens have been awarded a framework contract to supply new trains for the Berlin S-Bahn. The framework is for up to 1,380 vehicles. This week's announcement includes a firm order for 106 trains: 85 four-car units and 21...

Berlin's public transport operator, BVG, has further extended an order with Bombardier for new low-floor light rail vehicles. BVG has exercised an option worth €176 million for 47 more Flexity trams for the German capital, taking the city's Flexity fleet...

HS2 is planning to scrap proposals to construct a new high-speed rail station south of the River Aire and instead integrate the new railway with the city’s existing station. In an interim report on the future of Leeds station, HS2...