Rail News

Spain's Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) is to build a new station in Ski - the company's first contract in Norway. The station, which will have six tracks and three central platforms, is part of the Follo Line project - a new intercity...

The mayor of Freiburg has unveiled the city's new CAF Urbos trams. On July 16, a group of special guests were the first to travel on Freiburg's new Urbos 100 low-floor trams. The Freiburg contract is CAF's first ever order in...

Rail Baltica has successfully bid for funding through the European Commission's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The project's aspiration is to open a new standard-gauge railway line to link the cities of Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas and Warsaw, removing the current mismatch of...

A new broad-gauge line has opened between Gandhidham and Tuna-Tekra Port in Gujarat, India.  Initially, the line will be used by four trains a day carrying coal and fertilizer. The 17km-long line, which was inaugurated by Minister of Railways Shri...

Swiss contractor Implenia is to construct a new, larger tunnel to replace the Bözberg railway tunnel. Implenia has been awarded a CHF 145 million contract by SBB to construct a new twin-track railway tunnel to replace the existing Bözberg tunnel in...

The Middle East's first high-speed trains have begun dynamic testing in Saudi Arabia. Built by Spanish manufacturer Talgo, the trains will eventually operate 300 km/h services between the holy cities of Mecca and Madinah. Talgo said it has now overcome early...

A glaze-tiled underpass that runs beneath a disused part of Rochdale Station has been returned to service after a 36-year descent into dilapidation. It provides users of the new Park & Ride facility on Hare Street, on the station’s...

An outdated electro-mechanical signalling system in Southern Italy has been replaced with a new remotely-controlled computer-based interlocking system in a €7.6 million project. Alstom’s latest-generation of Smartlock 400 GP system has gone in at Bari Parco Nord. The work for...

RATP El Djazaïr has launched services on an extended Line 1 of the Algiers metro system. The extension, which was formally opened by Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, adds three new stations to the existing line, connecting the former Haï...

HS2 has successfully attracted the attention of Brussels, securing funding from the European Commission (EC) for some of the preliminary works. Through its Connecting Europe facility, the EC has agreed to fund half of the cost of the ground investigation...