Rail News

Evraz has received has received approval to supply its rail products for conventional and high-speed lines in Europe. TUV Rheinland InterTraffic, an independent testing body, has certified the company's 60E1 and 60E2 rail profiles. Founded in Moscow, Evraz supplies primarily to the...

Hyundai Rotem has transported the first of 66 new rail cars to Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD). The new Eagle P3 rail cars, which have been manufactured in South Korea and assembled in Philadelphia, will be put into operation on...

Prime Minister David Cameron has ended a standoff with the Welsh Government after promising to fund South Wales' substantial electrification programme. The UK government has unveiled a £230 million funding package which covers the Cardiff-Bridgend section of the Great Western main...

RATP Dev has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate two light rail lines in Valenciennes. The contract covers the entire Transvilles public transport network including bus and light rail services. RATP will take over from Veolia Transdev from January 1, 2015. The...

The Italian government has made clear its intention to sell its stake in state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) between 2015 and 2016. Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Italian State Railways met last week to discuss...

Metrorex, the operator of Bucharest's metro system, has exercised an option with CAF for eight additional metro trains. In 2011, CAF was awarded a contract to supply 16 metro units to the Romanian capital. The extension, which is worth €47...

Officials gathered at Gare de Lyon Perrache to present the first Regio 2N double-deck train for the Rhône-Alpes region. The first Regio 2N will enter service between Villefranche-sur-Saône and Vienna on November 20 before being gradually rolled out across other routes in next...

The first trains of a delayed order for 59 Twindexx Express IR 200 double-deck units from Bombardier will go into service in 2017, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has announced. SBB and Bombardier have reached an agreement on the late delivery...

St Petersburg has placed an order for three more low-floor trams from Alstom/Transmashholding (TMH) joint venture TramRus. TramRus is now contracted to supply four trams to the city, with the first set to be delivered by December 1, 2014 and the...

Bombardier has commissioned the first two new Innovia APM 100 people mover cars on Singapore's Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system. Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has ordered 13 new carriages to add to the existing fleet of 19...